Who’s Winning the clean Energy Race? 2013

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Overview For the past five years, Pew has tracked investment and finance trends in the world’s leading economies. Over that period, the clean energy industry has been buffeted by a global recession, broad changes in energy markets, and uncertainty surrounding international policies on clean energy and climate change. Despite these …

PRODUCTION SECTORS COST WORLD ENVIRONMENT MORE THAN GAINS THEY PRODUCE – UN-BACKED STUDY

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

PRODUCTION SECTORS COST WORLD ENVIRONMENT MORE THAN GAINS THEY PRODUCE – UN-BACKED STUDY New York, Apr 15 2013  1:00PM Primary production and processing in such sectors as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, oil and gas exploration and utilities cost the world economy $7.3 trillion a year in damage to the environment, …

UN Labour Chief Highlights Need for World Economy to Focus More on Needs of Society

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

New York, Jun  6 2012 11:05AM The head of the United Nations labour agency today told a major work forum that the world economy has focussed too much on finance and too little on the needs of society. “There has been too much ideology in defining policies and too little …

New Paradigm Needed to Ensure Global Job Creation and Economic Progress – UN Officials

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

New York, May 17 2012 12:05PM United Nations senior officials today stressed the importance of establishing a new paradigm for growth that ensures social inclusiveness, job opportunities for all, and more accountability from the financial sector to tackle the ongoing global economic crisis. “It is time to recognize that human capital and natural capital …

UN Officials Urge Measures to Boost the World’s Flagging Economy

kristyReforming Global Finance

“This conventional “inside the economics box” view , with few new ideas, shows how much further the economics profession needs to go to improve its understanding of today’s true global situation. Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-chief” UN OFFICIALS URGE MEASURES TO BOOST THE WORLD’S FLAGGING ECONOMY New York, Feb 7 2012 6:05PM …

G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty

kristyReforming Global Finance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2011 G20 Commits to Addressing Illicit Financial Flows, Links Tax Haven Secrecy to Poverty More Needs to Be Done to Implement Automatic Exchange of Tax Information-GFI Summit Declaration Calls for More Work to Prevent Abuse of Corporate Vehicles WASHINGTON, DC – Global Financial Integrity (GFI) …

G20 Report: investing in Third World infrastructure could unlock wealth of rich nations and boost global economy

kristyGreen Prosperity

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/payoff+helping+poor+nations/5648913/story.html A big payoff in helping poor nations A report for the G20 summit says investing in Third World infrastructure could unlock the wealth of rich nations and boost the global economy, writes Paul Hoskins BY PAUL HOSKINS, REUTERS NOVEMBER 3, 2011 Simple reforms would eliminate much of the risk …

G20 Leaders Must Put People Before Bankers – ITUC OnLine

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine G20 Leaders Must Put People Before Bankers Brussels, 31 October 2011 (ITUC OnLine): G20 leaders must meet the demands of working people at the G20 summit in Cannes on 3-4 November 2011 and deliver on their promises to reform the financial sector. As the …

ITUC Challenges G20 Labour Ministers on Jobs – ITUC OnLine

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

Brussels, 26 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine):  The ITUC has challenged Labour Ministers of the G20 countries, meeting in Paris this week, to push hard for job creation as the world economic and employment crisis worsens. “The G20 should start immediately to make up for its lack of action on the …

Meet the Ranchers of Grasslands

kristySustainability News

73 Arch Street, 3rd Floor Greenwich, CT 06830 United States (203)769-1191 ——————————————————————————– Meet the Ranchers of Grasslands As an “impact investor” in Grasslands, one of the true, unanticipated delights has been the amazing quality of the people the project has attracted. By connecting one’s investments with, and in the process …