Global Current Issues and Trends: May 2019

LaRae LongBeyond GDP

Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in April while the 196,000 in March was revised down to 189,000.  The US government shutdown affected the February report of only 33,000 was revised up to 56,000 new jobs after the temporary layoffs of the 800,000 federal employees, contractors and service businesses …

APFSD Bulletin – Vol. 208 No. 22 – 5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development – Summary

Jay OwenSustainability News

APFSD Bulletin Volume 208 Number 22 | Monday, 2 April 2018 Summary of the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 28-30 March 2018 | Bangkok, Thailand Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) Visit our IISD/ENB+ Meeting Coverage from Bangkok, Thailand at: http://enb.iisd.org/hlpf/apfsd5/ The fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place from 28-30 …

“Is A Stable Financial System Possible?”, By Shann Turnbull, PhD

LaRae LongReforming Global Finance, Trendspotting

“We are pleased to  publish this insightful article by our distinguished expert, Shann Turnbull, Ph.D, MBA, Principal, International Institute for Self-governance, Sydney, Australia, also a longtime member of our global Research Advisory Board. ~Hazel Henderson, Editor”   Shann Turnbull PhD* sturnbull@mba1963.hbs.edu Abstract   Three conditions are suggested for establishing a …

FINTECH: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

LaRae LongReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Articles by Hazel Henderson

  FINTECH: GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE Hazel Henderson, FRSA CEO, Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation St. Augustine, Florida, USA, www.EthicalMarkets.com © 2016 Hazel Henderson Today, we need to explore deeper societal issues surrounding the rapid deployment of computerized electronic platforms, cryptocurrencies and algorithms now disrupting legacy …

Greening Capitalism, Quietly: Seven Types of Organizations Driving the “Necessary Revolution”

LaRae LongGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance, Sustainability News

S&S Guide Report #1 – February 2017 – Cover Page GREENING CAPITALISM, QUIETLY: Seven Types of Organizations Driving the “Necessary Revolution” by Michael Marien and Michael Sales {A Report Derived from The Security & Sustainability Guide} CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 – Introduction 2 – Seven Types of Organizations: 3 Business-Led …

FINTECH: Good and Bad News for Inclusive Sustainable Finance

Ethical Markets - RReforming Global Finance, TV Series, Crowdfunding

Watch the BrightTalk presentation by sustainability pioneer Hazel Henderson, FINTECH: Good and Bad News for Inclusive Sustainable Finance, where she explores issues surrounding the rapid deployment of computerized electronic platforms, cryptocurrencies and algorithms now disrupting legacy financial firms and their models. Good News: this disruption was long overdue and welcome …

Reclaiming The Economic Surplus By Liberating The Economic Commons

Ethical Markets - RReforming Global Finance, Advisors' Forum

An Email Discussion Through September 7, 2015 Active Participants: Raymond Aitken, Michel Bauwens, Ellen Brown, Pat Conaty, Adrian Costain, Thomas Greco, Hazel Henderson, Chris Quigley, Matthew Slater, Shann Turnbull This email trail is followed by over 30 experts in: Finance, Sustainability, Alternative Economics, Governance, Community Development, Emerging Markets Please note …

Batteries and Storage Charging Green Transition with $17.4 Billion Influx

Ethical Markets - RGreen Prosperity, Greentech, Trendspotting

St. Augustine, FL, September 15, 2015 ~ The Green Transition Scoreboard® Fall Update, Batteries and Storage Charging the Green Transition, focuses on battery and storage investments, reporting a total of $17.4 billion in private investments in R&D for battery and storage technologies. Findings are compiled from 2007 to 2014 and …

Summary of the sixteenth Meeting of The United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

          Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Volume 25 Number 95 | Monday, 13 April 2015 Summary of the sixteenth Meeting of The United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 6-10 APRIL 2015 | New York, US Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) FR (HTML/PDF) Visit …