By Lester R. Brown http://www.earthpolicy.org/Books/Seg/PB3ch13_ss1.htm There are many things we do not know about the future. But one thing we do know is that business as usual will not continue for much longer. Massive change is inevitable. Will the change come because we move quickly to restructure the economy or …
CIRCLE Newsletter November 2008
Welcome to CIRCLE! CIRCLE is a European Networking project aiming at implementing a European Research Area (ERA) in the field of climate change and adaptation research. The aim of CIRCLE as an ERA-NET is described on our website: www.circle-era.net. Contents CIRCLE news Other news Congresses and other announcements 1. CIRCLE …
Arthur D. Little releases water management report
A new report from global management consultancy Arthur D Little warns businesses that merely adopting a reactive response to water management can damage corporate performance. The report provides several illustrations of how water affects businesses’ financial performance – such as at Électricité de France (EDF), which was hit by losses …
FOUR WORLDS CHAIRMAN AND OTHER INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND YOUTH ACROSS HEMISPHERE UNITE IN MAYAPUR, INDIA
MEDIA ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30 – December 05, 2008 White Rock, British Columbia, November 2008 -This November 29th – December 5th, 2008, in Mayapur, India, Four Worlds International Institute (FWII) Chairman Phil Lane Jr. and other Indigenous leaders and youth from across the Western Hemisphere will join 300 …
Are We Entering the Next Layer of Maturity Of Socially Responsible Business?
TRENDSPOTTING Nov. 17/08 written by Terry Mollner What I experienced last weekend may be the harbinger of a major maturation of socially responsible business and investing. I attended the Catalyzing Conscious Capitalism Conference in Austin, TX. John Mackey, the founder of Whole Foods, was the main thinking and financial energy …
WHY OBAMA MISSED BRETTON WOODS II
© 2008 Hazel Henderson www.EthicalMarkets.com Obama’s decision to skip the first summit of leaders of the G-20 in Washington, November 15-16, 2008 reflected his understanding that the world economic order has changed. His emissaries, former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa were sent as …
Deutsche Bank: “Green Investment Can Prevent Severe Recession”
Published Nov. 04/08 by Sustainable Life Media For those of you who pooh-poohed the U.N.’s recommendation last week that governments use the global credit crisis to retool their financial systems in support of green growth industries, now hear this: Researchers at Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management(DeAM) Division heartily agree. The bank …
RESPONSIBLE-INVESTOR.COM NEWS HEADLINES: NOVEMBER 10TH, 2008
› World Bank aims to structure joint climate change products with pension funds › Multi trillion dollar investor coalition unites to lobby governments on emissions targets › Bank chiefs more responsible for credit crisis than governments : investor survey › ESG improvements, but ‘striking’ disparity between best and worst UK …
We Need Sustainable Capitalism
Nov. 5/08 written by Al Gore and David Blood
Tomorrow's Investors Should Demand Accountability
by Rowland Manthorpe As the financial system goes into meltdown, few people are reaching to acclaim Margaret Thatcher. Robert Peston has already decided that recent events mark “the death of Thatcherism”.[1] The pendulum is swinging back towards the interventionist state.