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Top Story of the Week Sustainable & Responsible Investing: It's Now $1-in-$6 in the US Capital Markets!
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014)
Source: CSRWire, Hank Boerner, Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute - For your conversations inside the company, and perhaps outside, the following key numbers should help you make the investing or business case for corporate responsibility Turning a Profit While Doing Good: Aligning Sustainability with Corporate Performance
(Tuesday - December 09, 2014)
Source: Brookings - When a company focuses on improving its environmental or social good performance, what happens to that company’s financial performance and shareholder returns? Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim answers this... Sustainability in Focus Sustainability Reporting in 2014: The State of the Art
(Friday - December 12, 2014)
Source: Sustainable Brands - For the last three years my firm (Terrafiniti) has had the distinct pleasure of supporting CorporateRegister.com’s annual CR Reporting Awards (CRRA 15), the unique global, non-financial reporting accolades. From bamboo bikes to renewables: the leaders that understand sustainability
(Thursday - December 11, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - The business leaders of tomorrow will be responsible for tackling huge challenges, from climate change to growing inequality. Aware of the dangers these issues pose if they are not faced head on, these three leaders see... "Sustainable investing is growing at an accelerating rate, according to a recent report on ..."
(Thursday - December 11, 2014) Associated Profiles : Social Investment Forum (SIF)
Source: AD HOC News - Sustainable investing is growing at an accelerating rate, according to a recent report on trends from the US SIF or The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. CEO Lisa Woll explains, "US... Energy investors call for sustainable business strategies
(Thursday - December 11, 2014) Associated Profiles : Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Source: Power Engineering - This week's Investor Expectations: Oil and Gas Company Strategy report was published by the Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change (GIC), which includes Europe's Institutional Investors... Sustainability experts: A dozen ways to go green for the holidays
(Thursday - December 11, 2014)
Source: Vanderbilt News - The average American household generates 25 percent more trash during the holiday season. (Need proof? Look at your neighborhood’s overflowing garbage cans on the first collection day after Christmas.) Between all that extra... Sustainability + Engagement: A Case for Personalized Communication
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014)
Source: Business2Community - There is an important conversation happening concerning sustainability and employee engagement across C-Suite, HR, and sustainability leadership. An increasing body of research is showing a clear connection between a company’s... Lessons from 10 Years of Urban Sustainability in Grand Rapids
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014) Associated Profiles : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)
Source: Governing - When Grand Rapids conducted its first emissions inventory in 2009, it combined elements from different methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ICLEI, the EPA and the... Sustainability’ is older than you think
(Monday - December 08, 2014)
Source: Boston Globe - In recent years, “sustainability” has become an inescapable buzzword. Companies launch sustainability initiatives; virtually every major American university now has an office of sustainability; and the word is a staple of United... ESG Issues & Players Holy Land Principles Gain Momentum
(Thursday - December 11, 2014)
Source: AZ Central - The campaign for the Holy Land Principles—a corporate code of conduct for American companies doing business in Palestine-Israel— is gaining momentum. The Governance & Accountability Institute of New York City in its... The Top 50 Best Places To Work In The U.S.
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014)
Source: Fast Company - In 2014 the American workforce valued three main elements in their employers; short-term perks, like free lunches, flexible work hours, and remote work opportunities; and long-term benefits, like working with intelligent people... World without water: six solutions to a shortage
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014)
Source: FT.com - The World Bank is planning to devote up to $5bn a year to try to fix it. Goldman Sachs says it poses a risk to economic growth. And Matt Damon, the actor, has tipped a bucket of toilet water over his head to bring attention to... The Companies With The Best CSR Reputations
(Tuesday - December 09, 2014)
Source: Forbes - The company tops the 2014 Global CSR RepTrak ranking from Reputation Institute for the fourth year in a row more than a decade after it first began using the now-famous “Don’t be evil” imperative as its corporate slogan. Study Links Fracking to Infertility, Miscarriages, Birth Defects
(Monday - December 08, 2014)
Source: US News - A new study links shale oil and gas development to a host of developmental and reproductive health risks, and says the processes involved – including hydraulic fracturing, or fracking – pose a particularly potent threat to what... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds When Pension Funds Become Vampires
(Thursday - December 11, 2014) Associated Profiles : California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Source: Forbes - Whereas some pension funds like Calpers have wisely announced that they will no longer have anything to do with hedge funds, CalSTRS, the pension fund of California school teachers, is now leading the... Goldman Sachs (GS) Asked To Disclose Profit From Disputed LIA Trades
(Wednesday - December 10, 2014) Associated Profiles : Libyan Investment Authority
Source: bidnessetc.com - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) has been asked to disclose profits it made from nine transactions it conducted on the behalf of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA). These disputed transactions... Why the dollar is still king
(Monday - December 08, 2014)
Source: CNBC - A question that has frustrated even the most experienced economists in the last few decades is how the dollar has remained the most prominent reserve currency in the world despite the global share of U.S. output eroding away. Watching the Watchers  Fair Trade Federation
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Established: informally in the late 1970s, then as North American Alternative Trade Association in 1994, becoming the Fair Trade Federation in 1995. KEY PARTNERS
World Fair Trade Organization and other Fair Trade groups. Sponsors include Oxfam and Catholic Relief Services.
OVERVIEW/MISSION
The Fair Trade Federation (FTF) calls itself the “trade association that strengthens and promotes North American organizations fully committed to fair trade. The Federation is part of the global fair trade movement, building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty.”
BACKGROUND
The Fair Trade Federation concentrates on assisting companies committed to fair trade. It covers the United States and Canada.
News Sweeps Giving Fair Trade gifts from Jolica for Valentine's Day sends the message 'You are special and I am a great catch!'.
(Thursday - December 11, 2014) Associated Profiles : Fair Trade Federation
- Benzinga - Look for a FTF (Fair Trade Federation), WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization), or Certified Fair Trade label to ensure that what you are buying is Fair Trade. Jolica makes it possible for anyone, anywhere,...
Indian gold premiums fall to 5-month low on supply hopes
(Thursday - November 27, 2014) Associated Profiles : Fair Trade Federation
- NDTV - Demand for gold in Japan rose this week as consumers bought ahead of a sales tax increase, although buying was muted in the rest of Asia due to volatile prices, traders and dealers said. Japan will raise its national sales...
Coming Up In Lafayette: SHOP WITH A MISSION
(Tuesday - November 25, 2014) Associated Profiles : Fair Trade Federation
- Patch - Purchases support global outreach, including women's cooperatives in East Africa and educational scholarships in Guatemala. Come ready to shop beaded jewelry, ornaments, handbags, textiles, fair trade baskets... 
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