PRI LAUNCHES MONTRÉAL CARBON PLEDGE

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

PRI LAUNCHES MONTRÉAL CARBON PLEDGE Fiona Reynolds, Christiana Figueres and Martin Skancke at PRI in Person in Montréal. This week, ahead of the UN Summit on Climate Change in New York, we saw strong support across the globe for more decisive initiatives to respond to climate change. To underscore the …

Investor Statement re: Green Bonds & Climate Bonds

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

UN CLIMATE SUMMIT 23 SEPTEMBER 2014 We, the undersigned signatories to this statement, represent asset owners, investment managers and individual funds managing a combined Two Trillion Dollars of assets. We are substantial investors in the $100 trillion  global bond market. We understand: That climate change poses a significant risk to …

Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets, a PRI signatory, congratulates RI Academy and PRI for this collaboration to advance education in responsible finance, Hazel Henderson, Editor       MEDIA RELEASE LONDON, 9 September 2014 – The world’s leading responsible investment education business, the Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home with …

MEDIA RELEASE RI Academy welcomed into the PRI

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Ethical Markets, a PRI signatory, congratulates RI Academy and PRI for this collaboration to advance education in responsible finance, Hazel Henderson, Editor MEDIA RELEASE LONDON, 9 September 2014 – The world’s leading responsible investment education business, the Responsible Investment Academy, will move to a new home with the Principles for …

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 …

[Climate Bonds] Now it’s 25! A dozen more banks sign on to “Green Bond Principles” + ICMA takes on Secretariat role. Can they make it 100 banks signed on by UN Climate Summit in Sept? Go on, Ban Ki Moon needs some good news.

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘Now it’s 25! A dozen more banks sign on to “Green Bond Principles” + ICMA takes on Secretariat role. Can they make it 100 banks signed on by UN Climate Summit in Sept? Go on, Ban Ki Moon needs some good news.‘ The …

World Future Council members and RLA laureates denounce limited focus of Nuclear Security Summit

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

Press Release World Future Council members and RLA laureates denounce limited focus of Nuclear Security Summit Stockholm/Hamburg, March 20, 2014 – In a joint statement 38 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the World Future Council are calling on world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit to acknowledge that, …

65,000 demand that ABB withdraw from Sarawak

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

65,000 demand that ABB withdraw from Sarawak 3/17/2014 07:22 The Bruno Manser Fund has handed over a petition against ABB’s dealings in Sarawak, Malaysia – ABB refuses to provide any information on its business ties with the Taib regime ZURICH, Switzerland, March 17, 2014 –/WORLD-WIRE/– 65,318 individuals demand that abb withdraw …

RI INSIGHT DENMARK: asset owner leaders in ESG and renewables

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

RI INSIGHT DENMARK: asset owner leaders in ESG and renewables Exclusive interviews with six of Denmark’s largest pension funds:ATP, PBU, PensionDanmark, PFA, PKA and Unipension. Free content: Download the PDF via the RI Reports channel. In 2009, the Danish government allowed UN-sponsored PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) or UN Global Compact membership to represent a company’s legal corporate social responsibility requirement. It led to a significant …

World Future Council: “An unbearable inheritance to future generations”

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Trendspotting

Press release – for immediate release   “An unbearable inheritance to future generations” Global coalition of “Alternative Nobel Prize” laureates and members of the World Future Council condemn nuclear power expansion plans   Hamburg, July 16th 2013: A global coalition of laureates of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the …