State of the Future report: Humans are doing OK, but nature suffers as a result – and we’ll pay for it

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting

ethical markets  research  confirms the 15 global challenges  identified by the Millennium Project  and  our Editor Hazel Henderson serves on the Project’s Planning Committee and provided  some early grants .   State of the Future report: Humans are doing OK, but nature suffers as a result – and we’ll pay …

A Brief Overview of Why You May not be Able to Resist Advertising with Children and Puppies

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting

The Current State of Ethical Advertising  by Maria O. Pinochet, Ethical Markets Research Advisory Board Historically, the role of advertising has been to communicate the offer of a service or product in order to inform audiences about the details of place and price. In turn, the viewers, listeners and readers …

How Investors Are Rebuilding New Orleans

Ethical MarketsAdvisors' Forum

Steve Schueth, Ethical Markets Research Advisory Board The current issue of the Green Money Journal features an excellent article on Sustainable Investing in New Orleans.  It discusses how the responsible investment industry is helping to rebuild and reshape this historic city. Not coincidentally, hundreds of investors and investment professionals will gather October 2–5, …

Envisioning a Global Economic Dashboard

kristyBeyond GDP

A publication from The Economist Economic futurist Hazel Henderson offers alternative measures. A growing number of economists and policy makers argue that statistics such as gross domestic product (GDP) and gross national product (GNP) may be useful as snapshots of a nation’s total economic activity, but they are limited in …