Top Story of the Week World's Largest Investors Engage Stock Exchanges on Sustainability Reporting Standard for Companies
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014) Associated Profiles : Investor Network on Climate Risk
Source: CNW - Sustainability advocacy group Ceres, in collaboration with BlackRock and other major institutional investors across the globe, announced an initiative to engage global stock exchanges, via the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), on a uniform standard for sustainability reporting by all exchange members. Sustainability in Focus Sustainability: the times they aren’t a-changing
(Thursday - April 10, 2014)
Source: Business Day Live - WE ARE at a point in our species’ history where the need for change has never been stronger. Therefore it is with some frustration that the change we require remains ever out of reach, trampled by business as usual. At every... Lego: toy maker is exploring building blocks for sustainability
(Thursday - April 10, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Lego's director of environmental sustainability tells of the toy's focus on eco-design and addresses circular economy challenges for the product with no end-of-life. Johnson Controls Wins "Sustainable Product of the Year" Award
(Thursday - April 10, 2014)
Source: TMCnet.com - A battery pack that could revolutionize vehicle energy storage will be honored Wednesday as the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council’s “Sustainable Product of the Year.” The 48-volt Micro Hybrid battery was... The nuts and bolts of sustainable investment strategies
(Wednesday - April 09, 2014)
Source: GreenBiz - In the book "Green Investing: More Than Being Socially Responsible," author J. Patrick Costello offers a guide for investors wishing to make their investment portfolios sustainable; that is, investing in a manner that accounts... The law’s role in supporting sustainable cities
(Wednesday - April 09, 2014)
Source: News @ Northeastern - Toward the end of former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner’s eight-??year stint on the job, the EPA examined the history of the Clean Air Act and compared the costs to industry to achieve air... Companies need more carrot and less stick to accelerate sustainability
(Wednesday - April 09, 2014)
Source: THE GUARDIAN - Corporate environmentalism has been transformed. No longer fluffy PR, sustainability targets and strategies are now mainstream. There is a very long way to go in aligning companies' policies and strategies with the capacities of... Progress on sustainability
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014)
Source: Harvard Gazette - Harvard University has made significant progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released today by President Drew Faust, who announced the next steps that the institution will take to meet its goal... Sustainability and behavioural change – live chat
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Few of us can claim to be a sustainability saint, and yet we know these changes are important to make. So why are they so hard to do in our everyday lives? Tackling human behaviour change goes to the heart of the global and local... Sustainable, Responsible Investing Can Be Profitable, Here's How
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014)
Source: Forbes - Sustainable investing has changed over the last two decades. The SRI acronym has changed: what was once called socially responsible investing is now most commonly considered sustainable, responsible investing. But the bigger... Sustainability Mythbusters Part VI: There’s No Consumer Demand for Sustainability
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014)
Source: Enval Leader - The tide seems to be turning toward consumers who prefer, if not outright demand, more sustainable products and services. And even if some research shows that people may still be on the fence about whether or not they’d pay more... Ten things we learnt about behaviour change and sustainability
(Friday - April 11, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - How do we create better habits for ourselves and the planet? Catch up on highlights from our expert and reader debate. Explore the experts and full behaviour change debate ESG Issues & Players Harvard to sign on to United Nations-supported Principles For Responsible Investment
(Wednesday - April 09, 2014)
Source: Harvard Gazette - BOSTON – Harvard has announced its decision to sign on to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first university endowment in the United States to join the organization. The PRI is... Proxy Preview 2014: A record of ESG Shareholder Resolutions Filed
(Tuesday - April 08, 2014)
Source: Green Money Journal - The Proxy Preview 2014 report (www.proxypreview.org ), released in March, covers the record-breaking 417 social and environmental shareholder resolutions filed this proxy season, with political spending and climate change driving... Time running out to meet global warming target: U.N. report
(Monday - April 07, 2014)
Source: Reuters - World powers are running out of time to slash their use of high-polluting fossil fuels and stay below agreed limits on global warming, a draft U.N. study to be approved this week shows. Government officials and top climate... EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Is coal really on the rise in Europe?
(Monday - April 07, 2014)
Source: Reuters - For the fossil fuel boosters and the climate deniers, it’s a delicious irony. Despite the EU’s much-vaunted climate leadership, its use of coal to generate power has apparently been on the rise. It’s a useful counterblast to the... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Norway To Invest More Of Its $920B Sovereign Wealth Fund In Renewables
(Tuesday - April 01, 2014) Associated Profiles : National Wealth Fund
Source: the9billion.com - At a staggering $920 billion, Norway has the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, and Norwegian Prime Minister Erona Solberg has flagged that the country is planning to invest more of that national wealth... Libyan fund sues France's SocGen for $1.5 bln
(Monday - March 31, 2014) Associated Profiles : Libyan Investment Authority
Source: Morrocco World News - The Libyan Investment Authority is seeking compensation from the bank and from Walid Giahmi, an alleged associate of Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, for what it says is money that it lost on trades between 2007... NYC comptroller targets 20 large companies on supplier-diversity program disclosures
(Thursday - April 10, 2014) Associated Profiles : New York City Comptroller’s Office: Bureau of Asset Management
Source: Pensions & Investments - The five New York City pension funds held a combined $5.8 billion in the targeted companies. Mr. Stringer sent letters this week on behalf of the five systems to the companies seeking... Market Structure Map - The Recovery
(Thursday - April 10, 2014)
Source: Tim Quest, president, ModernNetworks IR LLC - I think the chief reason for the recent swoon in stocks was not anemia in the job market but a sort of investor outrage. You can’t troll a trading periodical or blog or forum without wading through rants on why Michael Lewis,... Watching the Watchers  Friends of the Earth (Europe)
Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
Established: 1969
KEY PARTNERS
Part of Friends of the Earth International. Funders include several European Union Commission agencies, Oxfam Novib, and foundations.
OVERVIEW/MISSION
The organization summarizes its activities by writing: "Friends of the Earth Europe campaigns for sustainable and just societies and for the protection of the environment, unites more than 30 national organisations with thousands of local groups and is part of the world's largest grassroots environmental network, Friends of the Earth International."
BACKGROUND
Friends of the Earth was established in 1969 by David Brower, who gave the organization the motto, "Think globally, act locally." The UK branch of FoE was started in 1971.
FoE's belief in local grassroots activism is reflected in its structure. News Sweeps
'Meat Atlas' sheds light on hidden costs of beef, pigmeat
(Friday - April 04, 2014) Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- EurActiv.com - The report, published by the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Europe and German green think tank Heinrich BÃll Foundation, attempts to map the hidden costs behind people’s...
Industry lobbying results in weaker EU climate and energy targets
(Wednesday - April 02, 2014) Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- clickgreen.org.uk - Published one day before the 28 EU heads of state meet to discuss how Europe will tackle climate and energy issues between now and 2030, a new briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory and Friends of the... FOREST EUROPE Considers Progress and Plans for the Future
(Sunday - March 30, 2014) Associated Profiles : Friends of the Earth (Europe)
- forests-l.iisd.org - Finally, the meeting approved new observers including the Council of European Foresters (CEF), the International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM), Pro Natura - Friends of the Earth Switzerland,... | Featured Sustainability Report | CROCS Publishes GRI Application Level B 2013 Sustainability Report
(Wednesday - April 09, 2014)- Source: Governance & Accountability Institute Newsroom - Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) today announced the release of its 2013 sustainability report. The company’s second report provides an update on its sustainability-related accomplishments and objectives, and sets goals in three... |
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