A New Purpose for an Old Metric: The Green Transition Scoreboard

kristyGreen Prosperity

September 27, 2012— Countries tout GDP; shareholders track return on investment. Money-denominated metrics are intuitively (if incorrectly) understood. Money is information, even as we have progressed beyond money as the only measure of success. Ethical Markets Media follows Beyond GDP indicators such as the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) and …

Dr. Wackernagel Wins Prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award

Ethical MarketsSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

We at Ethical Markets Media  salute Dr. Mathis Wackernagel ,( who also serves on our Advisory Board for the Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators  “ dashboard “) , as well as his co-creator  of the Ecological Footprint  , Dr. William Rees , in winning this prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award …

Living Planet Report: Humanity Now Needs 1.5 Earths

kristyEarth Systems Science

Living Planet Report: Humanity Now Needs 1.5 Earths Humanity is now using renewable resources and producing carbon dioxide at a rate 50 percent faster than the Earth can sustain, reveals the 2010 edition of the Living Planet Report – the leading survey of the planet’s health. The biennial report, produced …