Can a (billionaire) hedge fund manager fix income inequality?

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets welcomes this  initiative and the launch of JUST Capital on September 24th !  Hazel Henderson,Editor Famed investor Paul Tudor Jones believes that we’re headed for trouble if we don’t shrink the wealth gap. His solution? Pressure companies to be more just.  http://for.tn/1K4aVkD Can a (billionaire) hedge fund manager …

The Business Need for Ethics & Compliance Professionals is Huge. We Provide the Gold Standard in Training.

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

 The Business Need for Ethics & Compliance Professionals is Huge. We Provide the Gold Standard in Training. For two decades the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University and the Ethics & Compliance Association (ECA) have been pioneers in providing the leading executive education program in ethics and compliance. That …

The coffee pod craze | Cute animals & conservation | The circular economy in Asia

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

Ethical Markets  applauds this ECO-BUSINESS  publication based in Singapore for enriching our understanding of the progress on achieving the circular economy  worldwide .We are happy to  see they quote several  of our global  Advisory Board members  :  Bill McDonough  and Michael  Braungart  ,  Gunter Pauli  , as well as  my …

Business Growth in an Era of Water Scarcity

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Reports You Need

webinar by Trucost and Ecolab,  17 February 2015, Arizona State University At our current pace of production, businesses will need 40 percent more water to feed, clothe and house two billion more middle class consumers in the next two decades. This conversation explores perspectives on strategies for making the business …

Susan Sun Nunamaker Interviews Hazel Henderson at World Future Society 2014

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Articles by Hazel Henderson

From Susan Sun Nunamaker, SunshineIsTheFuture.net, “It is my pleasure to be able to get an interview  during World Future Society 2014  at Orlando, FL, with Hazel Henderson , a futurist and an economic iconoclast. Ms. Henderson, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Britain in 1961, has worked in television and had authored …

Future of Cities – Surge in Emerging Markets

Jay OwenSustainability News, Trendspotting

We at Ethical Markets are wary of too much reliance on algorithms , unless frequently monitored and updated by  humans !  For example, the takeover of Wall Street by algorithms and high-frequency trading led to  the recent “ flash crashes” . Such  future events are  predicted by me and others …

Best Execution Accreditation: First-of-its-kind service combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to guarantee Best Execution

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Best Execution Accreditation: Quantitative. Objective. Independent. Best Execution Accreditation First-of-its-kind service combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to guarantee Best Execution KOR Group is excited to announce our new Best Execution Accreditation service. KOR will perform comprehensive analysis for buy-side firms of all policies and procedures and quantitative analysis of order flow …

Even the Council on Foreign Relations Is Saying It: Time to Rain Money on Main Street

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Ellen Brown You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they’ve tried everything else.                      —Winston Churchill When an article appears in Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the policy-setting Council on Foreign Relations, recommending …

“The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity, and Social Movements”

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews

Dear Friends of the Earth Charter, We hope this message finds you well, energized and motivated to continue doing the work you are doing to foster peace, justice, and sustainability. We would like to draw your attention to several books and publications that may help your efforts towards these ends. …

Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

NASA research shows Earth’s atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide.  Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, was regulated in 1987 under the Montreal …