What can our banks learn from the USA?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

I thought I’d escaped the City years ago when I quit my job as an investment banker. But today I’m back where I started out, addressing hundreds of people at the Chartered Accountants’ Hall. This isn’t any ordinary financial conference. Today, hundreds of people from across civil society are gathering …

CSR Asia Weekly: Lessons from Bangladesh / Business and children’s rights

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

CSR Asia Weekly: Lessons from Bangladesh / Business and children’s rights Vol. 9 Week 17 | 08 May 2013     HIGHLIGHT Corporate Community Investment Forum 2013, Singapore A pioneering forum which will give delegates access to the latest research and trends on corporate community investment in the Asean Region, with a specific …

CSRwire News Alert – Welcome to “Rugged Collaborationism” + Measuring Business Sustainability With Earth Systems Science

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Articles by Hazel Henderson

Measuring the Sustainability of Business: From Economism To Earth Systems Science Twenty-five years ago, pictures of our planet taken by NASA showed how our living biosphere captures the daily shower of free photons from the Sun teaching us that we did not need to dig in the Earth’s crust for …

Book Review: The Nature of Business By Giles Hutchins, New Society Publishers, 2013

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews

The Nature of Business By Giles Hutchins, New Society Publishers, 2013 Nature has already shown us the way to solve many human problems, from deciphering simple engineering puzzles to unlocking the mysteries of flight. In The Nature of Business, author Giles Hutchins makes a compelling case for applying the same principles …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: When capital flies, but corruption stays behind

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

  Friday March 29, 2013 No More Shifty Business: Campaigners Call for New Tax Rules Farming for Rats: Perverse Incentives and Illicit Financial Flows Illicit Wealth and Enormous Tax Dodging Fuel Inequality Task Force Recommendations to the BRICS Summit 2013 Taxcast Episode #15: March 2013 HSBC by the Numbers Clips …

Vision of Humanity : Peace Metrics Conference

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

  11th March 2013      Dear Friends and Subscribers, We have a particularly exciting research agenda and events calendar this year. While we are keeping a few things secret until later in the year, we are delighted to share with you an update on what has been keeping us …

Young’s China Business Blog Daily Newsletter: October 19 ?????????????:10?19?

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YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG ????????? DAILY NEWSLETTER October 19, 2012 China’s Speeds Up Solar Lifeline ???????????? A new Chinese media report shows that after more than a year of talk, Beijing is finally turning its aggressive talk on solar energy into action by more than doubling its approval of new …

GLOBAL CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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GLOBAL CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: MAKING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY Foundation for Social Change Speakers include Chipotle CEO/Founder Steve Ells, Eileen Fisher CEO/Founder Eileen Fisher, Henry Schein Chairman/CEO Stanley Bergman, L’Oreal USA President Frederic Roze, SC Johnson SVP Global Affairs Kelly Semrau and TerraCycle CEO/Founder Tom Szaky. November 9, …