This Week’s Econundrum More Americans Than Ever Are Worried About Climate Change Take that, Trump. [READ MORE] MORE ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH COVERAGE A Carbon Tax in Washington State Seemed Like a Sure Thing. What Went Wrong? Students From All Over the World Are Skipping School Over Climate Change Google, Facebook, …
SDG Update – 29 January 2019
POLICY BRIEFS SDG Knowledge Weekly: WEF 2019, Digitalization, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth Adam Fishman, Thematic Expert for 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (US) The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) took place from 22-25 January 2019 in Davos, Switzerland, to mixed reviews. This SDG Knowledge Weekly focuses on …
Sustainable Finance News from the Grantham Research Institute, LSE
“Ethical Markets highly recommends this Sustainable Finance News from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE, particularly the article by Prof. Nick Robins and his “Five Actions” to secure both sustainable finance and help prevent another financial meltdown. As our Ethical Markets – GlobeScan “BEYOND GDP” Surveys in 2007, 2009 and …
Embargoed until 10 AM ,EST, Jan 24 : UN, World Economic Forum and Partners Unite to Address E-Waste
Note: Distributed by seven UN entities Contacts: Terry Collins, +1-416-878-8712; [email protected] Ruediger Kuehr, report co-author, +49 228 815 02 13, [email protected] (additional contacts below) An executive summary of the joint report, “A New Circular Vision for Electronics – Time for a Global Reboot” is appended; the report in full is available for …
Simple Living Works! eNews
SLW! eNews #88 In This Issue–FREE Daily NUDGE // First-Hand Podcast on Immigration // Jerry’s Top 10 Progressive Podcasts // What to Expect Here in 2019 // Will the New Tax Laws Affect Our Charitable Giving? // Much More! # # # Simpler OneEarth Living Episode 01/19–Immigration and Borders: Horrors, …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the cover of Businessweek!
“Ethical Markets fully supports Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and all her allies in the 116th US Congress advocating for the Green New Deal, which we think can finally engage the nationwide coalition we identified in 2009 and have covered annually in our Green Transition Scoreboard® which has tracked private investing in …
Greentech Media : “Unpacking Florida Power & Light’s 30 Million Solar Promise”
“Ethical Markets recommends this highly perceptive article on financial motives behind FPL’s announcement, which smacks of efforts to manage supply of renewable energy coming online and need to re-structure its business model. Buyer beware! Let’s hope homeowners keep adding solar, while verifying and collecting their reward currency: SolarCoin at www.solarcoin.org …
Norway SWF Exclusions and Future Fund’s Ambitions
“Regarding Australia’s SWF, the answer is “Yes“! This is a viable option for many countries now considering Universal Basic Income (UBI) plans to deal with automation-driven unemployment in our digital age. (see my interview in FORBES and other articles and TV shows at www.ethicalmarkets.com). ~Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Institutional Investor Intelligence …
Eat Plants, Save the Planet
“This new report from Lancet Commission’s large group of scientists corroborates the importance of shifting from raising livestock for meat diets, which is proven injurious to both human and planetary health, that we clearly demonstrated in our Green Transition Scoreboard® for 2018: “CAPTURING CO2 WHILE IMPROVING HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH“ …
Bloomberg Businessweek,”Jeremy Grantham’s $1 Billion Plan to Fight Climate Change ” ,January 21, 2019
“Ethical Markets considers Jeremy Grantham one of a handful of well-recognized major investors who actually understands Earth Systems Science and how our planet functions in relationship to our “mother star“ the sun in creating our food system! Unlike narrower -minded, more myopic investors e.g. Warren Buffett, as well as most …