EMM Year in Review – 2014 Annual Report

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ETHICAL MARKETS 2014 ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

ABOUT ETHICAL MARKETS

 

With over 40 years of foresight, insight and integrity in our leadership, Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) works to reform markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. We are a micro-multinational social enterprise, Certified B Corporation, providing news and perspective with the Green Transition Scoreboard®, Principles of Ethical Biomimicry Finance® the Transforming Finance initiative and Transforming Finance TV Series, research on Beyond GDP, finding strong support worldwide for ESG metrics in national accounting, and with reports, articles, newsletters and analysis by Hazel Henderson, founder and editor-in-chief, on EthicalMarkets.com. We focus on systems thinking and best practices to raise global standards. Ethicalmarkets.tv streams original Ethical Markets productions and video gathered from around the world.

 

MISSION STATEMENT:

 

Reforming markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide

 

TEAM

 

Hazel Henderson – CEO and Founder

Rosalinda Sanquiche – Executive Director, EMM; Managing Director, EthicMark®

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

We are proud of our many accomplishments this year. While we are still working our way into the black, the work we have done to Transform Finance and facilitate the Green Transition has been immense. We are grateful to our entire team.

 

The following report is in chronological order of events.

 

 

JANUARY

 

Trust Across America-Trust Around the World (TAA-TWA) has again selected Hazel Henderson as one of 2014’s Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business. “The honorees are inspiring organizations to look more closely at their higher purpose…to create greater value for, and trust from, all of their stakeholders. They understand that trust is an asset that can leverage real business gains. We congratulate all of our honorees whose work is shining a spotlight on the importance of trust and providing a roadmap for others to follow,” says Barbara Kimmel, TAA-TWA executive director.

The full list of honorees can be found here.

 

The monograph, “Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age: from Economism to Earth Systems Science,” by Hazel Henderson, will be launched in London at Britain’s House of Lords, February 11, 2014. The work tracks new paradigms and metrics as human awareness of accelerating planetary changes is reintegrating knowledge. Our colleagues at ICAEW and Tomorrow’s Company are co-publishing the monograph, with Foreword by Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Centre. For more information or to register to attend contact events@icaew.com.

 

We are happy to announce our collaboration with Stuart Williams and his company Endobility to host several Ethical Markets research conferences throughout the year. The conferences will be focused toward asset managers, endowment, foundation and other institutional investors shifting assets to the green economy. The first one is February 2-4, 2014 on Kiawah Island, South Carolina on Beyond Sustainability, organized on the inspiration of Ethical Markets Advisory Board member Susan Davis. Limited to 200 attendees, there is still room to register. The next event, Finding Ethical Alpha, will be held in St. Augustine/Jacksonville, May 4-6, 2014. More information forthcoming.

 

We are also excited to announce collaboration with Cosimo Publishing for an Ethical Markets imprint focusing primarily on out-of-print books showcasing important and meaningful works that support our mission to reform markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. We want to broaden awareness for a worldwide audience of the authors, research and concepts which have been the foundation of sustainability and the green economy.

 

Welcome to our new Advisory Board members!

 

Jean Houston, Ph.D., scholar, philosopher and researcher in Human Capacities, noted for her ability to combine a deep knowledge of history, culture, new science, spirituality and human development into her teaching.

 

Barbara Marx Hubbard, prolific author, visionary, social innovator, evolutionary thinker and educator, co-founder and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, producer and narrator of the award-winning documentary series Humanity Ascending.

 

Victoria Kamsler, PhD, director of Katerva, entrepreneur and environmental ethicist, co-founder of Skybase, a cleantech solar aeronautics startup; founder and Chair of the Biochar Offsets Group.

Peter Lynch, Wall Street security analyst, an investment banker and a private investor in small emerging technology companies, currently working to advance truly disruptive technologies in the solar electric (PV) area and the small wind area.

 

Rob Williams, MA, Originator of PER-K®, nationally known presenter, Rob’s “high tech/high touch” background has enabled him to provide a powerful and practical, “real world” orientation to his mind/body/spirit integration training programs.

 

Raes Williams, facilitator of PER-K and PSYCH-K, workshops for business and thought leaders wishing to free themselves from the current mainstream mindset of business, and transition to a new and sustainable business model.

 

Stuart Williams, Founder, Stakeholder, Collaborator, Endobility, LLC; Co-Founder and former CEO and President of the Strategic Research Institute (SRI)

 

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APRIL

 

The 2014 Green Transition Scoreboard® finds, with $5.3 trillion in private investments and commitments since 2007, the green economy is on track to reach $10 trillion in investments by 2020 to effectively scale innovations and reduce costs in green technologies. The report Plenty of Water! covers the many water investment opportunities available as global policy makers, businesses and civic society realize water is critical to environmental, social and human capital, and must be integrated into financial markets rather than overlooked as an externality.

Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age: from Economism to Earth Systems Science, by Hazel Henderson, was launched at a well-attended seminar in London, February 11, 2014. The work tracks new paradigms reintegrating knowledge as new tools and metrics expand human awareness of accelerating planetary changes. Our colleagues at ICAEW and Tomorrow’s Company co-published the monograph, with Foreword by Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Centre.

 

Nominations are open until June 8, 2014, for the 2014 EthicMark® Awards for ads and media campaigns that “uplift the human spirit and society.”  Ads and campaigns can be produced by businesses, nonprofit organizations or individuals. Nominations should be submitted on Ethical Markets Media’s website. Co-sponsored by Ethical Markets and the World Business Academy, the Awards seek to transform advertising by demonstrating the power of media to inspire, focus on human potentials and further both public and legitimate private interests. The EthicMark® Awards are presented in partnership with ESPM, one of Brazil’s premier institutions of higher education in communication, marketing and business management. Other partners include GlobeScan, TBLI, Sustainable Brands and Tomorrow’s Company, all represented by members of our Advisory Board. Winners will be announced November 9, 2014, at the 25th annual SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing.

 

The Ethical Markets/Endobility research conference Finding Ethical Alpha, May 12-13, 2014, in St. Augustine/Jacksonville, FL, will form several task forces to promote investing which embraces the sustainability, ESG and Ethical Biomimicry Finance® metrics we’ve all identified to create long term value across all sectors and asset classes. We invite you to join a dedicated group of expert leaders building the catalyst for October when we will present our work to hundreds of the world’s large asset allocators. This is the first in a series: Finding Ethical Alpha, May 12-13; People, Planet, Prosperity, Oct. 27-29, both at the Renaissance World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida. Others are in planning for the West Coast, London and China. To attend, visit the website, or call Connie Gilchrist, Endobility Director of Marketing, at 843.202.0988, connie@endobility.com.

 

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MAY

 

Last Chance Alert – join the Ethical Markets/Endobility research conference to promote a radically new approach to investing which embraces the sustainability, ESG and Ethical Biomimicry Finance® metrics we’ve all identified to create long term value across all sectors and asset classes — Finding Ethical Alpha, May 12-13, 2014, at the Renaissance World Golf Village in St. Augustine/Jacksonville, FL. Our dedicated group of expert leaders will be building an initiative to have 100% of the portfolios of the world’s significant asset allocators use all the globally accepted risk/return metrics and screens related to environmental and humanitarian imperatives. This is the next evolution of long-term value investing! We’re extending the Ethical Markets “family” rate of $950 (reg. $1125) to all of you. To attend, call Connie Gilchrist, Endobility Director of Marketing, at 843.202.0988, connie@endobility.com, and mention you were invited by Hazel Henderson directly.

 

The 2014 EthicMark® Awards for ads and media campaigns that “uplift the human spirit and society” are open for nominations until June 8, 2014. Co-sponsored by Ethical Markets and the World Business Academy, the Awards seek to transform advertising by demonstrating the power of media to inspire, focus on human potentials and further both public and legitimate private interests. The EthicMark® Awards are presented in partnership with ESPM, one of Brazil’s premier institutions of higher education in communication, marketing and business management. Other partners include GlobeScan, TBLI, Sustainable Brands and Tomorrow’s Company, all represented by members of our Advisory Board. Winners will be announced November 9, 2014, at the 25th annual SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing. Ads and campaigns can be produced by businesses, nonprofit organizations or individuals. There is no fee to nominate, and self-nominations are welcome. Nominations should be submitted on Ethical Markets Media’s website or email us at office@ethicalmarkets.com.

 

We are excited to announce that the first two books in our collaboration with Cosimo Publishing for the Ethical Markets Presents imprint are in the pipeline, beginning with the US Congress Office of Technology Assessment’s An Assessment of Technology for Local Development. Ethical Markets Presents focuses primarily on out-of-print books showcasing important and meaningful works that support our mission to reform markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. We want to broaden awareness for a worldwide audience of the authors, research and concepts which have been the foundation of sustainability and the green economy. If you have or know of any outstanding works which further our mission, please let us know!

 

Welcome to our new advisory board members:

  • Jacques Chirazi, Certified Biomimicry Professional, Founder Biomimicry San Diego and Biomimicry Switzerland.
  • Helen Rake, principal, Synergy Asset Strategies Inc., focusing on values investing for retail investors.

 

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AUGUST

 

News! An intergovernmental committee of experts on sustainable development financing has put out its final report – a real step forward. Read Hazel’s commentary, “UN Member States Receive Report on Finance for Sustainable Development, on EthicalMarkets.com and picked up by 3BLImedia.com.

 

The Ethical Markets/Endobility conference for asset managers – Finding Ethical Alpha – was a great success. Read the article in the Huffington Post by attendee Ben Bingham.

 

The 2014 EthicMark® Awards finalists have been announced. Presented in partnership with the World Business Academy and with ESPM, GlobeScan, TBLI, Sustainable Brands and Tomorrow’s Company, all represented by members of our Advisory Board, the Awards highlight campaigns that uplift the human spirit and potentials for our future with finalists from around the world demonstrating the positive power of advertising. Winners will be announced November 9, 2014, at the 25th annual SRI Conference. Watch the videos from our terrific finalists!

 

We want to thank Janine Benyus, Dayna Baumister and the Biomimicry 3.8 team for their key contributions to the Principles of Ethical Biomimicry Finance®, our investment methodology, consulting and due diligence framework for identifying technologies and enterprises accelerating the green transition to the Solar Age. Collaborating with partners in the US, Brazil and Switzerland, we are developing education, consulting and investment research products based on Nature and Earth Systems Science.

 

We have so much in the works for Fall! Watch for:

  • The mid-2014 update of the Green Transition Scoreboard® “Green Bonds Growing Green Infrastructure.”
  • The Ethical Markets Exploratorium – a MOOC based on our websites ethicalmarkets.com, ethicalmarkets.tv and mercadoetico.com.br
  • The Ethical Markets Green Money Directory – listing of businesses, the majority asset managers, and organizations directly involved with green investing. Contact us to see about being included.

 

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OCTOBER

 

We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary! Congratulations to Hazel Henderson, Founder and President, for her prescience in founding a media company in 2004 which focuses on the good news about the sustainable, inclusive green transition to the Solar Age, missed by mainstream media and now finally gaining traction. During the past ten years, Ethical Markets’ mission has evolved from reporting the good news to continuing Hazel’s active hand in reforming markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. While a challenge to capture all the invaluable work done over the past ten years, read the highlights which attest to the depth of leadership Hazel Henderson and Ethical Markets have offered to sustainability, finance and emerging economies.

 

Green bonds added to the $5.7 trillion privately invested in the green economy since 2007 – reported in the Green Transition Scoreboard®. The 2014 mid-year update “Green Bonds Growing Green Infrastructure” focuses on the bond markets’ addition of green, impact and ESG targeted bond issues. These new bonds provide long-term investment opportunities to pension funds and other institutional investors as global policy makers, corporations and asset managers see demand for investments in infrastructure, environmental, social and human capital being integrated into financial markets. This confirms the green economy is on track to reach $10 trillion in investments by 2020 to effectively scale innovations and reduce costs in green technologies as the world transitions to the Solar Age.

 

Films Media Group, the distributor for Ethical Markets videos to educational markets around the world, has made the third season of the series Transforming Finance a featured release in their Fall Business & Economics catalogue.  Ethical Markets 5: Transforming Finance 3.0 is described in the catalogue as “a 14-part series where author and visionary economist Hazel Henderson continues Ethical Markets’ mission to promote the emergence of a sustainable, green, more ethical and just economy worldwide.” The series features discussions between Hazel Henderson and world-renowned experts such as Ellen Brown (Public Banking Institute), Amy Domini (Domini Social Investments), Michael Grunwald (senior correspondent, Time Magazine), Terry Mollner (Ben & Jerry’s), Michaela Walsh (Women’s World Banking) and many others.

 

The Jury and Council of Board Members of the World CSR Congress (www.worldcsrcongress.com) will confer on Hazel Henderson the Global Sustainable Leadership Award at the World CSR Day (www.worldcsrday.com), February18, 2015, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. The Award is based on Hazel’s “strategic and iconic leadership and contribution to society.” The theme for the Congress is Connecting Minds: Creating The Future.

 

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2014 Events

 

 

 

2014 Media Partners