TODAY’S TOP STORIES ?State Street fined £23m over ‘significant failings’ in transition management UK regulator criticises ‘systemic weaknesses’ with internal control processes WHITE PAPERS Invesco and IPE The first European Institutional Real Estate Survey conducted by IPE, covering 83 pension funds with more than €100bn in property investments and …
Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System
“We at ethical markets are excited to help promote this important initiative from UNEP-FI.” ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System Policy Innovations for a Green Economy The Inquiry will catalyze actions to enable the financial system to support the transition towards an …
CleanTech Future Conference, April 9
April 9, 2014 – Phoenix, Arizona The Industry’s only “All Keynote” Conference Series CleanTech Future III – “The State of Emerging Innovation: One Crisis Away from Mass Adoption” CleanTech Future Conference III brings together the top innovators, corporations, government agencies, investors and thought leaders, in a conference unlike any …
A billion-dollar company eliminates managers | SMART PLANET Daily
smartplanet DAILY A DAILY BRIEFING OF THE NEWEST STORIES ON SMARTPLANET, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. January 03, 2014 FROM THE DESK OF … At the end of this blessedly short week, can you imagine your place of work going holocratic? No managers, no job titles, just radically-transparent self-governance. …
Third Industrial Revolution News: China Announces an $82 billion Plan to Establish a Third Industrial Revolution Energy Internet Across the Country
China Announces an $82 billion Plan to Establish a Third Industrial Revolution Energy Internet Across the Country Liu Zhenya, Chairman of the Chinese State Grid Corporation, lays out China’s ambitious plan to lead the world into the Third Industrial Revolution in an article titled “Smart Grid Hosting and Promoting the Third …
Ecocities: Emerging To support humanity’s transition to the Ecozoic Era
Greetings! It’s been a busy year for Ecocity Builders. Program wise, we launched the EcoCitizen World Map Project with pilots now starting in Morocco, Egypt and Colombia. We’re excited about the potential for this project to replicate and grow to support other cities and citizens around the world. …
Mercado Ético, Ethical Markets affiliate in Brazil, receives Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Award in Sustainability
Mercado Ético, ethical markets affiliate in Brazil, receives Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Award in Sustainability Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 5, 2013 ~ Mercado Ético, ethical markets affiliate in Brazil, received the Media Specialized in Sustainability of the Year Award given by Jornalista & Cia / HSBC Press. This title …
Ecocities Emerging – To support humanity’s transition to the Ecozoic Era – November 2013 Issue
A recently published article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that at least 8.8 billion habitable Earth size planets exist in the Milky Way Galaxy alone. A super-computer simulation estimates that the number of galaxies in the universe may be 500 billion. Logical conclusion: there is life out there …
WRI Digest
At the end of September, WRI helped launch The New Climate Economy, the flagship project of The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. The year-long research project will analyze the economic costs and benefits of climate action. In an OpEd originally posted on Project Syndicate, former President of Mexico and current …
Ethical Markets Media’s Rosalinda Sanquiche
Rosalinda Sanquiche’s environmental journey started all the way back as a youngster in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she grew up surrounded by the beauty of nature. Her studies in environmental science eventually led her to Ethical Markets Media, a multiplatform company that examines environmental topics while asking individuals what …