Tomorrow’s investment rules: a global survey

Ethical Markets - RSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

Tomorrow’s investment rules: a global survey From Ernst & Young and Institutional Investor Over the past few years, corporations have started to report more non-financial information, including data on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. Whether driven by regulation, a desire for market advantage, or to meet the needs …

FTSE Group Develops Fossil Fuel Excluding Index , Ethical Performance,May 2

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Ethical Performance Email Alert – If you cannot view this email click here This week in CSR & sustainability… FTSE Group develops fossil fuel excluding index The FTSE Group claims that the move is ground-breaking and will pave the way to implementation of a total exclusion model for fossil fuel-linked …

State of Green Business 2012

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Annual report from GreenBiz Group and TruCost   Here is the seventh annual assessment of sustainable business trends and metrics from GreenBiz. Verdict? For all the efforts companies are making, it’s not leading to progress. The 7th annual edition includes data on how thousands of companies around the world are — …

Green Biz Forum, Feb 18-20

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

For 2014 we’re planning something very special indeed… Success is all about the power of partnerships — internal, external, supply chain, NGO, public-private, and all the rest. The tasks are simply too big (and the resources too small) to go it alone.   The 2014 GreenBiz Forum brings together GreenBiz …

ETHICMARK® AWARDS HONOR BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS OF 2013

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

ETHICMARK® AWARDS HONOR BEST SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS OF 2013   The 24th Annual SRI Conference Partners with World Business Academy to Announce EthicMark® Winners Colorado Springs, CO – October 28, 2013—Royal Philips of the Netherlands and the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) in Lima, Peru are the winners …

If CEOs hold the key to climate change, why aren’t they driving?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets Editor , Hazel Henderson , serves on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Advisory Board for Latin America If CEOs hold the key to climate change, why aren’t they driving? By William Brent GreenBiz.com/blog, September 20, 2013 About two thirds of chief executives – 67 percent – believe that business is …

GreenBuzz: Who are the leading companies in natural capital?

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Taking Care of Business By Joel Makower, Chairman & Executive Editor Today is the deadline for submitting nominations to VERGE Accelerate, our pitch competition for start-ups and early-stage entrepreneurs working at the convergence of technology and sustainability. Up to 20 selected companies will present on stage next month at VERGE SF …

Guardian Sustainable Business: Exclusive Events Update for Guardian Sustainable Business Members

Jay OwenSustainability News

  21 August 2013 Exclusive Events Update for Guardian Sustainable Business Members There are some great courses and events coming up over the next month bringing together businesses from around the world to discuss the future of sustainability. We’ve picked out a selection of these events below, and you can also visit our …

Green Buzz: Which energy resources are gulping down our water?

Jay OwenResource Efficiency, Greentech

    In The Flow     Which energy resources are gulping down our water? By Kate Zerrenner Here’s what we can learn from Texas’s current approach to energy and water policy. …Read More       HP travels ‘modern Silk Road’ to cut freight footprint By Sustainable Business News …

Daily News Alert: Why the Sustainability Leadership Pipeline Begins with Women

Jay OwenThe Power of Yin

Why the Sustainability Leadership Pipeline Begins with Women Listen to intuition more than your brain about when to change jobs or how to develop your career path. By Andrea Learned If ever there were a reason to keep an eye on the corporate leadership pipeline, the sustainable business movement is …