Thought Leader Amory Lovins Joins Ceres Conference 2015 Lineup

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

 Amory Lovins: Featured Keynote Speaker at Ceres Conference 2015   Thought Leader Amory Lovins Joins Ceres Conference 2015 Lineup We are excited to announce that Amory Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and a global thought leader on energy issues, will be joining us as a keynote speaker at …

News @NEON – New Observatory Director, new airborne data, and more

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

  Fall 2014  In this issue Observatory Director New airborne data available New higher education video on LiDAR data Construction updates Fall into Phenology 2014 NEON summer intern blogs Call for papers: Understanding uncertainty in remotely sensed vegetation data products New jobs in NEON science NEON hires new Observatory Director …

The Great Coal Cap: China’s energy policies and the financial implications for thermal coal

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

The Great Coal Cap: China’s energy policies and the financial implications for thermal coal | Carbon Tracker Initiative Carbon Tracker Initiative Financial specialists making carbon investment risk real today in the capital market.   The Great Coal Cap: China’s energy policies and the financial implications for thermal coal Since the …

Cornerstone Capital Group – A Perspective on Climate Change

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

A Perspective on Climate Change: Cornerstone Capital Group  believes that the capital markets must adapt to the evolving reality of climate change.  The Obama administration’s proposal on existing power plants continues an ongoing trend of increasing restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, whose implications are not fully captured by the financial markets. This statement identifies actions investors …

News Alert: Released Today – International Integrated Reporting Framework

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

IIRC NEWS ALERT INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED REPORTING FRAMEWORK RELEASED WITH BUSINESS AND INVESTOR SUPPORT The release today of the International Integrated Reporting (<IR>) Framework marks an important milestone in the market-led evolution of corporate reporting.  It follows a three-month global consultation led by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) earlier this …

Report: Global Climate Bonds Market Doubles As Investors Demand Low-Carbon Finance

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Report: Global Climate Bonds Market Doubles As Investors Demand Low-Carbon Finance 2013-09-11 22:26:19.117 GMT By Andrea Vittorio (BNA) — Bonds and Climate Change Key Development: The global climate bonds market doubled from 2011 to 2012 to reach $346 billion as investors demanded more low-carbon finance, a new report says. What’s …

Integrated Reporting: Why Deutsche Börse Group chose to become the 100th business to join IIRC Pilot Programme

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

In this issue: Why Deutsche Börse Group chose to become the 100th business to join IIRC Pilot Programme, the role Internal Auditors will have to play in Integrated Reporting, Background Papers for <IR>: Value Creation and Connectivity, videos from Eskom and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company…. And more!   IIRC Newsletter – August Edition Deutsche Börse …

Integrated Reporting: Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announce an alliance that will achieve greater momentum towards the evolution of better corporate reporting

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

CDP, CDSB and IIRC announce collaboration to accelerate Integrated Reporting   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (18 July 2013) – CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today announce an alliance that will achieve greater momentum towards the evolution of better corporate reporting, in order to …

Product Launch | Quantitative Equity Model (QEM)

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Press Release GMI Ratings’ Quantitative Equity Model (QEM) Uses Forensic Measures of Issuer Risk to Predict Equity Returns Globally, Across Industries, Large-cap and Small-cap Portfolios New York (June 12, 2013) – GMI Ratings announced today the formal launch of the Quantitative Equity Model (QEM), which uses governance and accounting-related forensic risk …

Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Press release For immediate release: 6 June 2013 Companies to benefit as CDP and GRI collaborate to harmonize reporting frameworks CDP, the only global platform for companies and cities to disclose and manage their environmental impacts, and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), providers of the most widely used comprehensive Sustainability Reporting …