The U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United v. FEC ruling has allowed corporate CEOs to unleash a torrent of secret corporate spending into our political system. Indefensibly, CEOs are able to keep both the public and their own shareholders in the dark about the use of company funds for political …
Today’s Study: Corporations Lie
NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/ Calendar changes have come to NewEnergyNews. See the note at the bottom of this email. Today At Newenergynews, June 18: * Today’s Study: Corporations Lie * Quick News, June 18: Solar’s Surge; New Energy Up 300% Over The Decade; A Smart …
Five Questions about Executive Compensation – Special Interview with Eleanor Bloxham, CEO, The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance
Published on Emerging Markets ESG on Monday, June 4, 2012 Founded in 1999, The Value Alliance has provided education, information, and advisory services to directors and executives from hundreds of companies including large Fortune 500 multinationals as well as smaller entrepreneurial start-ups, both publicly traded and privately held corporations, and both taxable …
Green Bond Update: Wind Company Bonds
Read the article here Posted: 15 May 2012 12:23 PM PDT by Corporate Bonder Market Overview Data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements indicate that the total size of the global debt securities market (domestic and international) was $98.7 trillion as at September 2011, of which $89.9 trillion were notes and …
Book Review: ‘Stewardship: Lessons Learned From The Lost Culture of Wall Street’
John G. Taft’s “Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street” (Wiley, 2012) is authored by a deeply principled adviser whose clients are investors in corporations rather than their managers. Read the review on Seeking Alpha.
First Annual Savannah International Clean Energy Conference
From clean energy to cleantech and global security to sustainable cities, and more, the Savannah International Clean Energy Conference is over two days of dynamic interaction among the world’s top investors, innovators, corporations, and government agencies. The conference will conclude with the Global Cleantech Cluster Association Later Stage Awards Gala …
B Corps Emerging in South America
Maria Emilia Correa of Systema B is working to bring B Corporations to Latin America. She explains below the purpose and particular need for recognized social enterprises in Spanish-speaking countries. For more in English, read Ellie Winninghoff’s article on Flex Corps and B Corps. Podemos hacernos los locos, o podemos …
Carbon Disclosure Project Investor Roundtable
ASrIA BRIEFING: Carbon Disclosure Project Investor Roundtable Mark the date – 25 April, 2012 (Wednesday) for ASrIA Briefing: Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Investor Roundtable Low carbon growth is now widely accepted in Europe and North America as fundamental to generating long term shareholder value, avoiding dangerous climate change and helping …
50 Attorneys General vs. Citizens United
Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided that big corporations and the super rich have a “right” to spend unlimited amounts of money in our elections. The Justices that supported this ridiculous decision just expected states to fall in line behind the ruling and abandon their campaign finance laws, but …
In the Press: Eco-money: Corporations look to green investments
Eco-money: Corporations look to green investments The National … estimated to be a $45 trillion new global market,” says Hazel Henderson, the president of ethical markets media and the author of Beyond Globalisation.