Federation and Coopera Launch Campaign to Reach Immigrants Through Credit Unions

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions, SRI/ESG News

“Ethical Markets  supports the further use of co-operatives, credit unions and such democratic forms of financial services. Cooperative enterprises already employ more people than all the commercial, for-profit companies in the world combined ( 2013 was the UN Year of Cooperatives).” Hazel Henderson, Editor Federation and Coopera Launch Campaign to …

EU Showdown: Greece Takes on the Vampire Squid

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Greece and the troika (the International Monetary Fund, the EU, and the European Central Bank) are in a dangerous game of chicken. The Greeks have been threatened with a “Cyprus-Style prolonged bank holiday” if they “vote wrong.” But they have been bullied for too long and are saying “no more.” …

Democrats Defeat Effort to Deregulate Wall Street

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                 http://democrats.financialservices.house.gov/ January 7, 2015                                                                                                                                      Follow us on Twitter: @FSCDems House Democrats Defeat Effort to Deregulate Wall Street WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, after leading the effort to oppose House Republicans’ renewed attack on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), …

14 Real Estate Crowdfunding Lessons from 2014

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, January 7 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS 14 Real Estate Crowdfunding Lessons from 2014 [Video] — Scott Picken, the founder and ceo of the global real estate crowdfunding platform Wealth Migrate, recently sat down and shared some of his biggest lessons learned from 2014, focusing on …

2015’s Winning Coalition

Jay OwenWealth of Networks, Articles by Hazel Henderson

The incoming Republican Congress in the United States, elected by the smallest voter participation since World War II, provides a new opportunity for galvanizing a winning coalition on tax reform.  This new Congress faces the spate of tax-avoiding “reversion”: companies moving their taxable “headquarters” offshore by acquiring foreign firms (e.g. …

2015’s Winning Coalition

Jay OwenWealth of Networks, Articles by Hazel Henderson

By Hazel Henderson (c) 2015 for CSRWire Talkback, Jan. 7, 2015 The incoming Republican Congress in the United States, elected by the smallest voter participation since World War II, provides a new opportunity for galvanizing a winning coalition on tax reform.  This new Congress faces the spate of tax-avoiding “reversion”: …

EMM Year in Review – 2014 Annual Report

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ETHICAL MARKETS 2014 ANNUAL REPORT     ABOUT ETHICAL MARKETS   With over 40 years of foresight, insight and integrity in our leadership, Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) works to reform markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. We are a …

How energy efficiency investment creates a ripple effect of multiple benefits for businesses beyond energy savings

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

ACEEE BLOG POST   Media Contact: Patrick Kiker [email protected], (202) 507-4043      How energy efficiency investment creates a ripple effect of multiple benefits for businesses beyond energy savings   By Christopher H. Russell, Visiting Fellow, Industry     Everyone knows that energy efficiency results in saving energy, but evidence points to …

Happy New Year from Cutting Edge Capital!

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Happy New Year from Cutting Edge Capital!    Would you like to raise capital to grow your business (or entrepreneurial nonprofit) in 2015, but you’re not sure how?    Having trouble finding the right investors?    Don’t want to have to give up control?    In partnership with the American …