Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change By CORAL DAVENPORTJAN – The New York Times WASHINGTON — Coca-Cola has always been more focused on its economic bottom line than on global warming, but when the company lost a lucrative operating license in India because of a …
TheCrowdCafe Weekly: Own Your Neighborhood | Slate
TheCrowdCafe weekly • Issue #11 – June 10, 2013 • • Share on Twitter! • Aloha! Hope you all had a fantastic week. Here’s our curated summary of this week’s happenings in the crowdfund investing ecosystem. Give me a shout at j@thecrowdcafe.com if you have any questions or updates! Selected Articles Own Your Neighborhood | Slate I disagree …
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Upcycle the Gyres Society Transforming Marine Plastic Pollution into Revenue Streams Mr. Michalik, Founder and Managing Director of 365Playground, steps down from his Adviser position to become a member of the Board of Directors. The vote of confidence and support from Mr. Michalik is invaluable to UGS, as it is …
Book Review: ‘Stewardship: Lessons Learned From The Lost Culture of Wall Street’
John G. Taft’s “Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street” (Wiley, 2012) is authored by a deeply principled adviser whose clients are investors in corporations rather than their managers. Read the review on Seeking Alpha.
G20 Commitments to Tax and Development: A Progress Report Card
G20 Commitments to Tax and Development: A Progress Report Card November 14, 2011 By David McNair David McNair is senior economic justice adviser at Christian Aid who formerly worked for British Red Cross. He holds a PhD in social geography from the Queen’s University of Belfast. This article is cross-posted …
Investors May Lose as Congress Saves Money on Adviser Oversight
An article from Bloomberg Congress may hand oversight of almost 12,000 investment advisers to Wall Street’s self-funded regulator as a cost-saving measure. The price could be paid by investors. Click here to read more
Huhne: Green policy promises GDP boost
Huhne: Green policy promises GDP boost Energy and Climate Secretary sets out economic case for accelerated action to curb emissions and get off the ‘oil hook’ READ» Conservative prime minister David Cameron David Cameron must speak out on climate change, says top scientist Sir David King, a former chief scientific …
Cooperation for a Green Economy
Latest News – 11 May 2011 Featured Guest Article Cooperation for a Green Economy by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) As_the_Commission on Sustainable Development convenes in New York, the thoughts of an increasing number of nations are turning towards next year’s Rio+20 Conference in …