SUSPENDING HUNGARY’S EU PRESIDENCY ISN’T A SANCTION — IT’S A PRECAUTION

Tommy MalettaCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Latest Headlines

By Alberto Alemanno, POLITICO The threat of impeding the Council of EU presidency may prove to be one of the most effective instruments for Brussels to make rebellious members fall in line. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the longest-serving current leader of any European Union member country, has turned Hungary into …

Vietnam faces criticism for arresting climate activist as it closes clean energy deal

Tommy MalettaCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Latest Headlines

By Michael Copley, NPR A prominent climate activist in Vietnam was detained on Wednesday in what human rights experts say is the latest case of the country’s ruling Communist Party suppressing civil society. The arrest came weeks after dozens of environmental and human rights groups urged President Joe Biden and …

The profession of sustainability is doing just fine

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Sustainability News, Wealth of Networks

Joel Makower Sustainability professionals are thriving. That in itself is news. When the 2008 recession came around, the sustainability function inside companies suffered as many positions were shed as part of cost-saving (euphemistically, “rightsizing”) measures. By the time the recession ended in 2010, only about one in four companies said …

Bloomberg Green: Climate-friendly shopping

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Transforming Finance, Latest Headlines

“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 …

Algorithm accountability is easier said than done

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Information Technology Issues

“Ethical Markets welcomes all these actions to rein in social media, following on my 5 steps in “Steering Social Media Toward Sanity“ and our paper “Can AI Algorithms Be Ethical?“, referencing IT expert Dave Lauer on our global Advisory Board. Hazel Henderson, Editor“   By Mathew Ingram Over the past several years, Congress …

From rights in the metaverse to community forests

Jay OwenTrendspotting, Wealth of Networks, Beyond GDP, Latest Headlines

“Ethical Markets welcomes this focus by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on the idiocies of Silicon Valley’s promotion of virtual reality and the so-called: “metaverse”! We have been following these dangerous trends for several years, see my “Steering Social Media Toward Sanity”  and my forthcoming article: “ENSLAVING OURSELVES TO INFOTECH SPEED AND …