News brief: Solar affair continues on Valentine’s Day Investors still have feelings for solar. Especially when a leader posts unexpectedly strong results. Buoyed by a mammoth 30 percent gain yesterday on positive quarterly earnings, First Solar and other solar stocks are receiving more loving attention today. Deal tracking: Big returns …
Carnegie Council Policy Innovations
BRIEFINGS: Flowers For Sale. By Abigail Paris. The traditional flower market is a thing of the past. Flowers are now imported from all over the world, creating trade-offs for the ethical consumer. INNOVATIONS: In Pursuit of a Carbon-Free Economy. By John Lash. The climate crisis requires better tools to compare …
Social Venture Network Update
Now is the Time: Create the World You Want to Live in big blue the download Join us for Social Venture Network’s 2008 Annual Member Gathering, where our members will reconnect and share ideas about how we can work together to create a better, more livable world. Learn more at …
Equal Rights for Women: Moving toward a Creative Partnership
The Japan Times, 3rd install.–Jul. 13, 2006 From a 12-part essay series by Daisaku Ikeda carried in The Japan Times, a leading English-language daily published in Japan, from May 2006 through April 2007. Throughout history, men have paid too little attention to the views and efforts of women. And we …
Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Supports Clean Energy
Rising to the Climate Challenge: Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Drops off Valentines Cards to Michigan Legislature in Support for Clean Energy Lansing, Mi – At 10 a.m. on February 14th, 2008, the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition held a press conference at the state capitol in Lansing, Mi to announce the …
Ethics and Employees: ERC's U.S. National Government Ethics Survey
This week on EthicsWorld.org * National Government Ethics Survey Shows Employee Misconduct Is High – This is a first for the Ethics Resource Center – it contains outstanding insights and some very worryuing conclusions: ERC sees public trust at risk. Corporate Social Responsibility * Spielberg Says Conscience Matters in Business …
How Grant Makers Can Curb Global Warming
By Stephen Viederman Stephen Viederman is a member of the Ethical Markets Media Research Advisory Board in the area of Sustainability/Renewable Resource Sectors. Foundations operate with one large arm tied behind their backs. Acting like investment bankers rather than philanthropists, every day they direct most of their resources away from …
ANPED’s newsletter on sustainable consumption and production
January 2008. The Switch is ANPED’s monthly newsletter on initiatives that are making the switch to a society of sustainable consumption and production. The Switch includes recommended selected articles, interesting websites, and provides links to more in-depth information on new developments and publications. The Switch also keeps you updated on …
Covalence Food & Beverage Industry Report 2007
Geneva, 11 February 2008 The Food & Beverage industry is consolidating its ethical record thanks to labour and environmental initiatives, but it has to fight hard to demonstrate the social utility of its products, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence – Covalence Food & …
Integrity in Science Watch – February 11, 2008
Whistleblowers Under Fire. CDC, FDA Scientists Silenced and Demoted Top officials at the Centers for Disease Control are blocking publication of a 400-page, peer-reviewed report documenting toxic hot spots in the eight-state Great Lakes region after demoting the scientist who led the study, the Center for Public Integrity reported. The …