NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY: SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

    NEW REPORT FROM POSITIVE MONEY:  SOVEREIGN MONEY – Paving the way for a sustainable recovery   Buy a hard copy for £6 plus shipping (60 pages – only 100 copies available) or Download PDF   By fuelling our economy through ever-rising levels of household debt, we are repeating the mistakes that led …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: Waze acquisition makes Google maps ‘unbeatable’: analysts

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability   NewNet Daily Newsletter 13 June 2013 Read about the latest firms launching specialist renewable energy investment arms with aNew Energy World Network subscription Deal News Waze acquisition makes Google maps ‘unbeatable’: analysts PREMIUM E.ON revealed as Bloom Energy’s $100m backer, IPO on the cards Latin …

UNEVEN JOB RECOVERY POSES CHALLENGES TO MOST COUNTRIES, UN LABOUR AGENCY REPORTS

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

UNEVEN JOB RECOVERY POSES CHALLENGES TO MOST COUNTRIES, UN LABOUR AGENCY REPORTS New York, Jun  3 2013  1:00PM Five years after the global financial crisis, the world employment situation remains uneven with emerging and developing economies recovering much faster than most advanced countries, the United Nations labour agency today reported, …

Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson tells Al Jazeera’s Stephen Cole that Europe should let banks that are ran “irresponsibly” go bankrupt.

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Published on Jan 25, 2013 Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson tells Al Jazeera’s Stephen Cole that Europe should let banks that are ran “irresponsibly” go bankrupt. Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Grimsson also held his country as a model of economic recovery after its near-collapse four years …

Global Wind Energy Outlook 2012

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

The Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International are pleased to present this fourth edition of the Global Wind Energy Outlook for 2012, the latest product of a collaboration that goes back to 1999. A lot has happened in the intervening years. Wind power has now established itself as a …

Youth Employment, Job Rights Keys To Economic Recovery, Says New Un

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, JOB RIGHTS KEYS TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY, SAYS NEW UN LABOUR CHIEF New York, Oct 1 2012 12:05PM With youth accounting for more than one-third of the world’s 200 million unemployed, Guy Ryder, the new Director-General of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO), has called for programmes that …

Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference

kristyGlobal Citizen, The Power of Yin

Looking at the way forward in implementing the expected outcomes of the Conference Posted on June 21 2012 | Executive Director Michelle Bachelet | Speeches and Statements http://www.unwomen.org/2012/06/looking-at-the-way-forward-in-implementing-the-expected-outcomes-of-the-conference/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ungen+%28UN+gender+equality+news+feed%29 Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women at the Rio+20 high-level roundtable on “Looking at the way forward in implementing …

Green Growth: Making it Happen

kristyGreen Prosperity

Green Growth: Making it Happen By Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General 07/02/2012 – Faced with low growth, high unemployment and weakened public finances countries need to pursue new sources of growth to put the global recovery back on track. Green growth can help. With the right policies to encourage innovation and …

Workers’ Rights Endangered in Greece

kristySRI/ESG News

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine Workers’ Rights Endangered in Greece Brussels, 7 February 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the attacks on workers’ rights in the current demands being made of the Greek government by the European Union and the IMF . The international trade union movement …

Efficient Resource Management Crucial In War-Torn Nations To Ensure Peace Un

kristyGlobal Citizen, Resource Efficiency

EFFICIENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CRUCIAL IN WAR-TORN NATIONS TO ENSURE PEACE ? UN New York, Nov 15 2011 1:05PM A new book published by the United Nations and partners tackles the key challenges faced by post-conflict countries on how to efficiently manage their natural resources so they contribute to economic recovery …