THIS NEWS FROM OUR RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, Prof. Michael K. Dorsey , Dartmouth College.” Dear Professor/Staff Member, It’s morning in America—do you know where your pension fund assets were last night? Would it upset you to know that TIAA-CREF—the nation’s largest retirement fund—is a major investor in companies like …
Inside Cleantech News Update
Deal tracking: More solar heads to market Another solar IPO hits the docket in our weekly roundup of who’s investing where, and who’s acquiring who in cleantech. Exclusive: Glitnir to bring geothermal to India Workers to return to Iceland with iPods full of bhangra. Interview: Challenging silicon’s grip on solar …
Addressing Global Climate Change through Local Community Summits
Earth Charter U.S. (ECUS) invites you to host a Climate Change Community Summit on October 11, 2008 and join a global community of 58 cities in celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth. Using the Earth Charter’s ethical framework for sustainability, each city is encouraged to custom design its Summit …
2008 EPI (Environmental Performance Index)
The 2008 EPI (Environmental Performance Index) was released by the World Economic Forum in Davos, created by the Yale Center for Environmental law and Policy – Yale University and Center for International Earth Science Information Network – Columbia University. The full information is available at: http://epi.yale.edu __._,_.___ Downloads Summary for …
ENS World News
INVESTORS REQUEST DISCLOSURE OF CLIMATE EMISSIONS, STRATEGIES *LONDON, UK, February 6, 2008 (ENS)* – The Carbon Disclosure Project, a collaboration of 385 institutional investors with assets under management of $57 trillion, has issued its 2008 information request to the world’s largest corporations. Companies are requested to measure and disclose their …
State of Green Business 2008
January 2008 – A new report is available on the State of Green Business in 2008 from leading expert Joel Makower and the editors of Greenbiz: www.stateofgreenbusiness.com
Ethics World News
Februrary 5, 2008. From Heather Risley, Editor. ====UPCOMING EVENT: Money, Politics, and Corporate Risk on Feb. 28-29 in New York. See details at EthicsWorld News from NGOs.==== Ethics and Employees * National Government Ethics Survey Shows Employee Misconduct Is High – According to the Ethics Resource Center, employee misconduct in …
Harding on nuclear, National Academy of Sciences 1/08
Jim Harding’s current data on the nuclear resource equation prepared for the National Academy. Click here to download the report.
The Future 500 in 2008
Dear friends and colleagues, Thank you for giving me and the Future 500 team — now thriving in China, Japan, and the U.S. — the opportunity to do multi-sector stakeholder engagement work that advances the triple bottomline. I have so much to be excited about as we move into the …
Cleantech Forum® XVI – San Francisco
February 25–27, 2008. A world class program as cleantech crosses the chasm. Inspiring. Provocative. Educational. Since 2001, Cleantech Forums have facilitated cutting–edge market initiatives, forming and shaping today’s global cleantech industry. Each conference features panel discussions and presentations sharing thought leadership from leading investors, corporations, governments, entrepreneurs and service providers. …