New index of wellbeing challenges Canada’s GDP as sole measure of progress

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Waterloo, Ont. – Canada has become a world leader in measuring wellbeing with the launch of a new comprehensive composite index set to challenge the gross domestic product (GDP) as the sole measure of our country’s progress, says the Honourable Roy Romanow, advisory board chair for the Canadian Index of …

Reports Supporting GTS

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› TEEB report: corporations out of step with consumers on biodiversity loss The presence of 160 delegates at Responsible Investor’s first Sustainable Emerging Markets conference was testimony to high interest amid a backdrop of increasing allocations and recognition amongst investors that sustainability factors are important investment issues in emerging markets. …

Key new report on Greening the World Economy

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This report presents data on 2009 clean energy ?nance and investment in G-20 nations. The primary focus of this report is on investment because it propels the innovation, commercialization, manufacturing and installation of clean energy technologies. Public and private investments in R&D (totaling some $25 billion in 2009) are not …