Other News: Financial reform: Call to arms

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Financial reform: Call to arms   By Martin Wolf – Financial Times   Post-crisis efforts to bolster economies and create safer banks have only preserved a flawed system   The financial crises and the years of economic malaise that followed represent profound failures of the economy and of policy. Above …

An All Local Grocery Store and Deli plus an Education and Distribution Hub

Jay OwenSustainability News

Greeti Greetings! Since Blessing the Hands that Feed Us came out in January, I’ve gone from author to activist with a passion for restoring regional food systems so we-the-eaters can have more fresh, local food and our food producers can have more fresh money in their pockets. Especially exciting is …

Better Markets: Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail banks

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Why do almost all companies finance themselves mostly with equity, but Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail banks finance themselves almost 100 percent with borrowed money (debt), making them very unstable and at high risk of failure even if they only have tiny losses?  Because those handful of gigantic banks (only 9 banks in the …

Rewarding the Work of Democracy: The Case for TimeBanking

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions

  Rewarding the Work of Democracy: The Case for TimeBanking by Edgar S. Cahn. Ph.D. Founder, Time Banking; Co-Founder, Antioch School Of Law, Washington, DC Ethical Markets Media Advisory Board Member  This paper is an exploration of the contribution that TimeBanking, a medium of exchange with its own unique characteristics can, and …

The UK Family Office Forum London, The Dorchester, 21 – 22 October 2014

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

The UK Family Office Forum London, The Dorchester, 21 – 22 October 2014 Join us when 80+ genuine* Family Offices and Principals meet under one roof “Hands down the best FO event ever!” Steffi Claiden, Family Office Review “Ratio of Investors / Providers was very good.” Philipp von Königsmarck, Fidelity …

Waters Statement on SEC’s Final Rules on Money Market Funds

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                              July 23, 2014                                                                                                                                                                                       Follow us on Twitter: @FSCDems                                                                                                                                                                                        Waters Statement on  SEC’s Final Rules on Money Market Funds WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of its long awaited rules for money …

BETTER MARKETS: Attention on the 4th anniversary of the landmark Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) resumes

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Financial Reform Newsletter July 23, 2014     Attention on the 4th anniversary of the landmark Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) resumes: Better Markets’ new poll on voters’ unhappiness with the pace and extent of financial reform continues to get broad coverage: Check out this terrific editorial by Bloomberg News on …

GFI Welcomes OECD Release of Full Global Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Information

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2014 GFI Welcomes OECD Release of Full Global Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Information GFI’s Platform Issue Moving Forward to International Implementation GFI Notes that Issues Still Need to Be Addressed, Warns that Developing Country Participation is Critical WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization for Economic …

ACEEE: GERMANY, ITALY, EU, CHINA, AND FRANCE TOP GLOBAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RANKINGS

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Patrick Kiker, [email protected], 202.507.4043     ACEEE: GERMANY, ITALY, EU, CHINA, AND FRANCE TOP GLOBAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY RANKINGS   U.S. Places 13th Out of 16, Behind Australia, India, and South Korea; Germany Wins “World Cup” of Energy Efficiency: 2nd International Scorecard Evaluates 16 Leading World Economies on …

An Amazing New Technology Approved By The EPA Design For The Enviroment Program

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

             An Amazing New Technology Approved By The EPA Design For The Enviroment Program   Washington, D.C. July 15, 2014       The National Green Energy Council is excited to officially endorse AC Energy Boost as our partner for energy conservation in our energy efficiency technology application program …