Fossil-Free Financial Portfolios Up 50 Percent from 2013 May 15, 2014 by Mike Hower Image credit: First Affirmative Financial Network Related: Behavior Change Cleantech Finance/Insurance/Investment The number of investment professionals in the US offering fossil fuel-free portfolios to investors jumped by more than 50 percent over the past year — …
Beyond GDP: Measuring progress, true wealth, and the wellbeing of nations
Beyond GDP Measuring progress, true wealth, and the wellbeing of nations May 2014 newsletter Interview Quote In the spotlight In brief Agenda On the web In this edition of the Beyond GDP newsletter: Interview with Enrico Giovannini Quote from Wayne Visser Spotlight on Using beyond GDP …
Gross National Wholeness
Gross National Wholeness By Martin Ping, Executive Director, Hawthorne Valley; EMM Advisory Board member By Martin Ping Few things in life elicit more happiness and joy than the first signs of spring. Especially after experiencing a genuine winter that seemed oblivious to the calendar and in no hurry to depart. …
Canadian Responsible Investment Conference
Follow us on our new social media pages! May 2014 Canadian Responsible Investment Conference Folks, it’s that time of year again! We are gearing up for one of our best-attended conferences ever. Extended Early Bird prices end May 15th – so get your tickets soon! Check out the conference agenda here. Responsible Investment Week The RIA is launching Canada’s …
ROEN FINANCIAL REPORT: Alternative Energy Companies
Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Glowing Profits or Wall Street Sunburn: Is SolarCity’s Correction Over? Posted: 5/9/2014 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report May 8, 2014 SolarCity (SCTY) fell 9.1% Wednesday when the …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News: Synthesized ‘solar’ jet fuel: Renewable kerosene from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Synthesized ‘solar’ jet fuel: Renewable kerosene from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide Posted: 03 May 2014 03:49 PM PDT With the first ever production of synthesized “solar” jet fuel, the EU-funded SOLAR-JET project has successfully demonstrated the entire production chain for renewable kerosene obtained directly from …
Why TNC and JPMorgan Chase are investing $1 billion in nature
Why TNC and JPMorgan Chase are investing $1 billion in nature By Elsa Wenzel Published April 29, 2014 The Nature Conservancy and JPMorgan Chase have a bold goal: Raise $1 billion over the next three years toward projects that protect agriculture, fisheries, water and land. These power brokers in conservation …
Can Alternative Energy Mutual Funds and ETFs Continue to Beat the Market?
Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Can Alternative Energy Mutual Funds and ETFs Continue to Beat the Market? Posted: 4/29/2014 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report April 29, 2014 The Roen Financial Report closely covers …
What a win-win on unburnable carbon looks like
The recent IPCC report is clear: We need a dramatic change in the design of the global economy to avoid climate catastrophe and we need it now. The International Energy Agency estimates that to stay within 2 degrees Celsius of atmospheric warming, the global economy will have to avert emitting the carbon …
Alternative Energy Portfolio Hits New High
Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Alternative Energy Portfolio Hits New High Posted: 4/7/2014 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report April 7, 2014 Alternative energy stocks continue to do extremely well for investors. The Roen …