What is Ethical Markets TV?

Ethical MarketsTV Series

Ethical Markets TV Series:

Airing throughout the week on Florida State College Channel 26 

Sundays &Tuesdays on Tampa Bay Education Channel 32 and 614

Streaming on www.ethicalmarkets.tv

Ethical Markets TV plays videos gathered from around the world and features the Ethical Markets TV Series, a regular half-hour financial lifestyle magazine  redefining success through a positive look at what is possible. Real examples of people, companies and organizations illustrate the “triple bottom line,” respecting people and the environment while earning a profit. The stories are visually compelling and backed up with solid financial and market data.

The news, features, interviews, roundtables, and expert commentary probe the assumptions behind the issues that affect every consumer and investor globally, and look at assets and wealth in a new perspective. The show uses new indicators to measure our quality of life and examines how individuals can align their money and their values. The show will back up stories with solid economic performance, financial, and market data in a visually compelling way, creating a showcase for new yardsticks and actual measures of success and impact.

All companies that are featured on Ethical Markets are screened to the highest ethical and environmental standards. Each show features an in-depth analysis of a company “Walking the Talk” by our team of “stakeholder analysts” and a final commentary by founder/co-producer, Hazel Henderson.

Who Watches Ethical Markets?

The target audience for Ethical Markets is the 50% of all US adults invested in the stock market – either directly or through pension funds, as well as concerned employees, students and citizens. These are viewers looking for new solutions to the problems in capital markets today. Baby boomers, “cultural creatives” and concerned citizens wanting to make their money count rather than just counting their money will find this a “must see” series. <

What is Growing the Green Economy?

Growing the Green Economy is a new one-hour complement to the Ethical Markets TV series (available from www.films.com as “The New Green Revolution.”). This 2-part hour starts at the Chicago Climate Exchange and evaluates the new $1 trillion global carbon market as well as all the more direct ways of growing the clean energy sectors. Venture capital is cascading into these solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and biofuels companies. The show is an overview of how the new green economic revolution is financed world wide.

Ethical Markets thirteen-part series:

Show 1Redefining Success

Show 2Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Show 3The Non-money Economy

Show 4Green Building

Show 5Investing in Your Community

Show 6Fair Trade, Ethical Trading

Show 7Women Owned Businesses

Show 8Renewable Energy

Show 9Shareholder Advocacy

Show 10Transformation of Work

Show 11Clean Food, Organic Agriculture

Show 12Health and Wellness

Show 13Socially Responsible Investing

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Show 1 – “Redefining Success”

Many agree that success cannot be measured only by money, rising stock markets and economic growth of GNP. Meet the growing numbers of people, businesses, investors, academics and statisticians using new, broader scorecards redefining “success,” wealth, progress and quality of life. Join this worldwide debate about human goals and values. How do you define “the good life,” liberty, satisfaction and the pursuit of happiness?

Host Simran Sethi and Ray Anderson

Host Simran Sethi and Ray Anderson

Guests

  • Ralph Abraham, Ph.D, Professor of Mathematics, UC – Santa Cruz, CA
  • Ray Anderson, Chair, Interface, Inc., Atlanta, GA
  • Hewson Baltzell, President., Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY
  • Frank Bracho, former Ambassador of Venezuela to India, Caracas
  • Judy Henderson, MD, Chair, Global Reporting Initiative, Sydney, Australia
  • Inge Kaul, Ph.D., former Director, UN Human Development Report, Berlin
  • Robert Nadeau, Ph.D., Professor of History of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  • Betsy Taylor, Founder, Center for a New American Dream, Washington, DC
  • Mathis Wackernagel, Founder and President, Ecological Footprint, Oakland, CA

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors; Guest: Ray Anderson, Chair, Interface, Inc., Atlanta, GA

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 2 – “Global Corporate Citizenship”

The globalization of finance and technology and the growing power of global corporations now challenge the sovereignty of even the most powerful nations. For better or worse – these trends affect people everywhere, their jobs, rights, pensions and their environmental quality. Meet corporate leaders, bankers and investors who address these issues and work to make these global corporations take responsibility in the public interest, beyond maximizing the financial returns to stockholders. The new breed of socially-responsible pension plans and mutual funds, church and university endowments are leading these reforms. Can this movement toward “good corporate citizenship” reform capitalism and make 21st century markets more ethical and companies more accountable? Would you like to work for or have your pension fund invest your retirement funds in companies that abide by such higher standards and practices?

Guests

  • Mallen Baker, Business in the Community, London, UK
  • Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation, Washington, DC
  • Michael Dorsey, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
  • Liz Dowdswell, Ph.D., former Administrator, UN Environment Program, Toronto, Canada
  • Rich Ferlauto, Director of Pension Fund Policy, AFSCME, Washington, DC
  • Oded Grajew, President, Instituto Ethos, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • Alisa Gravitz, MBA, President, Co-op America, Washington, DC
  • Vidette Mixon, United Methodist Church Pension Plan, Evanston, IL
  • Jane Nelson, Author, Profits With Principles (2004), Harvard Univ., MA
  • Alice Tepper-Marlin, President, Social Accountability International, New York, NY
  • Simon Zadek, Ph.D., Founder and Director, AccountAbility, London, UK

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Alice Tepper-Marlin, President, Social Accountability International, New York, NY; Guest: Alex Counts, Grameen Foundation, Washington, DC

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 3 – “The Unpaid Economy”

Most people are unaware that all the financial and business news, economic policies at state, local and national levels – in all countries – are based on economic statistics that reflect only one half of the full range of production, services, investment and exchanges in societies; half that is conducted in money. The equally important non-money sectors (in many countries much larger than the official, money-denominated sector traced by GNP/GDP and other macroeconomic measures) are in reality the core bedrock of social life. Economists categorize homemakers, stay-at-home moms and dads as “not economically active.” Meet some of the people, families, communities and cooperative, voluntary sharing activities that underpin the competitive money-based sectors. We call this core social bedrock “the Love Economy.” You will be inspired and reminded that life is rich in many dimensions and that money can’t buy many things we need – such as love and happiness.

Guests

  • Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest, New York, NY
  • Scott Burns, Financial Editor, Dallas News, Dallas, TX
  • Nicola Bullard, Co-director, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Edgar Cahn, Director, TIMEBANKS, Washington, DC
  • Raine Eisler, JD, Author, The Real Wealth of Nations (2007), Carmel, CA
  • Bob Meyer, Publisher, Barter News, Orange County, CA
  • Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., Author, Staying Alive (1989), Delhi, India
  • Susan Witt, Director, Schumacher Society, Great Barrington, MA

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY; Guest: Bob Meyer, Publisher, Barter News, Orange County, CA

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 4 – “Green Building”

An “efficient” building is about the broader bottom line – beyond money. Often nature is the unappreciated asset: bringing free sunlight and fresh air back into our homes and offices! Using rooftops to maximize energy efficiency and grow food. As oil becomes more expensive and fossil fuels continue loading our atmosphere with carbon dioxide, newly-designed homes and offices promise healthier living – more in harmony with Nature. Find out how you can judge a healthy home or office and avoid “sick buildings” and how you can make your own apartment, home and lifestyle healthier, while saving money as well.

Guests

  • Leslie Hoffman, Ph.D., EcoPledge, New York, NY
  • Kathleen Hogan, Director, “EnergyStar” EPA, Washington, DC
  • Hunter Lovins, Director, National Capital Solutions, Snowmass, CO
  • Bill McDonough, Ph.D., “Green Architect,” Author, Cradle to Grave, Charlottesville, VA
  • Kevin Sullivan, former New York Director, Habitat for Humanity, New York, NY
  • Alice Tepper-Marlin, President, Social Accountability International, New York, NY
  • George Terpilowski, Manager, Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC
  • John Todd, Ph.D., Ecologist, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Alice Tepper-Marlin, President, Social Accountability International, New York, NY; Guest: George Terpilowski, Manager, Fairmont Hotel, Washington, DC

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 5 – “Investing in Your Community”

Unappreciated community assets, stable families, neighborhoods, local businesses can revitalize local economies harmed or bypassed in the rush to globalized production, retailing and outsourcing. Economists don’t measure the deeper, broader kind of “efficiencies” provided by cohesive communities and the values of families and local cultures. These local living economies have been under-valued. When they break down, then social services, unemployment, drug and crisis counseling, caring for homeless people – cost taxpayers plenty. Today, many of the smartest investors, asset managers and pension funds are joining with local leaders in re-investing in vital community re-development.

Guests

  • Rebecca Adamson, President, First Nations Development Institute, Fredericksburg, VA
  • Hewson Baltzell, President., Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY
  • Nancy Barry, President, Women’s World Banking, New York, NY
  • Shari Bernbach, Director, Calvert Foundation, Washington, DC
  • Bill Drayton, President, ASHOKA Fellowship, Arlington, VA
  • Tim Freundlich, Calvert Foundation, San Francisco, CA
  • Ronni Goldfarb, President, Equal Access, San Francisco, CA
  • Josh Mailman, President, Sirius Business Corporation; Co-founder, SVN, New York, NY
  • Jean Pogge, President, Shorebank, Chicago, IL
  • Michaela Walsh, Founding President, Women’s World Banking, New York, NY

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY; Guest: Jean Pogge, President, Shorebank, Chicago, IL

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 6 – “Fair Trade, Ethical Trading”

Countries all strive to be successful exporters. Economic textbooks told us that more trade – now worldwide – was good for everyone. The World Bank advised countries how to “grow their economies” by exporting to world markets. The World Trade Organization, set up in 1996, created rules based on these assumptions. But the old textbook model of “free trade” assumed that capital stayed within countries’ borders and that all the trading countries would benefit. Now, battles rage over all these issues, as currency trading and herds of electronic bulls and bears create gigantic waves of “hot” money, sloshing around the planet daily. Today, growing networks of philanthropists, socially-concerned investors and entrepreneurs are creating healthier models of fair trade which bring together local farmers and small producers to create eco-friendly, healthy products which benefit the locals. The new scorecards of wealth, progress and quality of life are identifying better export strategies which spread benefits more fairly.

Guests

  • Amber Chand, Founder, Eziba, Jerusalem Candle, Boston, MA
  • Kevin Danaher, President, Global Exchange, San Francisco, CA
  • Susan Davis, President, Capital Missions Co., Elkhorn, WI
  • Paul Freundlich, Board Member, CERES, Co-op America Union, Washington, DC
  • Neil Kearney, Secretary General, International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation, Brussels, Belgium
  • Chris Mann, President, Guayakí, Sebastopol, CA
  • Paul Rice, President, Transfair USA, Oalkand, CA
  • Bob Stiller, President, Green Mountain Coffee, Waterbury, VT

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY; Guest: Bob Stiller, President, Green Mountain Coffee, Waterbury, VT

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 7 – “Women Owned Businesses”

Women business owners are also re-defining success because their life goals differ from their male counterparts. Women business owners do not put making money at the top of their goals. Rather, they cite the need for personal autonomy, flexibility to manage their complex lives; the satisfaction of personal creativity and being able to address unmet needs with their business models. As long as the “glass ceiling” in so many corporations limits their advancement, women will continue starting new businesses at twice the rate of men. Meet inspiring women business owners whose enterprises now constitute almost 50% of all U.S. privately-held companies employing over 19 million people. At last, society is beginning to appreciate the broader role of women in creating wealth and progress.
Guests:

  • Sharon Hadary, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Business Research, Washington, DC
  • Deborah Sawyer, President and CEO, Environmental Design International, Chicago, IL
  • Judy Wicks, Founder and President, White Dog Café, Philadelphia, PA
  • Paul H. Ray, PhD, Co-author, The Cultural Creatives (2000)
  • Michaela Walsh, Founding President, Women’s World Banking, New York, NY
  • Nancy Barry, President, Women’s World Banking, New York, NY
  • Susan Davis, Board Chair, Grameen Foundation, Washington, DC

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder analyst: Alice Tepper-Marlin, President, Social Accountability International, New York, NY; Roundtable Guest: Amy Hall, Social Consciousness Director, Eileen Fisher Company, Irvington, NY

“Commentary” : Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 8 – “Renewable Energy”

The great transition from early industrialization based on fossil fuels to renewable forms of energy is well underway worldwide. Rising oil prices have begun to spur a rethink of U.S. energy futures and how to reduce our vulnerability to foreign supplies. In spite of the old scorecards which overlook the huge savings from the technologies of efficiency, entrepreneurs, technologists, inventors and venture capitalists are now leading the way. A cleaner, greener, more energy-efficient future is coming into view. Europe and Japan are ahead of the U.S. in solar and wind power. China and India have much to teach us about traditional ways of meeting human needs while preserving natural resources and the environment. The U.S. Mid-West has been described as our “OPEC of Wind Energy” with the possibility of meeting much of our own domestic electricity needs. This energy transition can create millions of new jobs, clean our air and water while reducing problems of CO2 buildup and global warming.

Guests:

  • Geoffrey Ballard, Geophysicist, Founder, Ballard Power Company, Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • Mindy Lubber, Executive Director, CERES (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies), Boston, MA
  • Kevin Sanders, Ethical Markets Reporter, award-winning journalist for ABC, CNN, the United Nations and other international media, New York, NY
  • Wade Hoyt, Spokesperson, Toyota – USA
  • Michael Marvin, former President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Washington, DC
  • Susan Davis, President, Capital Missions Company, Elkhorn, WI
  • Amory Lovins, Co-founder, Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO
  • Bob Frehling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light fund (SELF), Washington, DC

“Walking the Talk”

Stakeholder Analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY; Guest: Mark Farber, Vice-president and Co-founder, Evergreen Solar Corporation, Marlboro, MA

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 9 – “Shareholder Advocacy”

One of the most surprising aspects of the new 21st Century capitalism is the rise of concerned, active shareholders. They invest not only for economic returns, but also to help create a better world. They attend company annual meetings, challenge management on a host of issues that concern them: fair treatment of employees, pollution, outsourcing jobs to low-wage countries, minority rights, diversity of boards and management, climate change and corporate governance. These active shareholders are also increasingly pension funds, university endowments, foundations and socially responsible mutual funds. While controversial at first – in the 1970s, shareholder activism is now popular and widely recognized as a progressive movement in the evolution to more ethical 21st Century capital markets. Shareholders love the extra psychological “bang for their bucks.” The sheer power of the $ 2.2 trillion, such active investors wield is leading to a new model of the corporation, managed not only to the benefit of shareholders, but all stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers, community and the environment.

Guests:

  • Alisa Gravitz, MBA, President, Co-op America, Washington, DC
  • Tim Smith, Vice-president, Walden Asset Management; President, Social Investment Forum, Washington, DC
  • Linda Crompton, President and Board Search Senior Advisor, Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), Washington, DC
  • Gary Brouse, Director of Corporate Governance, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), New York, NY
  • Phil Angelides, State Treasurer (1999-2007), California
  • Ariane Van Buren, Senior Manager of Investor Outreach, CERES, Boston, MA

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder Analyst: Jennifer Barsky, SustainAbility, London, UK; Guest: Roberta Kamp, Vice-president of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Liz Claiborne, New York, NY
“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 10 – “The Transformation of Work”

In traditional societies, work is still often unpaid in local villages and rural agriculture where people grow their own food, build their own houses and community facilities in mutual cooperation. Industrialism unleashed incredible creativity and started the waves of technological innovation still surging around the world and still affecting our lives for better or worse. Industrialism was about labor-saving – doing more with machines and energy rather than human beings. Companies are still restructuring, some offering knowledge workers stock ownership plans and options. Others outsource jobs and production overseas. As globalization accelerates, our workplaces continue to change. The brightest young people want careers in companies that are good corporate citizens. New training and education needs mean that people expect to be lifelong learners. Many can now opt to be self-employed or entrepreneurs, due to information technologies. Many others find good jobs harder to find. We explore the good and bad news for individuals, businesses, communities and countries as they navigate these global transformations.

Guests:

  • Jeremy Rifkin, President, Foundation on Economic Trends, Bethesda, MD
  • Patricia Kelso, President, Kelso Institute, San Francisco, CA
  • Rich Ferlauto, Director of Pension Fund Policy, AFSCME, Washington, DC
  • Bernie Glassman, Founder, Greyston Bakery, Yonkers, NY
  • Wendy Powell, Former Assistant to the President, Greyston Bakery, Yonkers, NY
  • Verna Allee, Author, The Future of Knowledge: Increasing Prosperity Through Value Networks (2002)
  • Gary Erickson, CEO, Clif Bar, Berkley, CA
  • Paul H. Ray, PhD, Co-author, The Cultural Creatives (2000)
  • Lynne Twist, Author, The Soul of Money (2003)

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder Analyst: Paul Freundlich, Board Member, CERES, Co-op America Union, London, UK; Guest: Paul Millman, CEO, Chroma Technology Corporation

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 11 – “Clean Food, Organic Agriculture”

Many scary stories over the past 25 years concerning the industrialization of our food supplies have led to the explosive growth of the clean food and organic agriculture industries. From fears of mad cow disease and toxic pesticide residues, people have re-discovered the health benefits of fresh, locally grown produce, free-range eggs, and foods without additives which we now know causes many allergies. A tour around this burgeoning new market growing at some 20% per year shows how savvy consumers are finding the clean, fresh, locally-grown foods they favor while supporting family farms and local producers.

Guests:

  • Anthony Rodale, Chairman, The Rodale Institute, Emmaus, PA
  • Gary Hirshberg, President and CEO, Stonyfield Farms, Londonderry, NH
  • Thomas Fricke, Co-founder, Forestrade, Inc., Brattleboro, VT
  • Gary Erickson, CEO, Clif Bar, Berkley, CA
  • Nicola Bullard, Co-director, Focus on the Global South, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., Author, Staying Alive (1989), Delhi, India

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder analyst: Hewson Baltzell, President, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, New York, NY; Roundtable Guest: George Siemon, CEO, Organic Valley, LaFarge, WI
“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 12 – “Health and Wellness”

Industrialized medicine has reached a crisis with widespread dissatisfaction among patients, doctors, nurses, hospitals and all aspects of today’s medical-industrial complex. The USA spends more than any other country on medical costs per person – almost 16% of its GDP – with no better outcomes than countries spending half of this amount. All this has given rise to a rapidly growing new sector of our economy – based on the philosophies of prevention and natural (and cheaper) approaches to wellness. Nowhere is “redefining success” more emblematic than in this sector, where less is more and love and personal caring are valued. Meet some of the new providers with new approaches to wellness and patient care.

Guests:

  • Steven Lawless, MD, MBA, Chief Knowledge Officer, Nemours Foundation, Jacksonville, FL
  • Hon. Claudine Schneider, former Congress member, Senior Consultant, Econergy International, Boulder, CO
  • Jim Gordon, MD, Founder, Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, DC; Chair, White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Clinton Administration
  • Jeffrey Hollender, Founder and CEO, Seventh Generation Company, Burlington, VT
  • Larry Brilliant, MD, MPH, Founder, Seva Foundation, Berkeley, CA; Executive Director, Google Foundation
  • Beverly Rubik, PhD, President, Institute for Frontier Science, Oakland, CA

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder Analyst: Paul Freundlich, Board Member, CERES, Co-op America Union, London, UK; Guest: Barbara Glickstein, MD, Director of Clinical Programming and Community Outreach, Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Beth Israel Hospital, New York, NY

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC

Show 13 – “Socially Responsible Investing”

Some $2.2 trillion is now invested with criteria of good social and environmental performance, as well as that of the more familiar financial bottom line. This “triple bottom line” is now recognized in new accounting standards followed by over 600 global corporations. As this style of 21st century investing is becoming mainstream, older models of “businesses’ only goals are to maximize profits for its stockholders” are pushing back. This new debate has finally reached mass media and clarifies our deeper values…. beyond money measures of “success.” It also concerns the great global transition from early industrialism, based on fossil fuels, to the emerging Information Age sectors: computers, communications and the renewable technologies of today’s new Age of Light (fiber optics, solar energy, biotech and nanotechnologies). We humans are now capable of redesigning life itself. What new social responsibilities and ethical marketplace rules are needed in the 21st century?

Guests:

  • Robert Shaw, President, Aretê Corporation, Center Harbor, NH
  • Wayne Silby, MD, Founder and Chair, Calvert Group, Bethesda, MD
  • Robert A. G. Monks, Author, Corpocracy (2007) and The New Global Investors (2001), Cape Elizabeth, ME
  • Susan Davis, President, Capital Missions Co., Elkhorn, WI
  • Linda Crompton, President and Board Search Senior Advisor, Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), Washington, DC
  • Phil Angelides, State Treasurer (1999-2007), California
  • Nicholas Parker, Cleantech, Toronto, Canada
  • Deborah Sawyer, President and CEO, Environmental Design International, Chicago, IL

“Walking the Talk”
Stakeholder Analyst: Jennifer Barsky, SustainAbility, London, UK; Guest: Anita Green, Vice-president, Pax World Fund, Portsmouth, NH

“Commentary”: Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, Ethical Markets Media LLC