Build Your Connections with These REFF-Wall Street Attendees

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Network with Renewable Energy Leaders at REFF-Wall Street There’s still time to join your colleagues for the premiere renewable energy conference, REFF-Wall Street. REGISTER Today     Companies Attending REFF-Wall Street Include:           See Complete LIst of companies Attending     Network With Renewable Energy Decision-Makers …

IIRC Newsletter – Major Pension Funds come together to apply

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

IIRC Newsletter – May Edition Major Pension Funds come together to apply <IR> A new <IR> Pension Fund network has launched this month with the purpose of supporting its participants in producing integrated reports. The network met in Australia with the following superannuation funds: AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Construction and Building Unions Super, Retirement Benefits Fund …

GEOLAC

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Co-hosted for 2014 by The World Bank, GEOLAC gathers key LAC and international stakeholders – governments, utilities, multilaterals, developers, capital providers, and other providers of expertise – to explore opportunities for increased geothermal output, tackle obstacles to development, promote the exchange of knowledge and expertise, and facilitate vital new meetings …

The Civil Society Conference: Strengthening communities and building self-help in an era of Coalition Governments.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Overcoming disadvantage. Building civil society. Changing government.   The Civil Society Conference.   Strengthening communities and building self-help in an era of Coalition Governments.   With Hon. Kevin Andrews Federal Minister for Family and Community Services   “I’ve had a longstanding interest and involvement in civil society. I’ve served as …

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Synthesized ‘solar’ jet fuel: Renewable kerosene from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

Jay OwenGreentech

ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Synthesized ‘solar’ jet fuel: Renewable kerosene from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide Posted: 03 May 2014 03:49 PM PDT With the first ever production of synthesized “solar” jet fuel, the EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has successfully demonstrated the entire production chain for renewable kerosene obtained directly from …

UNEP FI Newsletter / March – April 2014 – Climate Science

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

   Members | Publications | Events | Training | About It is a delight to write this newsletter after two months in the role as Director and with the benefit of early insight into the workings of UNEP FI, the broader UNEP and UN environment, and with the extremely useful direct feedback from our …

Global Oceans Action Summit Bulletin – Vol. 186 No. 3 – Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth – Final Summary

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

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Another defining moment for crowdfinance

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Yesterday marked another defining moment for crowdfinance. Lending Club, the world’s largest crowdlender, announced that it has acquired Springstone Financial, a offline consumer lender that focuses on elective medical and dental procedure lending as well as tuition financing for K-12 private school education. The acquisition, totaling $140 million, was financed in …

Global Leaders Programme: How Can Infant Healthcare be Made Affordable to the Developing World? (Vietnam, March 2014)

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  It is my pleasure to share with you the result of GIFT’s latest Global Leaders Programme (GLP), which took place recently in Hong Kong and Vietnam in partnership with MTTS, a Vietnam medical equipment manufacturer.   The challenge was to explore the question fundamental to our partner MTTS’ business: How …