Invitation – June 20, 17.00 – Rio+20 Official Side Event “Sustainable Development in an Unequal World”

kristyGreen Prosperity

Dear Colleague: It is a pleasure for us to invite you to the Official Side Event “Sustainable Development in an Unequal World” that will take place on Wednesday 20th of June at 17.00 at the RioCentro Room T4. During this discussion, world leaders past and present will speak of the …

Book Review: ‘Why Nations Fail’

Ethical MarketsBooks and Reviews, Articles by Hazel Henderson

This magisterial book is a tour throughout the world and our human history, examining the persistent puzzle of why some countries successfully industrialized and others failed. MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, a political scientist and economist at Harvard, go beyond economics and its centuries of hypothesizing about …

May Day Statement–Governments must act for a sustainable and equitable recovery

kristyReforming Global Finance

Governments must act for a sustainable and equitable recovery It is more than five years since the financial crisis hit, followed rapidly by a larger economic crisis. This economic earthquake exposed the dangers of financialisation; of having the real economy subservient to finance; and of two decades of growing inequality. …

Discover who’s speaking at Environmental Bonds 2012

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity, Conferences

For Environmental Bonds 2012 we’ve recruited a panel of expert speakers – including top-level investment specialists.  Why not join them in London on 15 February to review the growing interest in the green bonds market, from both the public and private sector, and to assess its potential to attract billions …

NEW REPORT: Greening the Economy–A strategy for growth, jobs and success.

kristyGreen Prosperity

A report from the Aldersgate Group Aldersgate Group call for action on green growth to create jobs and reduce the deficit UK is losing momentum to emerging economies in the green economy; Aldersgate Group report sets out a green growth strategy to reduce the budget deficit and create jobs; United …