Bloomberg Green: Climate-friendly shopping

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“Ethical Markets congratulates Jess Shankleman and Bloomberg Green for highlighting Freecycle!  We have covered all these and other electronic barter exchanges and local currencies we have documented for over 30 years ….whenever macroeconomic indicators and price-system based policies have failed to steer markets away from cliffs of unsustainability and destructive …

Reuters: Breakingviews Predictions 2022

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VIRTUAL EVENT SERIES BREAKINGVIEWS 2022 PREDICTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS A WORLD IN TRANSITION THE MEGA SHIFTS SHAPING FINANCE, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIES SPONSORED BY Please join Reuters Breakingviews for a series of exclusive discussions with leading corporate executives and policymakers as we celebrate the publication of our latest book of predictions and …

Climate Bonds Initiative recognises Green Star as a pathway to net zero buildings

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Climate Bonds Initiative recognises Green Star as a pathway to net zero buildings  Two new proxies available for Certification under the Low Carbon Buildings Criteria Barangaroo/London: 24/11/2021: Green Star has achieved recognition as an international pathway to net zero emissions building, after the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) approved two of the Green Building Council of Australia’s rating tools as compliant with green bonds certification under the Climate …

Wall Street’s $22 trillion time bomb

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  The clock is ticking for banks, insurers and asset managers still providing support to oil, gas and coal producers. It’s not just the moral imperative—that fossil-fuel use is destroying the atmosphere and life on Earth with it. It’s that their financial health requires leaving such companies behind. According to Moody’s Investors Service, financial …

COP26 Daily: Protesters and negotiators agree

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Where the talks stand By Akshat Rathi The parade of announcements this week from world leaders, finance figures and climate diplomats at the COP26 summit culminated in a weekend parade of protesters through Glasgow, Scotland. The message from the thousands carrying placards around the venue of the meeting is one most insiders would agree …