Today, Friday, July 5, 2013 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 16th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

Today, Friday, July 5, 2013 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 16th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).    To download the database, please visit the research page of the Emerging Markets ESG internet portal.  The URL is http://www.emergingmarketsesg.net/esg/2013/07/05/emerging-markets-esg-16th-edition-of-updated-database-of-contacts-in-the-field-of-socially-responsible-investment-sri-published-today-friday-july-5-2013/   The Partners for …

Ray Chambers Named UN Special Envoy for Health MDG Financing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

  GBCHealth is pleased to announce that today the UN Secretary-General has appointed Ray Chambers as his first Special Envoy for Financing of the Health Related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and has renewed Mr. Chambers’ mandate on malaria. In this expanded role, Mr. Chambers will promote increased investment by the …

Nevada’s 1st Commercial Wind Farm to Bring Lasting Benefits

kristyGreen Prosperity

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 02:21 PM PDT Nevada?s first commercial wind power farm ? Pattern Energy?s 151-MW Spring Valley Wind project ? is up and running, a milestone that is being marked by a public ceremony on the project site near the town of Ely. Government officials, including long-time renewable …

Sustainable Energy for All Initiative – Energy expansion at any cost ? Reflections on the UN “Sustainable Energy for All Day, 20th June

kristyResource Efficiency

« Rio+20 agrees on outcome document Sustainable Energy for All Initiative – Energy expansion at any cost ? Reflections on the UN “Sustainable Energy for All Day, 20th June – IISD.org June 21, 2012 by globalforest According to Chad Holliday, Chair of the Bank of America and Co-Chair of the …

Information Technology Plays Critical Role in Achieving An Objective, Says Ban

Ethical MarketsWealth of Networks

New York, Sep 19 2011  2:05PM The United Nations must leverage the power of information and communications technology (ICT) to the fullest in its response to political, economic and environmental challenges and to improve the delivery of its services, says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Addressing a meeting at UN Headquarters on …

How to Supply Sustainable Electricity to World’s Billions of “Energy Poor” People

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership and UN-Energy How to Supply Sustainable Electricity to World’s Billions of “Energy Poor” People Small-scale electricity projects in Patagonia villages may light global path; Formula for Successful Public-Private Partnerships Detailed at UN; 2012: UN “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All” New York – How can …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Paul Clements-Hunt

kristySRI/ESG News

A publication from Emerging Markets ESP Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI …