ASBC has long advocated for policies that move us toward a more just, inclusive, equitable and sustainable economy and society, but the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has sparked new outrage, leading to renewed energy toward those goals. Shortly after the Floyd murder, ASBC issued a new …
Judy Wicks and Michael Shuman in Conversation
Every year during the first decade of this century, the Business Alliance for a Local Living Economy (BALLE) would hold its annual conference. Those conferences were a celebration of local economies and the small businesses that built those economies. Judy Wicks, Michael Shuman, David Korten, Laury Hammel, Don …
Speech by Sarah Breeden
“Ethical Markets fully supports the climate activism now at the Bank of England, and making climate risk disclosure mandatory and urges all companies, banks, insurers and asset managers to act now to assess their own risks and to fully disclose them by 2021. This is the type of pressure we …
EC’s new sustainable finance advisory body, Dutch cabinet on DC pension switch
1. EC opens for applications to new sustainable finance advisory body » 2. Dutch cabinet agrees with unions on DC pensions switch » 3. How we run our money: PPF – Defending UK pensions » 4. Tesco Pension Investment announces leadership changes » 5. ?Industriens reshapes largest bond mandate into …
“Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid”
“Ethical Markets agrees with lawyer and author Ellen Brown, our expert Advisory Board member, that indeed Blackrock should be broken up and be removed from its too cozy conflict-of-interest position with our Fed and government agencies. No amount of “greenwashing“ and holier-than-thou letters to Blackrock’s portfolio companies can erase its actual …
IOSCO consults on AI/ML guidance for market intermediaries and asset managers
“Ethical Markets welcomes this initiative by IOSCO and we also advocate regulation of the use of so-called “AI”, a marketing slogan (there is nothing artificial about this human-trained machine learning ! We advocate that all algorithms used in financial markets and social decision-making must be monitored and open to examination of …
News from the Sustainable Finance Team at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE – June 2020
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this report “TOOLBOX for Sustainable Crisis Response Measures for Central banks and Supervisors”, updating on all the steps the world’s central bankers and prudential financial regulators are finally stepping up to disclose the climate and ESG risks, both in their operations and more importantly in their huge …
Envision Added to the FTSE Russell Microcap Index
Disclaimer: Hazel Henderson is an early investor in EVSI and plans to stay! SAN DIEGO – June 25, 2020 – Envision Solar International, Inc., (Nasdaq: EVSI, EVSIW) (“Envision Solar,” or the “Company”), the leading producer of unique and sustainable infrastructure products for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media, today announced it …
You are invited to an unprecedented LIVE
You are invited to an unprecedented LIVE 3-day virtual event starting June 23rd, 24th, and 25th. The Global Mindset Forum -Thriving in a New Economy, will bring together 24 of the biggest thinkers, dream makers, and movement leaders in today’s world, right to your own living room! From the man …
SDG Update – 12 June 2020
“Ethical Markets fully support this Nature-Based Solutions Declaration and all the good work over the years of our friends at CDP. All our decade of research in our Green Transition scoreboard reports (downloadable free at www.ethicalmarkets.com) has reached similar conclusions. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Guest Articles Unlocking Nature’s Potential Guest authors …