Sustainable Brands London – Discover what happens when brand strategists & design innovators & non-profits & policy makers collaborate with sustainability teams to drive innovation that leads to enhanced business and brand value. It’s the linking of sustainability & brand, profit & purpose, people & planet, business & NGOs that …
Story of Change – This video from the Story of Stuff Project
Story of Change – This video from the Story of Stuff Project, is a call to action, providing tangible direction for influencing policy to address the issues we care about: pollution, chemical contamination, resource use and more. Produced by Ethical Markets’ friend and colleague Annie Leonard, along with EthicMark® Award-winner …
The ITUC has produced a briefing note on the UN Framework for Business and Human Rights and the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights The ITUC has produced a briefing note on the UN Framework for Business and Human Rights and the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. http://www.ituc-csi.org/business-and-human-rights.html Swaziland: Excessive Violence Against Peaceful Demonstrators; Trade Union Leader Arrested The ITUC strongly condemned the way the Swaziland …
PIRC Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment Journalism Awards 2012 winners announced
We at Ethical Markets are proud that our Advisory Board member, Ellie Winninghoff has won this Responsible Investment Journalist of the year Award. Our Congratulations! – Hazel Henderson, Editor The winners of the PIRC Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment Journalism Awards 2012 have been announced. The Corporate Governance Journalist of …
Renewable News: LDK Solar Gets Portion of Debts Paid by China’s Xinyu Government
Asia Report: The Dawn of Japan’s Offshore Wind Era by Renewable Energy World Editors | July 16, 2012 | 1 Comment While solar is currently making the biggest renewable waves in Japan, the country is also moving quickly toward offshore wind, with the recent announcement that an offshore wind demonstration …
ASBC filed comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act
ASBC Weekly Update 7.18.12 Campaign Updates Crowdfunding ASBC filed comments with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the crowdfunding provisions of the JOBS Act. SEC is accepting public comments as it creates the regulatory rulemaking called for when the CROWDFUND Act became law. ASBC?s comments focus on minimizing the regulatory …
Strike Back Against Student Debt With OWS
Student Loan Debt in the United States has topped 1 Trillion Dollars and just about anyone who strives for knowledge and employment is trapped in a system that starts us off “all in the red.” A few months ago, hundreds of thousands of our friends in Quebec broke their silence …
IDB launches first online course for Green Credit Lines Eligibility Criteria
Tailored course targets Latin American and the Caribbean financial intermediaries’ identification and origination of environmentally-friendly projects eligible for IDB Green Credit Lines The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the course “Eligibility Criteria for Green Credit Lines” with the goal of supporting financial intermediary (FIs) employees to determine and execute environmental …
HSBC Exec Announces Resignation During Senate Hearing
HSBC Exec Announces Resignation During Senate Hearing ABC, July 17, 2012 By Matthew Mosk, Brian Moss, and Megan Churchmach The head of compliance for HSBC told a U.S. Senate committee that he will be stepping down from his job during a hearing over whether his bank, one of the world’s …
Decoding PULSE + New Report on Social Change Impact
We at Ethical Markets are supportive of all these socially and environmentally responsible investments, but still mystified by the new term “impact investing” which conceals more than it clarifies , since ALL investments have impacts, some blow the tops off mountains! Can you add “positive” if that’s what you think …