November 2012 The statement on TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES INTO TRUE WEALTH is an invitation to fully engage in the planetary whole-system shift now under way. Many SRI investment professionals recognize our human responsibility for the many breakdowns in our societies and enfolding ecosystems resulting from our limited consciousness: climate change, hunger, …
Equity Treaty Event – Saturday 16 June at People Summit
We at Ethical Markets have signed on to this INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY, Hazel Henderson, Editor We, the Undersigned, call for deep systemic changes required to substantially end inequalities, eradicate poverty, prioritize human well-being, protect the right to sustainable development for all, achieve environmental justice, and bring about peace between peoples. …
BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria
These two stories from Bloomberg and Digital Journal, sent to us, with our thanks, by our colleague, Gil Raiford BRICS Summit 2012 — Dropping US dollar, IMF & aid to Syria By Anne Sewell Mar 29, 2012 in World New Delhi – At a meeting of the world’s 5 leading …
Structures of Peace: Identifying What Leads to Peaceful Societies
The Structures of Peace is a new conceptual framework for understanding and describing the factors that create a peaceful society. This conceptual framework has been derived from an empirical and statistical analysis of the Global Peace Index (GPI). Over 300 cross country datasets were used to define the key economic, …
Bill Black: #OccupyWallStreet A Counter to White-Collar Fraud
Broadcasting on the road from Kansas City, Missouri, we’re joined by William Black, a white-collar criminologist, former financial regulator, and author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.” Black teaches economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and recently took part in Occupy …
New call from the European institutions
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held “the week of employee financial participation” some days ago in Brussels. The EESC is the body that gives representatives of Europe’s social partners and civil society a formal platform to express their points of views on EU issues. A new call was …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Amol Titus
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Amol Titus, CEO, IndonesiaWISE – June 17, 2011 By Geoffrey on June 17, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI …
When Financial Needs Meet Political Realities: Implications for Climate Change in the Post-2013 EU Budget
On the eve of budget proposals Over the last two years, there has been growing recognition that the EU budget after 2013 needs to engage more with those issues which are going to be critical for Europe in the coming decade. These include combating climate change and building a green …