Linking arms to create sustainable supply chains

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Get the latest insight, announcements and events from CDP’s blog Linking arms to create sustainable supply chains Posted on April 1, 2015 by Lance Pierce Every year we delay addressing climate change could cost the economy US$150 billion, say the White House. Yet major US-based supply chains trail the rest …

World First E-Waste Map Reveals National Volumes, International Flows

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

For release: 07:00 GMT Sunday December 15, 2013 The first “E-Waste World Map” has been created by UN organizations, industry, governments, non-government and science organizations through their “Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP)” initiative. By 2017, world volumes of end-of-life e-products is expected to be 33% higher than 2012 and weigh the …

Market Forces: ANZ biggest gambler on dirty coal and gas exports

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

ANZ biggest gambler on dirty coal and gas exports Friday 31 May 2013 Press Release A new interactive map has been published that identifies ANZ as the commercial bank lending most heavily to coal and gas export projects along Australia’s Eastern seaboard, including in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage …

UK Peace Index just released

Jay OwenBeyond GDP

24th April 2013      Dear Friends and Subscribers, We are delighted to announce the launch of the United Kingdom Peace Index (UKPI), the first comprehensive measure of peacefulness across the UK. The UKPI is the second in a series of national peace indices released by the Institute for Economics …

INVESTORS FACING A CARBON BUBBLE SHOULD SHIFT TO GREEN INVESTMENTS

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

INVESTORS FACING A CARBON BUBBLE SHOULD SHIFT TO GREEN INVESTMENTS – Institutional Investors Gambling On Carbon Reserves As Stranded Assets in the Transition Underway to Low-Carbon Green Economies.  “This is why Ethical Markets  GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD®  urges pension funds to shift  their assets to green sectors, which now total  $4.1 …

Vision of Humanity : Peace Metrics Conference

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

  11th March 2013      Dear Friends and Subscribers, We have a particularly exciting research agenda and events calendar this year. While we are keeping a few things secret until later in the year, we are delighted to share with you an update on what has been keeping us …

REN21 – Newsletter February 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

REN21 – Newsletter February 2013 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. February 2013 In This Issue – News from the REN21 Secretariat – News from the REN21 Network – Upcoming Events Add the REN21 Renewables Interactive Map widget to your website to incorporate its renewable energy data search Keep Up …

December 2012 Newsletter from the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility highlights

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

December 2012 Newsletter from the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility highlights: Facility partners meet to share lessons and successes The landscape of microinsurance in Africa 2012 Insurance for the people by the people See more information through: http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6e44e7d9ff174776d0f2af089&id=d77fd8be6b&e=[UNIQID]   Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser December 2012, #15        Forward to …

December 2012 Newsletter from the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility highlights:

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

December 2012 Newsletter from the ILO’s Microinsurance Innovation Facility highlights: Facility partners meet to share lessons and successes The landscape of microinsurance in Africa 2012 Insurance for the people by the people See more information through: http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6e44e7d9ff174776d0f2af089&id=d77fd8be6b&e=[UNIQID]   Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser December 2012, #15        Forward to …

REN21 Renewables 2013 Global Status Report – Information for Contributors and Reviewers

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity

Dear Global Status Report Contributors and Reviewers, After seven successful editions of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report (GSR), we are now looking ahead to its next edition. In the event that you have not yet seen the GSR2012, you can download the full report and the key findings of the report at www.ren21.net/GSR. The Renewables …