The annual WSIS Forum has become a global multistakeholder platform

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen

The annual WSIS Forum has become a global multistakeholder platform for coordination of the implementation of the WSIS Outcomes. The Forum, co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, undp and UNCTAD, in close collaboration with all WSIS Action Line facilitators/co-facilitators and other UN organizations (ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, unctad UNDESA, FAO, UNEP, WHO, ILO, …

Public Banking Goes Live Online!

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

Public Banking Goes Live Online! The Santa Fe Symposium – Banking on New Mexico – will be live streamed on the web this coming Saturday, September 27. Click here for the main session at 9:30 MDT. Click here for the side session at 10:25 MDT. If you are working on …

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets By LISA W. FODERARO  NY Times, SEPT. 21, 2014 Slide Show Slide Show|13 Photos A Demonstration for the Planet in Manhattan CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times C Legions of demonstrators frustrated by international inaction on global warming descended on New York …

June 13th at noon Eastern Time: Global Telesummit – Countdown to the International Day of Peace!

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

www.WE.net June is when we annually begin our Countdown to 11 Days of Global Unity September 11 – 21 culminating on Sept. 21st, the U.N. International Day of Peace. On June 13th you’re invited to join this Global Telesummit for the 100 Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace. Find out about what’s going on …

Press release for BSEC and BWEC

Jay OwenTV Series

Press Release – 6 May 2013 Press Invited to Learn About Barriers to Wind and Solar Energy in Brazil Barriers to the expansion of wind and solar energy in Brazil will be debated on 27 and 28 May in São Paulo, Brazil. State Governors, federal authorities from Brazil and board …

Winners of 2012 EthicMark® Awards: Announcement at Sustainable Brands Conference in London

Ethical MarketsSustainability News

London — November 28, 2012 – The winners of the 2012 EthicMark® Awards for advertising that “uplifts the human spirit and society” were announced today at the Sustainable Brands London conference, a gathering of sustainable brand innovators and thought leaders from around the world. TOMS won in the for-profit category …

Sustainability takes center stage as new reporting guidance is launched

kristySustainability News

Global Reporting Initiative Press Release Under STRICT embargo until: 00.01 CET Tuesday 24 January 2012 Sustainability takes center stage as new reporting guidance is launched Event organizers can now report on sustainability issues like impacts on communities, natural environments, and local and global economies, thanks to new guidance published today …

Listening to Occupy Wall Street

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, Advisors' Forum

John  Fullerton is on the Ethical Markets Advisory Board and co-organized our TRANSFORMING FINANCE Statement. Join our many co- signers worldwide at www.transformingfinance.net.  – Hazel Henderson, Editor Listening to Occupy Wall Street I went down to Liberty Park Plaza this week (bought and renamed Zuccotti Park in 2006) to listen, to …

The Most Prestigious Global CSR Awards 2011 To Be Held In Recognition Of Outstanding CSR Programmes

kristyGlobal Citizen

PRESS RELEASE 13 June 2011, The Pinnacle Group International, Singapore The Most Prestigious Global CSR Awards 2011 To Be Held In Recognition Of Outstanding CSR Programmes The Global CSR Awards, Asia’s most prestigious recognition awards programme for corporate social responsibility is back for the 3rd successive year. The awards will …