News from our Advisory Board member ,Stuart Valentine – Hazel Henderson, Editor-in-chief Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2013 The End of Money by Justice Litle, Editor, Strategic Wealth Report The world’s monetary system stands on a precipice… It may not feel like it. But we are fast approaching what I call …
Human Development and the Ecological Footprint
Tell a Friend Subscribe Footprint Network Blog Our Partners We’re Hiring Ecological Footprint Newsroom About Us About Global Footprint Network Our mission is to promote a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a measurement tool that makes the reality of planetary limits relevant to …
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? By Tony Juniper
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? By Tony Juniper “Tony Juniper explains how the welfare of the human species rests on the assets and services provided by the rest of nature and makes the case for natural capital to be integral in a new economy fit for the future.” …
THE GO-TO RATING SERVICE FOR NONPROFIT DO-GOOD LOAN FUNDS
THE GO-TO RATING SERVICE FOR NONPROFIT DO-GOOD LOAN FUNDS The CARS rating service includes deep dive due diligence and analysis By Ellie Winninghoff, award winning journalist and member of Ethical Markets Research Advisory Board Local wind-farms that finance services for low-income people, microfinance for Indians, conservation easements that …
The Challenge of Institutional Investment in Renewable Energy
David Nelson and Brendan Pierpont, Climate Policy Initiative, March 2013 Available via Creative Commons A move toward renewable energy sources will require significant long-term, low-cost investment. Policymakers, faced with fiscal constraints and a still-recovering financial system, have begun to look to institutional investors – principally pension funds and insurance …
Senate “Whale” Report Reveals JP Morgan as a Lying, Scheming Rogue Trader (Quelle Surprise!)
Senate “Whale” Report Reveals JP Morgan as a Lying, Scheming Rogue Trader (Quelle Surprise!) Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:16 AM PDT There is so much grist in the just-released Senate Permanent Subcommittee report on the JP Morgan London Whale trades that the initial reports are merely high level summaries, which …
The Giving Generation
How the new philanthropists’ intellectual capital is changing society Unlike the days of yore, when folks waited until retirement before turning into tea-and-biscuits philanthropists, many newly wealthy Americans today are rolling up their sleeves and starting small-to-medium foundations when they are in mid-life transition. Foundations now in the hands of …
Deal round-up: Asset sell off intensifies as investor appetite wanes PREMIUM
NewNet Daily Newsletter 22 October 2012 Vestas, Marwind & RWE to lay out future plans in wind sector at London environmental investor event next month Deal News Deal round-up: Asset sell off intensifies as investor appetite wanes PREMIUM Unconventional gas explorer Dart Energy to carry out London IPO LDK to …
Tessa Tennant, Co-founder of ASrIA, Appointed to the UK Green Investment Bank Board
We at Ethical Markets congratulate Tessa Tennant and are proud that she also serves on our Advisory Board! , Hazel Henderson, Editor Tessa Tennant, Co-founder of ASrIA, Appointed to the UK Green Investment Bank Board Tessa Tennant, co-founder and first chairman of ASrIA, the region’s non-profit membership association for the …
Northwind achieves financial close for Belgian offshore wind project
29 June 2012 Deal News Northwind achieves financial close for Belgian offshore wind project AES sells French wind assets for ?34m DOE-backed Abound Solar to file for bankruptcy protection PREMIUM PensionDanmark to make first investment into onshore wind Vestas wins 216MW order for Belgium offshore project Carmanah wins $1.1m rooftop …