Can a (billionaire) hedge fund manager fix income inequality?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets welcomes this  initiative and the launch of JUST Capital on September 24th !  Hazel Henderson,Editor Famed investor Paul Tudor Jones believes that we’re headed for trouble if we don’t shrink the wealth gap. His solution? Pressure companies to be more just.  http://for.tn/1K4aVkD Can a (billionaire) hedge fund manager …

Saving our Seas – Tapping into the Wisdom of OceanElders

Ethical Markets - RGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

by Martha Shaw (New York, NY) – For 10,000 years, the ocean has been the life support system that has generously supplied us with air, food, and shelter in the embrace of a livable climate. In a perfect world, human beings might have fit nicely into the Earth’s ecosystem, in …

Why Future Generations Will Ask Where You Were on September 21, 2014

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Todd Gitlin* – The Nation The People’s Climate March proves the Climate Movement has reached critical mass, like the Civil Rights Movement, Antiwar, feminist and gay movements before it. Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn’t too early to say it: the People’s Climate March changed the …

Launch of the Talk Show Enlightened Culture with Anthony Whitehurst Sept 29th 7:30pm Eastern Time in NYC & streaming live on the web – I hope you will join us!

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Dear Friends,   For my work on 11 Days of Global Unity, and with We, The World, I have been invited to be a featured speaker for the launch of the Late Night Talk Show Enlightened Culture with Anthony Whitehurst. It is taking place with a live audience Monday September …

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels Stephen Heintz, left, with Valerie Rockefeller Wayne and Steven Rockefeller on Tuesday. Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times ·        Share ·          ·          By JOHN SCHWARTZ September 21, 2014 John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. …

RIA News: PRI Purchases RI Academy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

STAY CONNECTED       RIA Newsletter September 2014 RIA News   PRI Purchases RI Academy We are pleased to announce that the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has purchased the RI Academy. This acquisition will strengthen the RI Academy’s content, expand its scope, and raise the RI Academy’s …

SECURING FOREST RIGHTS, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

      SECURING FOREST RIGHTS, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE   Community Forests: An Undervalued Approach to Climate Change Mitigation  WRI’s Land and Resource Rights project, in partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative, released a groundbreaking new report, Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change: How Strengthening Community Forests Rights Mitigates Climate …

Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) CONFERENCE™USA 2014 in New York City (www.tbliconference.com).

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Amsterdam, May 13, 2014 Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) CONFERENCE™USA 2014 in new york city (www.tbliconference.com). Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investment professionals –interested in mobilizing Capital for Good – gather in new york city on 29/30 May. TBLI CONFERENCE returns to New York City, …

First Peoples Worldwide Spring Newsletter

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Fetching mail… More All None Read Unread Starred Unstarred 1–10 of 10     Remove label Fetching mail… More All None Read Unread Starred Unstarred 1–2 of 2     First Peoples Worldwide Spring Newsletter May 9, 2014 It’s springtime and change is in the air!  First Peoples Worldwide’s newsletter …