PSI Initiative Performs Triple Jump in Global Insurance Hub to Mark its Second Anniversary

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

 Members | Publications | Events | Training | About  May and June has been a historical period for the environmental movement, which was highlighted by the inaugural United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi.   Environmental policy makers at UNEA understood the need to mobilise private finance for sustainable development and showed keen interest …

Crowdsourcing.org – Fundrise Announces $31M Funding Round

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, May 28 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Fundrise Announces $31M Funding Round — Fundrise, the Washington, DC-based equity crowdfunding platform for real estate projects, announced this morning that it closed a $31 million funding round. The round was led by Chinese social networking site Renren, CEO …

Call for Papers – Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

May 31, 2014 is the deadline for submitting papers to the 2nd Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance. The Geneva Finance Research Institute and the Institute For Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva together with Sustainable Finance Geneva are pleased to announce the 2nd Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance, which will …

The Civil Society Conference: Strengthening communities and building self-help in an era of Coalition Governments.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Overcoming disadvantage. Building civil society. Changing government.   The Civil Society Conference.   Strengthening communities and building self-help in an era of Coalition Governments.   With Hon. Kevin Andrews Federal Minister for Family and Community Services   “I’ve had a longstanding interest and involvement in civil society. I’ve served as …

Why TNC and JPMorgan Chase are investing $1 billion in nature

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Why TNC and JPMorgan Chase are investing $1 billion in nature By Elsa Wenzel Published April 29, 2014 The Nature Conservancy and JPMorgan Chase have a bold goal: Raise $1 billion over the next three years toward projects that protect agriculture, fisheries, water and land. These power brokers in conservation …

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Welcome to issue #7 of the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) INSIGHT. GISR continues to execute its multi-faceted strategy to build a global standard of excellence for sustainability ratings. Its growing network of partners in the investor, corporate, NGO, ratings and accounting communities is the foundation for expanding its global …

Critical Look at UNFCCC’s New Voluntary Tool for Assessing CDM

Jay OwenSustainability News

Critical Look at UNFCCC’s New Voluntary Tool for Assessing CDMs ‘    hat tip to  our colleagues at helio ,  Editor We are pleased to inform you that the online voluntary tool designed by theunfccc secretariat to highlight the sustainable development co-benefits ofcdm project activities and PoAs in a structured, consistent, …

Green Economy Guidebook Series from the UN

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

NEW GREEN ECONOMY GUIDEBOOK SERIES The Division for Sustainable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) has published a series of guidebooks to the green economy following the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). They can be found at:http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?menu=1224 These guidebooks provide practitioners and other …

PRESS RELEASE: SELECTION OF THE HOST CITY AND COUNTRY OF THE 8TH WORLD WATER FORUM

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

WORLD WATER COUNCIL                                                             PRESS RELEASESELECTION OF THE HOST CITY AND COUNTRY OF THE 8TH WORLD WATER FORUMbrazil as 2018 Forum’s hostsMarseille, France/Gyeongju, Korea, 26 February, 2014- This Wednesday, during its 51st Board of Governors meeting, the brazil to welcome the 8th World Water Forum …

Green Growth: High-level panel marks launch of GGKP office in Geneva

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  Knowledge Update Issue 2014-2                                                                                      February 19, 2014 High-level panel marks launch of GGKP office in Geneva On 22 January, to mark the official Green Growth Knowledge Platform’s office, the GGKP, Swiss Government and Geneva Environment Network hosted a high-level panel debate on the topic of “Green Economy and Green Growth: Passing Fad …