IT’S NOT JUST GEORGE SOROS ANYMORE

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

IT’S NOT JUST GEORGE SOROS ANYMORE By Chrystia Freeland* Earlier this year, the most reliable way for a billionaire to make the headlines was to compare suggested tax increases to Nazi Germany. Lately, though, the more interesting shift in the politics of the plutocracy has been more genteel. There will …

RSF Monthly: New Loan to Eureka Recycling

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  social finance is pleased to announce a new loan to Eureka Recycling, a non-profit recycler specializing in zero-waste.  Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Eureka Recycling is one of the largest non-profit recyclers in the United States and is a leader in demonstrating the best waste reduction and recycling practices not …

RSF Monthly: New Loan to Bachman Academy

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  December 2013 New Loan to Bachman Academy Educating students with language-based learning differences Bachman Academy is a boarding and day school serving students in grades 6-12 who have language-based learning differences such as Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder. “This partnership (with RSF) will allow …

How Google’s investment into P2P Lending will impact the financial markets

Jay OwenCrowdfunding, Information Technology Issues

Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend NowStreet’s Free Webinar Channel Stay ahead of industry transformations & capitalize on disruption As part of NowStreet’s educational outreach program, we are pleased to provide issuers, investors and financial industry professionals with the latest intelligence on the regulations and innovations …

“The Next 10 years of Impact Investing” with Prof. Yunus & Mr. Wayne Silby

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

“The Next 10 years of Impact Investing” with Prof. Yunus & Mr. Wayne Silby   Dear Hazel, What does it mean to create capital markets for social good?  As this idea of sustainable development through impact investment continues to catch greater momentum in Asia, joinImpact Forum 2013 as major thought leaders …

Catalyzing the Connection Economy By Gregory Wendt, CFP, March 2013

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Sustainability News, Wealth of Networks

Catalyzing the Connection Economy By Gregory Wendt, CFP, March 2013 www.gregwendt.com “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” – Anonymous This is so self-evident, and obvious to me,  that I find it surprising that we have to say it at all. Yet …

Fish 2.0, Ecoscraps, Lessons in Impact Investing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   IN THIS ISSUE > EcoScraps Impact Investing Lessons 2013 Seed Fund Applications Fish 2.0 Competition Nature Smart Upcoming Events WHAT WE VALUE > “The purpose of capital at this critical time in the history of civilization is to sustain life, restore …

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 …

Women Effect Investments Bringing a Gender Lens to Investing

kristySRI/ESG News, The Power of Yin

Dear Colleagues and Friends, It has been a busy month since the Convergence we hosted at the end of October! When you start looking for investment opportunities with a gender lens, they begin to appear. At TedXWomen this week I found this to be true in spades. Gayle Lemmon kicked …