Top Story of the Week Sustainable Companies Want to Be Transparent -- But Not Too Transparent
(Wednesday - February 12, 2014)
Source: Bloomberg - Sustainability presents company legal departments with something of a paradox. The movement encourages companies to become ever more transparent with their "stakeholders" -- investors, employees, communities, regulators... Sustainability in Focus Six trends in corporate sustainability
(Friday - February 14, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Sustainability hasn't historically been at the front and centre of business strategy, but the issues have long been lingering in the background. Companies may not talk about climate change per se, but many are being buffeted by...
Simple steps to motivate your sustainability champions
(Friday - February 14, 2014)
Source: GreenBiz - We all know the role of sustainability manager is a challenging one. Corporations are innately resistant to change, whether it's the board not quite grasping the strategic importance of key sustainability issues, middle managers...
Six trends in corporate sustainability
(Thursday - February 13, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Sustainability hasn't historically been at the front and centre of business strategy, but the issues have long been lingering in the background. Companies may not talk about climate change per se, but many are being buffeted by... Considering sustainability as a business strategy: a prudent move for 2014
(Thursday - February 13, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - During a webcast delivered in 2012, sponsored by EY, panelists discussed trends in sustainable business practices and what they felt was important to focus on. As we get into 2014, it is ever more apparent that embedding... Demystifying the risks connected to more sustainable business practises
(Thursday - February 13, 2014)
Source: The Guardian - Customers expect it, employees demand it and shareholders rely on it. Sustainability has gone from being a feel-good initiative to being a strategic imperative. In today's highly competitive markets and volatile economic...
Connecting Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) to Leading Business Initiatives
(Wednesday - February 12, 2014) Associated Profiles : Sustainability Consortium (TSC)
Source: CSR Wire - This is where The Sustainability Consortium’s (TSC) efforts to develop methods to measure sustainability on product levels together with its members (universities, governments, NGOs and companies) are... Piloting Sustainability
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: Environmental Leader - The extent to which organizations embrace sustainability varies widely. Corporate sustainability programs are instituted for a variety of reasons including implementing cost cutting measures, for brand management, or when making... The Truth Behind Sustainability Investing
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: Green Money - Financial markets are the most powerful mechanism to address pressing sustainability challenges. Essentially, this is the philosophy behind all of what we do at RobecoSAM. Our recent video, “The Truth Behind... The Role of Government in the Transition to a Sustainable Economy
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: Washington Post - It's a great paradox that the moment the United States needs government the most, we don't seem to have one anymore. As a student of public administration, like many of my generation, I was motivated by John F. Kennedy's call to...
How to Succeed in a Sustainability Career
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: Bowdin - Going into the sustainability field can mean a business career if your strength is playing the game, or a policy career if your skills lie in changing the rules, according to Eban Goodstein, director of sustainability at Bard... State of Green Business: The people side of sustainability gets legs
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: GreenBiz - Sustainability," as everyone knows, is about the three-legged stool: the integration of environmental, economic and social issues. Except, more often than not, it isn't: "Sustainability" is used synonymously with "environmental"... Focus on sustainability can improve a firm’s long-term prospects
(Monday - February 10, 2014)
Source: FT Advisor - The principal aim of actively managed, sustainable and responsible investments (SRI) is to outperform conventional benchmarks. The proviso is that they only invest in companies defined as more sustainable. Some commentators deem... ESG Issues & Players Big Majority of Americans Support Action to Curb Global Warming, Even With Economic Costs: Study
(Thursday - February 13, 2014)
Source: The Weather Channel - A large majority of Americans – 83 percent – support taking steps to reduce global warming even if those steps involve economic costs, according to a new survey released today by Yale University's Project on Climate Change... 44 Law Professors Make A Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility
(Tuesday - February 11, 2014)
Source: National Law Review - I was completely nonplussed when I saw this brief filed by 44 law professors in the appeal now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Case No. 13-354. I was shocked because the brief...
How the U.S. Energy Boom is Changing America’s Place in the World
(Monday - February 10, 2014)
Source: Time - It wasn’t even five years ago that Iran reelected hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a disputed presidential election, openly admitted it was building a uranium enrichment facility and brazenly test-fired missiles capable of... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds SWFs in the Gulf reach new heights through oil reserves
(Wednesday - February 12, 2014) Associated Profiles : Qatar Investment Authority
Source: worldfinance.com - Key players to the pitch Other significant companies in the Gulf include ADIA at $627bn, the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) at $386bn and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) at $170bn. The... Do We Really Want Public Pension Funds to Become Activist Investors'
(Monday - February 10, 2014) Associated Profiles : California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
Source: strategy-business.com - Recently a few of the largest public pension funds have made a notable shift ... a shake-up of the board at Timken (a steel and bearings maker), which led to a breakup of the company. In theory, this... Redistributionist America: Why The Democrats' New Equality Campaign is Lazy, Insincere and Counterproductive
(Wednesday - February 12, 2014)
Source: Politix - Harvard economist Greg Mankiw is one of the few to have taken a big picture look at American redistribution's bottom line. His results summarize the net effective "pay minus receive" tax rate for each income quintile... Watching the Watchers  BeCitizen
Headquarters: Paris, France
Established: 2000
ESG/Sustainability Focus: Firm consults on environmental issues and advises asset managers on ESG/Sustainability issues.
KEY PARTNERS
French National Sustainable Development Council, and AssociationOrée are among listed Institutional Partners. Ongoing collaborations with La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild, which is BeCitizen’s majority shareholder. OVERVIEW/MISSION
BeCitizen describes itself as “…a strategic and environmental finance consulting firm which create [sic] new opportunities for growth by restoring the environment.” The company states on its Vision page that “In a fast-changing global environment, the companies that last are those that can adapt to emerging market forces and turn risk into opportunity.”
BACKGROUND
BeCitizen was established in 2000; it has registered the term “Positive Economy™” as a trademark. BeCitizen lists some of its clients online. They include such firms as eBay, WWF France, Credit Agricole (banking and finance), and Carlson Wagon Lit (travel). NEWS SWEEPS
Maldives ready to unveil carbon audit
(Tuesday - January 07, 2014) Associated Profiles : BeCitizen
- Asian Tribune - Ariane de Rothschild, Vice Chairman, Edmond de Rothschild Group, Hugo Ferreira, Deputy General Manager, Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild and Flora Bernard, Managing Partner, BeCitizen too will be...
BeCapital Closes Maiden Fund
(Saturday - December 14, 2013) Associated Profiles : BeCitizen
- Private Equity Hub - Initiated by BeCitizen, Cobepa and La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild, BeCapital gathered interest from a unique network of investors, mostly European families with well diversified industrial...
HEC Paris Rolls Out Heavyweight Alumni
(Saturday - December 07, 2013) Associated Profiles : BeCitizen
- businessbecause.com - Malouf made the switch quickly. Whilst at HEC he was given the opportunity to turn around sustainability firm BeCitizen and launch its services for the cleantech and carbon markets... | Check It Out...
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