Rising Seas Summit

Jay Owen Partner Announcements and News

    The inaugural Rising Seas Summit brought together more than 170 professionals from national and local government, industry, academic institutions and environmental NGOs together to highlight the interrelationships between sea level rise, climate change and extreme events. Understanding, anticipating and adapting to water related threats is critical to national …

GRI contributes to interactive dialogue at the UN General Assembly

Jay Owen SRI/ESG News

GRI Press release For immediate release, 1 May 2014 GRI contributes to interactive dialogue at the UN General Assembly Teresa Fogelberg, Deputy Chief Executive GRI, will speak at the UN General Assembly in New York today. Ms Fogelberg will participate as a panelist in an interactive dialogue entitled ‘Elements for …

First Wave of Speakers Announced; Deadline for Speaker Recommendations is Today

Jay Owen SRI/ESG News

First Wave of Speakers Announced for 2013 Rising Seas Summit Speaker Recommendation Deadline is Today   2013 Rising Seas Summit: Understanding Sea Level Rise in the Face of Extreme Events and an Uncertain Economy June 18-20, 2013  |  Fort Lauderdale, FL Hosted at the Westin Beach Resort Visit www.SeaLevelRiseSummit.org for the latest updates. …

Trust in Business Essential for 2013: Global Experts Join Forces to Combat Trust Crisis

Jay Owen Reforming Global Finance

Chester, N.J.  January 3, 2013—After a well-documented 10+ years of declining trust in government, business and the media, Trust Across America (TAA) (www.trustacrossamerica.com) and its ambassadors are launching the Campaign for Trust™, a two-year initiative to reverse this cycle.  “As the leaders in information, standards, data and the Who’s Who …

CEQ and ACCO Announce Program Sessions for 2012 GreenGov Symposium

Ethical Markets Green Prosperity, Conferences

Session Topics Announced for 2012 GreenGov Symposium Confirmed Speakers Posted Over the Next Few Weeks Click here to register now. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) have announced the session topics for this year?s GreenGov Symposium ? Leading by Example. Over …

Which comes first: the finance or the ESG?

kristy SRI/ESG News

Join your fellow professionals from pension funds, investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Delegates from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance Week aims to …

ESG and Financial Training Plus the ESG Finance Lab

kristy SRI/ESG News

ESG AND FINANCIAL TRAINING ? PLUS THE ESG FINANCE LAB Join your fellow professionals from investment banking, asset management and research agencies for ESG and financial training organised by Responsible Investor with the University of St. Andrews. Twenty-two delegates from Germany, Switzerland and the UK are already confirmed. ESG Finance …

Dr. Martin Blake joins the Advisory Board of the Upcycle the Gyres Society

Ethical Markets SRI/ESG News, Earth Systems Science

Vancouver, Canada, June 6, 2012 – The Upcycle the Gyres Society (“UGS” or the “Society”) today announced that Dr. Martin Blake has agreed to accept the appointment of Strategic Advisor. Dr. Blake brings outstanding capabilities and an extensive background, especially in the area of sustainability. His strategic guidance, advice, and contributions …

London Stock Exchange – Occupied by Coal

kristy SRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency, Trendspotting

London Stock Exchange – occupied by coal New analysis from Carbon Tracker endorsed by WWF shows how the growing number of coal mining companies listing in London exposes the financial market to a significant systemic risk. Investors tracking the FTSE AllShare Index are facing increasing efforts across the world to …

New Research on Global Corporate Control

kristy Reforming Global Finance

New Research on Global Corporate Control Ladislau Dowbor January 3, 2012 “There is a big difference between suspecting the existence of a fact and in empirically demonstrating it” We have all followed, for decades in a row, the news about large companies buying one another, forming increasingly larger groups, in …