E THIS WEEK: Shoppers Choose Local

Jay OwenSustainability News

View it in your browser February 24, 2013 WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING Shoppers Choose Local Forget the aisles stocked with organics. If local foods are not available, 30% of consumers will purchase groceries elsewhere, reports a new study released this month by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. According to the study, …

Three Tax Reforms to Encourage Modernization of the Manufacturing Sector

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

Much of the equipment and production processes in America’s factories are decades old and not as efficient as modern equipment and processes in use by many of our international competitors. While some factories have been modernized, many have not. Modernizing these factories will allow them to better compete in world …

Rethink growth with forest capital-CSE’s Fortnightly Bulletin

kristySRI/ESG News, Greentech, Earth Systems Science

News from Down to Earth EDITORIAL Rethink growth with forest capital (by Sunita Narain) ======================================================== Can you love tigers but hate forests? This is the question that troubled me as I visited the middle of India last fortnight. I was in Nagpur, where local politicians, conservationists and officials were discussing …