SDG Update – 29 January 2019

Jay OwenSustainability News, Latest Headlines

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

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

“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

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

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

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

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!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP, Transforming Finance

“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”

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Sustainability News, Greentech

“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

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

“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

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

“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

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

“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 …