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 …

US $6 Billion of Investment Opportunities at the Global Infrastructure Basel Summit

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency

  Breaking News: Releasing Another 5 of 48 GIB Graded Projects Presented at 4th GIB Summit Investment Forums   Nova Belo Horizonte   Brazil, Belo Horizonte. Sectors: Transportation, Mobility and Logistics, Urban Development and Regeneration. Total Investment: US $1.6 billion “Nova BH” is a co-financed urban operation that will promote dramatic improvements …

[Climate Bonds] Unibail-Rodamco issues EUR750m 10 year, A+ green property bond, first green corporate bond of 2014 – 3.4x oversubscribed in less than 2 hours. The next wave of green is coming.

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Unibail-Rodamco, a large European commercial property company, yesterday announced that it had placed a landmark EUR750mn green bond based on a portfolio of green buildings. The bond was 3.4 times oversubscribed with the order book reaching EUR2.5bn in under 2 hours! The first corporate green bond linked to property was issued by Sweden’s Vasakronan …

2013 highlights of our advocacy work on environmental, social and governance issues

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Zevin Asset Management 2013 SRI advocacy highlights  2013 highlights of our advocacy work on environmental, social and governance issues At Zevin Asset Management, we are committed to social change and are actively involved in many efforts to improve sustainability, respect for civil rights and liberties, and economic justice. We are …

CSRwire Talkback: Renewable Energy: Profiting from Fossil Fuels’ Woes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

By Rosalinda Sanquiche, co-author, Green Transition Scoreboard® Report Over $2 trillion has been privately invested globally since 2007 inrenewable energy, the highest sector monitored by the Green Transition Scoreboard®. While reduced cost and greater efficiencies are a large part of the story, renewable energy is benefiting also from changing attitudes toward …

SJF Invests in TTL and Easy Metrics: SJF Ventures October 2013 Bulletin

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

      We are excited to share SJF’s October 2013 Bulletin.  SJF Ventures has invested in Think Through Learning and Easy Metrics.  The fund also achieved an exit with B.B. Hobbs.  In addition, the bulletin provides updates on portfolio companies, news on upcoming events, and a new regular feature …

Jay OwenGreentech

he Way Forward for Renewable Energy in Central America Phase One Report Just Released: The Way Forward Renewable Energy in Central America: Status Assessment, Best Practices, Gap Analysis Click to download a copy of the report: English Version &Spanish Version With joint support from the Climate Development Knowledge Networkand the Energy and Environment Partnership …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: NASA data reveals mega-canyon under Greenland ice sheet

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News   ·          NASA data reveals mega-canyon under Greenland ice sheet Posted: 29 Aug 2013 11:16 AM PDT Data from a NASA airborne science mission reveals evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice. The canyon has the characteristics of …

TBLI Blog: U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

From  Robert Rubinstein, Founder of TBLI , a distinguished member of  Ethical Markets Advisory Board – Hazel Henderson, Editor ____________________________________________________________ ……….TBLIiBLOG……… TBLI CONFERENCE • TBLI CLUB • TBLI CONSULTING • TBLI PARTNERS____________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE ·        Busy Summer 29 Aug 2013 08:36 am | Robert Rubinstein Busy Summer Greetings to you …

the Globalist: Part I: Meet the Transformers

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

August 27, 2013 Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+     “Young Globalists:” The Complete Series How Young People Transform the World Part I: Meet the Transformers Joseph Quinlan | Who are the faces of the rising global middle class? Part II: The Road Ahead Joseph Quinlan | As global economic activity shifts …