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 …

Global Leaders Programme: How Can Infant Healthcare be Made Affordable to the Developing World? (Vietnam, March 2014)

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  It is my pleasure to share with you the result of GIFT’s latest Global Leaders Programme (GLP), which took place recently in Hong Kong and Vietnam in partnership with MTTS, a Vietnam medical equipment manufacturer.   The challenge was to explore the question fundamental to our partner MTTS’ business: How …

EFES NEWSLETTER: Rectification about European Parliament’s study

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

     Subscribe  /  Unsubscribe  /  Membership                                                        EFES NEWSLETTER – JULY 2013 Rectification about European Parliament’s study The European Parliament – Economic & Scientific Policy Department published a study named “Employee Financial Participation and Companies’ Proceeds”. This study published by the European Parliament was quoted by the European Commission as the most …

Impact Quarterly: Investing in Inclusion through Market Transformation

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

June 2013 As always, the Impact Forum ended with the wonderful elated feeling of ‘we can do it’ and ‘we can make it happen’. Of course ‘it’ in this case is sustainable development. With the theme of ‘Investing in Inclusion’, Impact Forum 2013 brought together over 500 participants from over …

Is American Nonviolence Possible?

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

        Is American Nonviolence Possible?   By TODD MAY* – The New York Times The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. – Martin Luther King Jr.   We are steeped in violence.   This past week was of course a searing reminder: Monday’s bombing …

Unirac supplies solar technology for Haitian hospital project

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Last chance to secure your place at this week?s Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit. Very limited tickets remain! Deal News Deal round-up: Renewables lean on established sectors to get deals done PREMIUM Unirac supplies solar technology for Haitian hospital project Offshore renewables specialist Trident Energy secures new finance Tamar Energy …

Prop 23 Would Black Out California’s Clean Economy – GTM Daily

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting

GE Acquires Opal Software for Window into Asia-Pacific Market General Electric bought an Australian smart grid company for its software, and global positioning. Solar City Adds Energy Efficiency to Solar Finance, Design and Monitoring Home energy efficiency services will further reduce gas and electricity bills. First Solar to Double Capacity …