World Future Society Names Amy Zalman, Ph.D., as CEO

Jay OwenTrendspotting

Ethical Markets congratulates Dr. Amy Zalman as ceo of the world Future Society. We look forward to continuing our longtime collaboration with WFS ~ Hazel Henderson, Editor World Future Society Names Amy Zalman, Ph.D., as CEO Zalman to Guide Strategic, Financial, and Operational Leadership of Largest Membership Organization in the …

CircleUp Launches ‘Circles,’ Diversified Funds for Consumer Goods Companies

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, May 7 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS CircleUp Launches Diversified Funds for Consumer Product Companies — CircleUp, an equity crowdfunding platform for consumer goods companies, announced last week the launch of diversified investment funds, which it calls ‘Circles.’ Circles come in two varieties: investor led and …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: Flexenclosure gets pension fund, VC cash in €15m round

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NewNet Daily Newsletter 29 May 2013 Looking for green investment opportunities? Subscribe to New Energy World Networkand see all the latest prospective financing rounds Deal News Platina, Arise open largest Nordic wind farm Shanks exits non-core wood trading activities MORE DEAL NEWS » Company News ‘New era’ dawns for renewable energy …

LONG-TERM IMPACT OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CRISIS COULD BE FELT FOR DECADES, WARNS UN REPORT

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

 An estimated 73 million young people will be out of work this year, according to a new United Nations report that says the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades and <“http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_212917/lang–en/index.htm“>calls for creative and wide-ranging policy solutions to address the problem.<i><“http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_212423.pdf“>Global Employment Trends for …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Sylvia Wisniwski, Managing Director, Finance in Motion, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – April 5, 2013

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, The Power of Yin

Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.”  The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience.  The goals of Five Questions about SRI are fourfold: To collect a catalogue of examples of …

Middle East and North Africa Solar Market Outlook, 2013-2017

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

NEW REPORT: MENA SOLAR MARKET OUTLOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE! The MENA region possesses the greatest technical potential for renewable energy in the world with much of this potential attributed to solar energy. This potential is now starting to be more seriously considered across the region, driven by rapidly increasing energy …

Green Sukuk Working Group Launched to Support Finance for Climate Change Investment Projects

kristySRI/ESG News

DUBAI, 5 March 2012 –­­­ The Climate Bonds Initiative, the Clean Energy Business Council of the Middle East and North Africa and The Gulf Bond & Sukuk Association today announced they have launched a Green Sukuk Working Group. The group aims to channel market expertise to develop best practices and …

Social Revolution Taps Ict Tools

kristySRI/ESG News, Wealth of Networks

SOCIAL REVOLUTION TAPS ICT TOOLS Pro-reform activists across the Middle East and North Africa are turning to online forums to spread their message to a global audience and reinforcing ICT tools as 21st century drivers of change. ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AIMS TO END CONFLICT MINERAL TRADE Electronics industry aims to end …