Ethical Markets Editor , Hazel Henderson , serves on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s Advisory Board for Latin America If CEOs hold the key to climate change, why aren’t they driving? By William Brent GreenBiz.com/blog, September 20, 2013 About two thirds of chief executives – 67 percent – believe that business is …
SRI: Conference Spotlight: ESG Investing Track
Conference Spotlight: ESG Investing Track Join us at these breakout sessions highlighting ESG investing! The Alphabet Soup in ESG Investing CDP, GRI, SASB, ESG, what does it all mean when you are looking at evaluating a company? CDP gathers environmental data. GRI produces a reporting framework. SASB’s standards inform on …
Civic App Turning Residents into Agents of change
From The Ground Up How a civic app is turning city residents into agents of change By Kristine Wong Communities across the U.S. are collapsing the gap between needed services and civic improvements through an innovative citizen-to-city communications system. …Read More Why we should enable the autocatalytic city By Benjamin …
ACCO Publishes Report on Corporate Trends in Climate Governance
Climate change governance is an increasingly important issue as more organizations are becoming mature in their climate change strategies. While best practices in some areas have emerged, there is little consensus on the most effective way to govern climate change within an organization. This report examines data publicly reported to …
Deal round-up: Surge of investments seen in bioenergy and waste management PREMIUM
NewNet Daily Newsletter 25 June 2012 Deal News Deal round-up: Surge of investments seen in bioenergy and waste management PREMIUM Adenium, Foresight build portfolio of solar assets with €125m Italian deal First Solar gets go-ahead to continue build of 230MW PV plant Carbon Disclosure Project’s merger with forestry counterpart to …
VERGE Weekly: Recyclebank’s London Transport app, Microsoft’s Price on Carbon, Sustainable Cites and more
By Derek Top, Senior Editor, Program Director – VERGE We’re in the home stretch for next week’s VERGE London event. Panel discussions include how to capitalize on convergence opportunities, with Cisco, VantagePoint Capital Partners and Shell Foundation, and the role of connected cars, with representatives from Jaguar Land Rover and …
Carbon Disclosure Project Investor Roundtable
ASrIA BRIEFING: Carbon Disclosure Project Investor Roundtable Mark the date – 25 April, 2012 (Wednesday) for ASrIA Briefing: Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Investor Roundtable Low carbon growth is now widely accepted in Europe and North America as fundamental to generating long term shareholder value, avoiding dangerous climate change and helping …
Green Transition Scoreboard® Receives Valuable Endorsements
See our latest endorsements from Carson Beadle and Joel Makower! How can GTS guide us to a GREENER PLANET? “Over twenty years ago, Hazel Henderson talked of a most implausible goal: to both encourage Green investing and to track its growth worldwide. The remarkable $3.3 trillion now invested in Green …
World Future Energy Summit 2012 Highlights
IISD Reporting Services On Tuesday, the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 was organized around the theme of “Business and Policy Forum.” In the morning, participants attended plenary panel discussions by business leaders in sustainable energy and international agencies. In the afternoon, participants attended parallel sessions on wind power, natural …
DRC youth power up for change
DRC youth power up for change Friends of the Congo is working to build local capacity for change through an innovative Youth Project that trains young Congolese on the use of ICT tools and provides them with the equipment and access needed to raise their voices on the global stage. …