VOLANS: The Breakthrough Roadshow

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Newsletter November 2013   The Breakthrough Roadshow OK, perhaps we lied. When the doors closed on our wonderfully successful Breakthrough Capitalism Forum in May 2012, we were so exhausted that we swore, “Never again!” – but that was then. Find out about our progress in bringing the Breakthrough message to …

Video: Banking for the Common Good

Jay OwenTransforming Finance

Banking for the Common Good http://www.ethicalmarkets.tv/video-show/?v=2039 Description Banking for the Common Good – interview with Mary Houghton, Ethical Markets Media, 2013. Mary Houghton is the co-founder of ShoreBank, once the largest and oldest community development bank in the US.  Hazel Henderson interviews Mary Houghton about community development banking movement today. …

Skoll World Forum: What will the world look like 50-100 years from now?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

A bite-size email with original insight and hand-picked news from & for the social sector.   1. DARE TO IMAGINE       What will the world look like 50-100 years from now? “We are quickly becoming a global neuro-network. The power of a correct idea in this interconnected age …

Vip invitation to the largest CSR event in Scandinavia

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

Jonathan Løw   Jonathan Løw is the Event Manager for Scandinavia’s largest CSR Event – Who Cares Wins 2013. He is also the Marketing Manager for entrepreneur and leadership school KaosPilots, known for its focus on social innovation and entrepreneurship, and named one of the World’s 10 Best Educations in Innovation and …

Rio + 20: Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in the New Economy

Ethical MarketsConferences

The event is open to the public. The Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in the New Economy will be held in tandem with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The Forum will generate ideas and practical next steps for sustainability and the emerging new economy. The Forum is organized …

The Green Economy Movement: Our generation faces huge challenges: a failing jobs market, record inequality, and the growing threat of catastrophic climate change…

kristyCommunity Development Solutions

Our generation faces huge challenges: a failing jobs market, record inequality, and the growing threat of catastrophic climate change. But our generation also has the solutions to address all these challenges at once. From coast-to-coast, innovative young leaders are organizing across issue lines to build the green economy as an …

The Very Best of Skoll World Forum 2012

kristySRI/ESG News

Flux: Seizing Momentum, Driving Change Click here to learn more about the event including pricing, schedule and more and join us for live coverage of our 2012 event from Oxford, England starting March 28th through the 30th. EcoPeace celebrate after receiving the Skoll Award About the Forum Each year in …

Change in Myanmar

kristySRI/ESG News

HIGHLIGHT Human Resource Management, Diversity and Inclusion The next module of the new Professional Master´s in CSR offered by CSR Asia in collaboration with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, will be delivered in Bangkok over four intensive days from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th February, 2012. The module, …

Ethical Markets Advisory Board member, Peter Matthies reports activities of his Conscious Business Institute

kristySRI/ESG News

Warm Holiday Wishes to the Conscious Business Institute Family My dear Friends and Advisors It has been a while since I sent you an update. 2011 has been an exciting year for me, personally, and for CBI. After working on CBI since 2005, I was able to sign up some …