Emerging Markets ESG – Gender Composition of Management Boards and Supervisory Boards of Companies Listed on the Main Index of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the WIG20, as of June 30, 2013

Jay OwenThe Power of Yin

According to the Polish Central Statistical Office, there are currently more women (51.6%) than men (48.4%) in Poland. Despite this, the proportion of women in top management and on the boards of the largest listed companies in Poland remains strikingly low. Agnieszka Ploetzing, graduate of the School of American Law …

Today’s Top Stories from GFI: U.S. Treasury delays offshore tax-dodge law by 6 months

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  Monday, July 15, 2013 Job Listing: Financial Transparency Coalition Administrator Behavioral Economics And Lessons For FCPA, AML, And Tax Compliance Are High Bribery Rates In Poor Countries Blocking Development? Global Witness’s Charmian Gooch At TED Global: Meet Global Corruption’s Hidden Players GFI Disappointed By Court Decision To Vacate Key …

Today, Friday, July 5, 2013 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 16th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

Today, Friday, July 5, 2013 Emerging Markets ESG publishes the 16th edition of its Updated Database of Contacts in the Field of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).    To download the database, please visit the research page of the Emerging Markets ESG internet portal.  The URL is http://www.emergingmarketsesg.net/esg/2013/07/05/emerging-markets-esg-16th-edition-of-updated-database-of-contacts-in-the-field-of-socially-responsible-investment-sri-published-today-friday-july-5-2013/   The Partners for …

Ecocity World Summit 2013 is convening this September 25-27 in Nantes, France,

Jay OwenSustainability News

Ecocity World Summit 2013 is convening this September 25-27 in Nantes, France, and preparations are ramping up. We hope to see many of our members and network partners there. Nantes Metropole has generously extended the early bird rates to August 20. It is our hope that this edition of the conference …

Monitoring Progress on Energy and Ecodevelopment

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Monitoring Progress on Energy and Ecodevelopment Workshop with Benin, Togo and Mali Teams  Undertaken by HELIO with the support of CDKN, the EERA project (Energy, Ecodevelopment and Resilience in Africa) is on track! The first workshop was held in Cotonou (Benin) from the 11th to 14th of June with teams from Benin, …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: Actis, Mainstream join to launch Chilean renewables developer Aela Energía

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 7 June 2013 Looking for green investment opportunities? See the latest businesses fundraising with aNew Energy World Network subscription Deal News FuelCell Energy narrows losses in second quarter results SolarWorld calls creditor talks for July Volvo Trucks to commercialise dimethyl ether heavy-duty vehicles PowerSecure adds $75m to revenue …

Bluefield Solar Eyes £150 Million IPO : AltEnergyStocks.com

Jay OwenGreentech

Bluefield Solar Eyes £150 Million IPO : AltEnergyStocks.com   Bluefield Solar Eyes £150 Million IPO Posted: 31 May 2013 08:54 AM PDT Bluefield IPO to Be the Second Green Energy Fund Flotation in London This Year by Alice Young Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited, an investment fund focussed on solar …

Five Questions about ESG Sovereign Debt Rating – Special Interview with Pascale Sagnier, Head of ESG Thematic Research, AXA Investment Managers, Paris, France – May 6, 2013

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, The Power of Yin

By Geoffrey on May 6, 2013 On the first Monday of each month Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner about a specific topic with relevance to environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) issues. This month’s interview, the 14th interview in the special interview series, is about ESG Sovereign Debt …

Clean Technica: Wisconsin Wins Coal Battle, Loses Energy War

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website: Wisconsin Wins Coal Battle, Loses Energy War ADEME Proposes France Set Solar PV Target Of 15 GW By 2020 Shared Renewables Bills Moving Forward In California International Battery & Energy Storage Alliance Established AG Solar …