Linking arms to create sustainable supply chains

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Get the latest insight, announcements and events from CDP’s blog Linking arms to create sustainable supply chains Posted on April 1, 2015 by Lance Pierce Every year we delay addressing climate change could cost the economy US$150 billion, say the White House. Yet major US-based supply chains trail the rest …

ISSP Conference, November 12-14

Ethical Markets - RSustainability News

    http://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/issp-conference-2014 Join us for ISSP’s third international conference, an opportunity for sustainability champions from all over the world to convene, network, learn and help shape the profession. More than 400 sustainability professionals from around the world are expected to attend. They will hear from hand-picked keynoters and other …

Seeking the best SRI and Corporate Governance analysts in the world

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Extel WeConvene and www.sri-connect.com announce that the IRRI 2014 Survey is now open for voting and that this year’s search for the best SRI & Corporate Governance analysts in the world is now underway. The IRRI 2014 survey (Independent Research in Responsible Investment) identifies and rewards the SRI and Corporate …

The World Future Council and the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung would like to invite you to an international workshop

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The World Future Council and the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung would like to invite you to an international workshop on   A Mandatory Approval of Financial Instruments (Finance TÜV[1])   September 22nd/23rd 2014   Venue: EU Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Rue du Taciturne 38 1000 Brussels.   Complex financial instruments increase …

UN News Centre: DATA REVOLUTION ADVISORY GROUP NAMED BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks

New York Aug 29 2014 5:00PM     UN News Centre with breaking news from the UN News Service  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras (file)   DATA REVOLUTION ADVISORY GROUP NAMED BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named an Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development to …

Colonization by Bankruptcy: The High-stakes Chess Match for Argentina

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Ethical Markets  agrees with Ellen Brown that Argentina is right  to  resist the US court decision which tried to  force an involuntary default , by transferring the trustee for payment  from Bank  of New York Mellon to  Argentina’s own central bank.  The idea of an  international bankruptcy court , under …

Criterion and Gender Lens Investing

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Beyond GDP

  Dear friends, It was just over five years ago when Criterion began building the field of gender lens investing. Since then, we have worked with so many of you to create the reality of billions of dollars invested intentionally with a gender lens. Suzanne Biegel, Sarah Kaplan, and I …

Greetings to Futurist Update Readers, from Amy Zalman, CEO of World Future Society

Jay OwenTrendspotting

  Dear Futurist Update reader,   My name is Amy Zalman, and I am the incoming CEO and President of the World Future Society. I am writing to introduce myself and to let you know how glad I am to know that you subscribe to our free monthly newsletter, the Futurist Update. …

The Story behind the World Future Society (WFS)

Jay OwenTrendspotting

      Dear Futurist Update reader,   My name is Amy Zalman, and I am the incoming ceo and President of the World Future Society. I am writing to introduce myself and to let you know how glad I am to know that you subscribe to our free monthly newsletter, …

The World Future Council and the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are organising an international workshop on “A Mandatory Approval of Financial Instruments”

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The World Future Council and the EU Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung are organising an international workshop on   A Mandatory Approval of Financial Instruments (Finance TÜV)   September 22nd/23rd  2014   Venue: EU Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Rue du Taciturne 38 1000 Brussels.   Complex financial instruments increase levels of opacity – …