Pilot Program for Climate Resilience Bulletin The seventh meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) for pilot countries and participating regions convened on 1-3 May in Washington, DC, and was hosted by the World Bank through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). Over 70 participants attended the meeting, which …
EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2013 For the first time since the financial crisis occurred…
EFES NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2013 For the first time since the financial crisis occurred… … the number of employee shareholders in Europe didn’t increase last year, and the democratization rate of employee ownership went down. A new differentiation appears between top executives and other employees since the beginning of …
CIF 2012 Partnership Forum – Vol. 172 No. 9
IISD is pleased to announce its newest project: The 2012 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum will meet on 6-7 November 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey, and is being co-hosted by the CIF and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Download the newsletter (PDF). Water Policy & …
CIF Pilot Country Meetings – Vol. 172 No. 6 – Forest Investment Program – Issue #2
The fourth meeting of pilot countries participating in the Forest Investment Program (FIP) convened today in Istanbul Turkey, in association with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) 2012 Partnership Forum that will meet on 6-7 November. The FIP is one of the three targeted programs under the CIF’s Strategic Climate Fund …
World Takes Hard Look at India Grid, Promises of Solar
Asia Report: World Takes Hard Look at India Grid, Promises of Solar by Renewable Energy World Editors | August 6, 2012 | Suddenly, the world is intrigued by India’s unstable grid and the role solar can play in providing solutions for a country desperately in need of a new energy …
Watershed Capital Group Announces $12M Funding for Aquaculture Technology Company
$12,000,000 Series A Preferred Stock Sustainable Aquaculture Technology Company The undersigned served as financial advisor in the transaction. This is not an offering or solicitation for the sale of securities. Watershed Capital Group is pleased to announce that one of its clients, an aquaculture technology company, raised $12 million of …
Novethic Release: SRI up 35% in France
SRI up 35% in France: steady growth driven by the conversion of existing funds Paris, 28 April 2011 – Today Novethic is releasing the results of its exclusive annual review of the French market for Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). SRI assets under management owned by French clients reached EUR 68.3 …
Philanthropy’s Bermuda Triangle
A publication from Inflection Points Inflection Points asked Stephen Viederman, retired president of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and presently a member of the finance committee of the Christopher Reynolds Foundation, for his views on the power of philanthropic foundations to utilize their investment funds for change. Philanthropic foundations are …
Report on the Green Transition Scoreboard February 2011
Click here for the report For previous updates, press releases, endorsements and general information, see the Green Transition Scoreboard® homepage. Executive Summary The Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) is a time-based, global tracking of the private financial system for all sectors investing in green markets. This update of the GTS has …
Investment Funds Stir Controversy Over Recruiting by For-Profit Colleges
http://www.propublica.org/article/investment-funds-stir-controversy-over-recruiting-by-for-profit-colleges/