Integrated Reporting: Integrated Reporting Unlocks the Power of Business

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

In this issue: Hear an investor’s perspective on <IR> from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management’s Susana Penarrubia. Learn about Prudential Financial’s <IR> journey.  Read about our recent Pilot Programme Conference. That’s not all: you can learn how <IR> relates to the G8 and more!   IIRC Newsletter – July Issue …

Kickstarted: A Documentary on the Crowdfunding Revolution

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Kickstarted, a Kickstarter to Document the Crowdfunding Revolution — Kickstarted, a Kickstarter campaign for a documentary on crowdfunding, is one of our top crowd-based projects of the moment. It is the documentary film project of producer Jason Cooper and design pro …

National Grid to Keynote Energy Ocean

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

  Keynote Announced!  Utility Perspective: An Investment in the Future of Offshore Renewable Energy Ronald T. Gerwatowski Senior Vice President for Regulation & Pricing for National Grid National Grid is at the forefront of investing in offshore renewable energy projects. The utility has signed long-term power purchase agreements with Cape Wind …

Quality Employment for Women in the Green Economy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, The Power of Yin

 Industry, Occupation, and State-by-State Job Estimates, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, April 2013 Investments in the green economy have the potential to create jobs with family-sustaining wages that do not require college degrees. Given women’s greater propensity to earn less than family-sustaining wages than men, this characteristic of green jobs …

Five Questions about Ethical Markets- Special Interview with Rosalinda Sanquiche

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Poetry by Hazel Henderson

Five Questions about Ethical Markets – Special Interview with Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media, Saint Augustine, Florida, United States of America – January 7, 2013 By Geoffrey on January 7, 2013 On the first Monday of each month Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner …

Banks still choose oil over cleantech, says innovator PREMIUM

kristyGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 10 August 2012 Sainsbury?s and Tesco to give retail perspective on green investing at the Envirotech and Clean Energy Investor Summit in London this November. Deal News Banks still choose oil over cleantech, says innovator PREMIUM Solegear Bioplastics raises Series A Indian cleantech company Greenko raises £5m …

Asian Clean Energy Forum 2012 Highlights

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

In the morning, participants convened in plenary and considered “Financing Sustainability and Enabling Profitability: public and private perspective.” The day was organized into 12 breakout sessions. Xiaoyu Zhao, ADB, noted the high potential of Asia-Pacific’s clean energy market and opportunities to contribute to poverty reduction. Download the bulletin…

Impact Investing in Asia: Judging Ventures & MBAs

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

IN THIS ISSUE: I. Impact Investments in Asia: Global ventures competing at GSVC; impact investing in Hong Kong emerging as a positive force for good II. New Metrics of Business Value: Surprising value from sustainability – for your CFO, CEO and teams III. Impact Investing – Academic Reports: Professors from …

Naturally does it. Natural Capital Declaration paves the way to Rio+20

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

‘Lights out’ were the calls heard around the world for the sixth Earth Hour held this late March. The initiative started by the World Wildlife Fund is a striking symbol that gives us a measure of how far the world has come since ‘environment’ and ‘sustainability’ were considered emerging issues, …