Announcing SB London Conference | SB’12 Videos Available and more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …

IDB launches first online course for Green Credit Lines Eligibility Criteria

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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 …

Decoding PULSE + New Report on Social Change Impact

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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 …