inside climate news: Exclusively on InsideClimate News, This Year’s Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

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Exclusively on InsideClimate News, This Year’s Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting   Most U.S. Companies Ignoring SEC Rule to Disclose Climate Risks Almost 75 percent of the nation’s publicly traded companies are ignoring a three-year-old Securities and Exchange Commission requirement that they inform investors of the risks …

American Sustainable Business Council: Please join ASBC’s call with senior White House officials on the President’s climate change proposals.

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Featured Story Please join ASBC’s call with senior White House officials on the President’s climate change proposals. Join us on September 9th at 2:00 p.m. EST for a conference call with the White House and the Council on Environmental Quality.  We will be joined by senior White House Advisors and look forward …

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS SEC Chair Says Crowdfunding Coming “Soon,” But When is That? — In a recent speech at the annual “SEC speaks” event, current Securities and Exchange Commission chair Elisse Walter placed the word “crowdfunding” immediately after the word “soon.” That seems like …

New AT&T Report on Net Neutrality Highlights

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Information Technology Issues

For Immediate Release New AT&T Report on Net Neutrality Highlights ‘Failure in Corporate Citizenship,’ Say Investors For Immediate Release January 8, 2012   A new report by AT&T Inc. summarizing the company’s positions on so-called network neutrality principles highlights a “worrisome failure in corporate citizenship” and raises significant concerns about …

Tell the SEC: Don’t let corporations hide their political spending

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United v. FEC ruling has allowed corporate CEOs to unleash a torrent of secret corporate spending into our political system. Indefensibly, CEOs are able to keep both the public and their own shareholders in the dark about the use of company funds for political …

U.S. and Mexico Moving Toward Automatic Exchange?

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A Strong, Sustainable Future for FATCA and Tax Compliance U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission Release FCPA Guidance Manual Task Force Director Raymond Baker at the International Anti-Corruption Conference Enforcing Laws Works: HSBC Money Laundering Edition Task Force IACC Panel on Illicit Financial Flows GFI in the …

ASBC filed comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act

Ethical MarketsCrowdfunding

ASBC Weekly Update 7.18.12 Campaign Updates Crowdfunding ASBC filed comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act. SEC is accepting public comments as it creates the regulatory rulemaking called for when the CROWDFUND Act became law.  ASBC?s comments focus on minimizing the regulatory …

Rio+20: negotiations falter amid deluge of corporate commitments

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Rio+20: negotiations falter amid deluge of corporate commitments Businesses have announced a raft of commitments and unveiled numerous reports on sustainable development, as the Rio+20 negotiations enter their final phase. More >>> Sustainability reporting falling among large corporations Regulation is required to reverse a fall since 2008 in the percentage …

Meet Gambitious, an Equity-based Platform for Video Games

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When Target needed help launching its own e-commerce platform, it turned to crowdsourcing. In an upcoming webinar from Crowdsourcing.org, you can learn about the tools and platforms that an increasing number of retailers are taking advantage of. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Meet Gambitious, an Equity-based Platform for Video Games This week, entrepreneur …

The JPMorgan Trade: Time for a Special Counsel

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Better Markets sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Eric Holder, calling for the appointment of a special counsel in connection with the multibillion-dollar trading loss at JPMorgan Chase & Co. What’s at stake is very important, and goes to the heart of whether Americans still have faith that the judicial …