The Next Green Revolution (This Time Without Fossil Fuels) By Jonathan Latham Oxfam Great Britain A Cambodian farmer transports his rice harvest by oxcart in Tra Lach village. In Brief: A method of growing crops called the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) produces yields that can be four or five times …
Alternative Energy: 10 Reasons Canada Needs to Rethink the Tar Sands
Alternative Energy 10 Reasons Canada Needs to Rethink the Tar Sands Net Metering: A Net Positive New “Artificial Leaf” Concept Could Blow Up Fuel Cell Market New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz Gets Support From Cleantech & General Green Organizations Tesla Plans To Pay Off DOE Loan Early, Issues 2,703,027 Shares …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Sylvia Wisniwski, Managing Director, Finance in Motion, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – April 5, 2013
Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI are fourfold: To collect a catalogue of examples of …
520 Insights about SRI – Article about the Second Year of the Interview Series, “Five Questions about SRI” – Published on Emerging Markets ESG on Friday, March 22, 2013
Title: Second Year of Emerging Markets ESG Series “Five Questions about SRI” Spans the Globe Subtitle: Hazel Henderson, president and founder of Ethical Markets, Tim Nash, Sustainability Research Coordinator, Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director and many of our colleagues have had the opportunity to contribute to Emerging Markets …
GreenMoney Spring13–Sustainable Investing With Impact–
In This Issue: GreenMoney Interviews Rebecca Adamson and Bennett Freeman Nothing Could Be Simpler — By Woody Tasch Now More Than Ever, Wise Investing Begins at Home — by Cece Derringer 2012 Report on Sustainable & Responsible Investing Trends in the United States GreenMoney Links exclusive online info Extensive …
Novethic Research: Looking for measuring ESG investment performance
Looking for measuring ESG investment performance 18 February 2013. For the first time, Novethic has analysed the SRI performance indicators developed by some asset managers and a handful of asset owners. The aim is to measure, for example, whether socially responsible investment contributes to generating fewer carbon emissions, creating more …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Claire Rentzke, Consultant, RisCura, Cape Town, South Africa – October 19, 2012
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG By Geoffrey on October 19, 2012 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).” The series is now in its second year. Each interview “Five Questions about SRI” features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging …
TRANSITIONING TO THE GREEN ECONOMY ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME
By Rosalinda Sanquiche, Executive Director, Ethical Markets Media © 2011 A turn of the 20th century home welcomed 21st century thinking this November. The Henderson-Schumacher Library at Ethical Markets Media hosted two retreats – alike in ambition to build a better world, different in constituency and method. The first meeting …
Expert Interview with Robert Hassler, CEO, oekom research AG, Munich, Germany – December 17, 2010
oekom research AG has been active in the responsible investment field since 1993. It is now one of the world’s leading providers of information on the social and environmental performance of companies, sectors and countries. In partnership with institutional investor and financial service providers, oekom research AG develops innovative investment strategies that combine sustainability research with a high rate of return. Its r sustainability research covers bond and equity issuers – companies, countries and supra-national institutions. When evaluating securities, oekom research AG places a strong emphasis on quality, independence and transparency.
Emerging Markets ESG: How would you define socially responsible investment (SRI)?
Robert Haßler: SRI is the systematic integration of environmental, social and ethical aspects into investment decisions in order to add the responsibility dimension into the whole decision making process.