“Ethical Markets agrees with CEO and Founder KoAnn Skrzyniarz of Sustainable Brands, a co-sponsor of our EthicMark® Awards and partner, in this insightful addition to our thinking about the meaning of “purpose“ and how it can steer companies toward great responsibility for the sustainability of our common future on this …
Feeding the world without wrecking the planet is possible
“We at Ethical Markets agree with these conclusions and our research in our Green Transition Scoreboard® reports that expanding human food systems to include saltwater agriculture growing halophyte food plants (e.g. quinoa, Salicornia, China’s salt-tolerant rice) can also reduce the need to irrigate current crops with the planet’s 3 % …
GEC Newsletter January 2020
“Ethical Markets as a member of the global Green Economy Coalition, highly recommends these new projects and plans for 2020! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ * New Barometer, Strategy, and Tracker projects launching * Next GEC Global Meeting: New Delhi, February 2020 * Events in Davos, Uganda and Brussels… CONVENOR UPDATE An update from Oliver Greenfield, …
DealBook: Michael Bloomberg’s Plan to Rein in Wall Street!
“Ethical Markets applauds some of Bloomberg’s plan to rein in Wall Street, particularly the financial transactions tax, which we have advocated for decades, as well as strengthening the Consumers Financial Protection Bureau! A good start, but we hope Bloomberg will go much further to shift financial markets from their obsession with …
What Bezos’s $10 Billion Can Do for the Climate Fight By Akshat Rathi
“Ethical Markets doubts that this $10 billion pledge by Jeff Bezos will be applied to the key climate crisis priorities, which we outline in our Green Transition Scoreboard® reports, including “Transitioning to Science-based Investing“, (2019-2020) and “Capturing CO2 While Improving Human Nutrition & Health”, (2018). We don’t need any more …
ILSR’s Research-On Feb. 18, FRONTLINE Examines “Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos”
“We all need to watch FRONTLINE to really understand the Amazon takeover of our lives. They do need to be broken up, just like AT&T was and we ended up with all the Baby Bells and lots more jobs and competition! See: Mark your calendars for Feb. 18th, when PBS’ …
Call for Maria Yovanovitch as US Ambassador to the UN!
“Ethical Markets applauds former Ambassador Maria Yovanovich’s courage and exemplary leadership. Watch her speech accepting Georgetown University’s Award here, Yovanovitch Says State Department is “In Trouble” and Leaders Lack “Moral Clarity”. We urge all presidential candidates, whoever wins, to appoint her as the next US Ambassador to the United Nations! …
Getting To Know The Gap Generation
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this perceptive article in FORBES by our colleague Terry Waghorn, founder and CEO of the KATERVA global network for accelerating sustainable innovation www.katerva.net, on whose Judges Panel I have been honored to serve. Terry also serves as one of our illustrious global Judges for our EthicMark® …
Bring Energy Democracy to the Green New Deal
The latest from The Next System Project Policy tools to bring energy democracy to the Green New Deal The best way to achieve the dual mission of decarbonizing our energy use and ending the economic inequities embedded in our current system, we need a Green New Deal centered in democratic governance …
DC symposium examines public banking
PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTE NEWS: FEB 1, 2020 Academics and advocates share ideas at DC symposium on public banking On Friday, January 24, Take on Wall St, a campaign of Americans for Financial Reform, hosted an illuminating symposium in Washington D.C. to examine public banking and related ideas that could transform our …