eriving success in the business environment of tomorrow

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

Full Program   Speakers Who’s Coming   REGISTER NOW       Find and Capture More Value for Your Business       Deriving success in the business environment of tomorrow means understanding how traditionally underestimated social and environmental risks can be accurately captured and valued on financial statements. Join …

Getting Energy Prices Right: From Principle to Practice

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Ethical Markets has campaigned for 30  years to  get all externalities internalized within company and  public sector balance sheets. We salute the IMF for this report  and  I hope to review the full volume soonest. Hazel Henderson,Editor   Previous IMF studies set forth the basic principle that getting energy prices …

COMPANIES WANT MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

COMPANIES WANT MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY Tackling U.S. Corporations’ 3 Challenges To Buying Renewable Energy Sixty percent of the largest U.S. companies have now set climate and energy goals to increase their use of renewable energy. The problem is that they face several market challenges in actually reaching these goals. wri …

WRI Digest

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, TV Series

                     WRI Digest 4 Issues to Watch as COP 19 Wraps Up. The world beyond the unfccc cop 19 negotiations looms large – both with challenges and with promise. It’s an important reminder of the stakes inside the negotiating venue. Photo: Official Opening Plenary at the Caring for Climate …

Ceres Newsletter: Climate Change is Hitting the Slopes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  Ceres Newsletter – June 2013 Press and Media Press Release: Investors Highlight Policies That Could Spur Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity in Energy Efficiency Investments Blog: Water Protection Gets Shortchanged in Proposed Fracking Rules (National Geographic) News Story: Investor Group Proposes ESG Disclosure Rules(Environmental Leader) Press Release: New Study: More U.S. Mutual Fund Companies Supporting Climate …

Apple moves towards greener Chinese supply chain, report says

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

In the News Apple moves towards greener Chinese supply chain, report says By Linda Greer Though environmental issues still need serious attention, there’s progress in the IT sector, according to a local NGO. …Read More What McDonalds and P&G are doing to keep water risk at bay By Aaron Tilley …

Winners of 2012 EthicMark® Awards: Announcement at Sustainable Brands Conference in London

Ethical MarketsSustainability News

London — November 28, 2012 – The winners of the 2012 EthicMark® Awards for advertising that “uplifts the human spirit and society” were announced today at the Sustainable Brands London conference, a gathering of sustainable brand innovators and thought leaders from around the world. TOMS won in the for-profit category …

Finalists for the 2012 EthicMark® Award

Ethical MarketsSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Trendspotting

We now have four great finalists, two in the for-profit category and two in the not-for-profit category. Patagonia and TOMS are the two finalists in the for-profit category. Ten Thousand Villages and the World Resources Institute’s project, the Access Initiative, are the two finalists in the nonprofit category. Read more…

Review Of James Gustave Speth’s America The Possible: Manifesto For A New Economy

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews, Articles by Hazel Henderson

Author James Gustave Speth is one of the most prominent, knowledgeable, global environmentalists of our time. A quintessential insider, Speth began as an anti-nuclear activist in the 1970s and later chaired President Jimmy Carter’s Council on Environmental Quality. In the 1980s, he founded and led the influential World Resources Institute …

Finalists for EthicMark® Advertising Award 2012: Announcement at KnowPhest Festival and Conference in Los Angeles

kristyTrendspotting

NEWS RELEASE Finalists for EthicMark® Advertising Award 2012 Announcement at KnowPhest Festival and Conference in Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA — October 13, 2012 – Patagonia and TOMS shoes are the two finalists in the for-profit category for the 2012 EthicMark® Award for advertising that “uplifts the human spirit and …