The CVS Effect in Action: Customers Speak — Avon, Honeymaid, Mozilla, Chili’s Respond

Jay OwenSustainability News

In earlier articles, I asked whether consumers will back up brands that makes decisions “because it’s the right thing to do” over pure profit motives. My bet is that these decisions will be rewarded by consumers as it become more normal for companies to make bold pro-health and pro-environmental choices. Here …

The Global Banking Game Is Rigged, and the FDIC Is Suing

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks, using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps; and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has now joined a chorus of litigants suing over it. According to an SEIU report: Derivatives . . . have turned …

The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks Posted on August 5, 2013 by Ellen Brown The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, which exploded on the scene in Cyprus in 2013 and is now becoming the model globally. In Cyprus, …

NewEnergyNews: TODAY’S STUDY: WHERE THE COSTS ARE IN SOLAR

Jay OwenGreentech

NewEnergyNews      Daily Headlines click here for main page: http://www.NewEnergyNews.net/   TODAY AT NewEnergyNews, January 22: * TODAY’S STUDY: WHERE THE COSTS ARE IN SOLAR * QUICK NEWS, January 22: OBAMA INAUGURAL BOOSTS NEW ENERGY; A BET ON THE PTC’S EXTENSION PAYS OFF; WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE SMART GRID   Yesterday * …

EcoFactor raises $8m from Aster, RockPort, Claremont

kristyGreen Prosperity

12 October 2012 Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit’s event network to open to all delegates next week – don’t miss out on sourcing key industry contacts! Deal News EcoFactor raises $8m from Aster, RockPort, Claremont Wells Fargo finances Sun Edison PV plant, now invested $1bn into solar Electrawinds joins …

Today’s Study: Lessons From The New Ev Marketplace

kristyGreen Prosperity, Greentech

Newenergynews Daily Headlines Click Here For Main Page: Http://Www.Newenergynews.Net/ Today At Newenergynews, 3-3: * Today’s Study: Lessons From The New Ev Marketplace * Quick News, 3-3: Surging Asian Sun; Midwesterners For Wind; Cap&Trade Funds New Energy; Bet On Geothermal Yesterday * Study: The Depths Of Deep Sea Wind * Quick …