CDP: US Utilities Now Pricing Carbon as Part of Core Business Strategy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

June 30, 2014 NEW METRICS CDP: US Utilities Now Pricing Carbon as Part of Core Business Strategy In response to increasing recognition of climate risk, fresh insights into how a price on carbon pollution might benefit companies and the US economy as a whole were released Friday in a new …

6 Cool Tools for Driving Behaviour Change and Innovation

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

                              THE NEXT ECONOMY ASU Partners With Dutch City to Develop First ‘Circular Economy’ Regional Plan     Arizona State University (ASU) and the Dutch Municipality of Haarlemmermeer, along with private partners in the Haarlemmermeer region, …

Politics: Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Politics Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon By CORAL DAVENPORT More than two dozen major American corporations are preparing to pay climate-related taxes, departing from conservative orthodoxy and exposing divisions between the Republican Party and its business supporters. Democrats’ Latest Campaign for Health Care Law Begins By …

SB Business: To Build a Future proof Brand, Build Your Global Expert Network

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

        November 18, 2013                         LEADERSHIP To Build a Future proof Brand, Build Your Global Expert Network     A few years ago, my ad agency was acquired by Maddock Douglas, an innovation agency based in …

SB Business: The Emerging, Not-for-Profit Economy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

                                SOCIAL ENTERPRISE The Emerging, Not-for-Profit Economy     Across numerous countries, the economic contribution of the not-for-profit sector has been on the rise since the late 1990s. In Canada, for example, not-for-profit institutions now …

The Sustainable Value of “Brand Disney”: Strategic Implications of Its Withdrawal from Bangladesh

Jay OwenSustainability News

  What I Learned About Sustainability at REI, Part 1: Abundance Over Scarcity After seven years of working on sustainable business at REI, I am taking some time to reflect and share some of the things I learned. My first lesson was that no one was inspired by an “I …

What Makes the Saudis Shudder

kristyResource Efficiency, Trendspotting

A publication from Energy & Capital By Nick Hodge | Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 If there’s one word that makes the Saudis shudder, it’s batteries. Because every electric or hybrid vehicle sold in the United States — or anywhere, for that matter — means one less junky for them to …