What $10 Oil Does to Solar

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Trendspotting

Forward to a Friend Having trouble viewing this issue? Click here. Refer a Friend to Energy and Capital.   What $10 Oil Does to Solar By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 In Dubai, solar is now cheaper than oil at $10 a barrel. Yes, you read that correctly. …

The Nature of Investing by Katherine Collins… a Review

Jay OwenBooks and Reviews

“Thanks to colleague Ben Bingham for this review of the new book The Nature of Investing from Ethical Markets Advisory Board member Katherine Collins, Honeybee Capital.”  ~Editor The Nature of Investing by Katherine Collins… a Review You might ask why a very successful professional at the top of her game might leave …

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 …

Impact Fundraising Webinar Coming + Much More

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

It wasn’t until I stood in a burning apartment with a woman that I realized what real change is… Hi! My name is Mozart. I’m a community builder, poet and dad working with Jonathan on the social entrepreneurship Clinic. I’m a trained social worker who got my first job out of school …

A Dangerous Game Of Us vs. Us Played With Our Life Savings : AltEnergyStocks.com

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  A Dangerous Game Of Us vs. Us Played With Our Life Savings Posted: 15 Mar 2014 07:22 AM PDT Tom Konrad CFA US law requires that money managers put their clients’ interests first. Investment advisers and money managers almost universally assume this means that they must try to make as …

Shareable: Join the Quiet Revolution

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Beyond GDP

Weekly Newsletter  Subscribe to Shareable’s newsletter.   Join the Quiet Revolution Want to be a Quiet Revolutionary? Help map the movement! >> Read more What’s Driving Free Coworking’s Epic Growth? And what does the future hold? 4 coworking leaders share their thoughts. >> Read more Let’s Take Back Our Economies The current …

Verde Las Vegas?

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

THE REPORT Verde Las Vegas? Sin City grew up gambling with its resources, but its current strategy is focused on the long game and, dare we say it, sustainable investment. BY MARY CATHERINE O’CONNOR THE TAKE Collectible architecture, only for the one-percenters If collecting dollhouses isn’t your style, consider these …

Global CSR Summit and Awards April 3-4

Jay OwenPartner Announcements and News

Website: http://globalcsr.tpgi.org | Asia: eric.khoo@tpgi.org | Philippines: marco.domingo@tpgi.org | Asia/Indonesia:    reed@tpgi.org In recent years, asian and emerging economies have outperformed their western counterparts. This shift in the economic balance of power has created enormous wealth for millions of people in these countries. However, the flow of wealth has resulted in increased inequalities among peoples. Environmental and social issues …

Florida Trend – Daily Pulse: Venture capital investing up in Florida

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

Top Stories for Thursday, December 19, 2013 Venture capital investing up in Florida In the past year, venture capital investments in Florida businesses increased by 45 percent, but the state still lags on a per capita basis. Record numbers expected for holiday travel Tourism officials expect this to be the busiest-ever …

IPA: Asia’s wealthy seek out alternatives for returns

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

    Asia’s wealthy seek out alternatives for returns by Wing-Gar Cheng – Institutional investors in asia were early adopters of alternatives. Now HNWI’s are getting in on the act 29/11/13 South Korea, Mexico set to benefit from global growth China’s social security spending exceeds income Value Partners launches gold ETF …