Top Story of the Week Expert: Climate Change Will Increasingly Become Global Health Issue
(Wednesday - June 06, 2012)
Source: US News and World Report - Previously just the worry of climate scientists, environmentalists, doomsday prognosticators, and gas-price watchers, climate change is starting to worry some others— public health specialists, who say that global warming could... Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Reporting
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(Wednesday - June 06, 2012) Associated Profiles : UN - Global Compact
Source: Business Green - Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact, told reporters that 6,985 companies were now committed to the initiative, and said the 7,000th member was expected to join "any day now." The milestone could be achieved... Buffett: Odds of another US recession ‘very low,’ says both parties to blame for deficit
(Wednesday - June 06, 2012)
Source: Washington Post - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy isn’t likely to slip back into a recession, despite recent economic reports signaling the recovery has lost momentum, Warren Buffett said. Speaking at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Economic Club... World Environment Day - Looking Back Moving Forward - text/video
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012)
Source: Care2.com - June 5 is World Environment Day, begun by the United Nations 40 years ago to celebrate positive environmental action. This year’s host country for World Environment Day is Brazil, which is the site later this month for the... Whites earn more then three-fourths of nation's income
(Monday - June 04, 2012)
Source: Salem News/Washington Post - WASHINGTON — Whites took home a disproportionate share of income through the recession and slow recovery, but minorities are slowly starting to catch up, a new analysis of census data shows. Research Climate Change Will Turn Off the Lights: New Study Finds Nuclear and Coal at Risk
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012)
Source: Cleantechnica.com - A new study by Michelle T. H. van Vliet, John R. Yearsley, Fulco Ludwig, Stefan Vögele, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, and Pavel Kabat released in Nature Climate Change finds that climate change will impact the 91% of US and 78% of... Commentary Success in Rio? That's for Us to Decide
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012)
Source: Bloomberg/Harvard Business Review - The Rio+20 Summit on sustainable development is still weeks away, and yet many already have proclaimed the event a failure. That verdict is based on outdated assumptions about the nature of change. In fact, a 21st century success... Sovereign Wealth Funds Islamic banks have golden opportunity to grab larger share of global banking market - AME Info
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012) Associated Profiles : Emirates Investment Authority
- Noor Islamic Bank is 50% owned by the Dubai government and 5% owned by the Emirates Investment Authority; the remaining 45% is held high net worth individuals in the UAE. For further details, please visit: www.noorbank.com or... United Arab Emirates: The UAE: A Budding Capital Of Renewable Energy - Mondaq
(Monday - June 04, 2012) Associated Profiles : Istithmar World - Dubai
Source: Mondaq - Noteworthy projects that have sought environmental accreditation include the cruise terminal in Port Rashid, the district cooling chiller plant in Dubai, and commercial offices and hotels developed by Istithmar Hotels. Many other... China Begins New Round of Stimulus, With Caution
(Thursday - May 31, 2012) Associated Profiles : China Investment Corporation
Source: NY Times - BEIJING — Spooked by a sharply slowing economy, China’s leaders have begun opening the financial spigots to build still more roads and airports and subsidize consumer purchases, reprising measures that enabled the nation to sail... Asset Managers Analysis: G7 must look beyond China for euro zone rescuer - Reuters
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012) Associated Profiles : State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)
Source: Reuters - But Beijing is wary about loosening too much too quickly again and setting off a fresh round of price hikes that put social stability at risk. High inflation has preceded political tension in China in the past - something the... Europe mulls major step towards "fiscal union" - Reuters UK
(Monday - June 04, 2012) Associated Profiles : State Street Global Advisors (SSgA)
Source: Reuters - She is also seeking a coordinated European approach to reforming labour markets, social security systems and tax policies, German officials say. Until states agree to these steps and the unprecedented loss of sovereignty they... The Carlyle Group raises $671M in trading debut - Seattle Post Intelligencer
(Friday - June 01, 2012) Associated Profiles : The Carlyle Group
Source: Seattle PI - NEW YORK - Private equity firm The Carlyle Group raised $671 million from its initial public offering of 30.5 million common units Thursday, before underwriter commissions and other expenses. The company’s shares edged up 5... | Corporate ESG Performance Factors are important to financial analysts, asset owners and managers, and many stakeholders. The ESG framework or approach considers environmental issues and impacts, the company’s positioning and actions on social/societal issues, and important aspects of corporate governance. ESG key performance indicators are considered by investors as proxies for effective governance and management. Increasing numbers of of independent research and financial analysis firms monitor and measure these and advisie investors. The Sustainability HQ™ platform is an important profiling and monitoring resource for the G&A team, and for our clients and subscribers. ESG market players and corporate reputation influencers are profiled and monitored by G&A Institute. In these Highlights we provide some results of our continuous global scanning for ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility news.. The Associated Profiles indicated are in our platforms. For more information, please email us at info@sustainabilityhq.com
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US Pension Funds Pennsylvania proposal could merge DB funds, create DC plan - pionline
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012) Associated Profiles : Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System
- The Pennsylvania Public Employees' Retirement System would be created in the merger of the $47.9 billion Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System and the $24.9 billion Pennsylvania State Employees... More than 1,200 public workers double dipping - Press Herald
(Saturday - June 02, 2012) Associated Profiles : Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS)
Source: Press Herald - AUGUSTA - Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows. The 10 --... N.Y pension fund posts healthy gain - Steuben Courier
(Thursday - May 31, 2012) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
Source: Steuben Courier - he financial markets took investors on an up and down ride last year, but the New York State Common Retirement Fund's diversified investment portfolio coupled with a long term view have helped us weather these large swings,"... Study indicates huge impact from RSA investments - The Business Journal
(Thursday - May 31, 2012) Associated Profiles : The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)
Source: Business Journal - A study released Wednesday shows that the $4.6 billion that the Retirement Systems of Alabama has invested in the state from 1990 to 2011 has had an enormous economic impact on Alabama, creating 15,542 jobs and $666.2 million in... Watching the Watchers  Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)
Headquarters: New York City, USA
Established: 1970-71 – formed by leading church denominations, the National Council of Churches; later became an independent not-for-profit investor coalition.
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As stated by ICCR: "Through the lens of faith, ICCR builds a more just and sustainable world by integrating social values into investor actions." The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility writes that its members are "nearly 300 faith-based institutional investors including denominations, religious communities, pension funds, healthcare corporations, foundations, dioceses with combined portfolios worth an estimated $100 billion." ICCR members are in the vanguard of many corporate annual proxy season campaigns, filing and supporting (each other’s) shareholder-sponsored resolutions. ICCR itself does not file resolutions; the organization serves as a gathering point for members and affiliated organizations, and conducts extensive research on issues of interest to the ICCR investment and asset management community. The Coalition states its core values as: - "Faith: We shape our priorities for action through faith.
- "Justice: We challenge ourselves to accountability for right relationships with all creation.
- "Integrity: We are striving to be credible practitioners of the values we set forth.
- "Inclusive: We embrace and promote diversity as we covenant to work together."
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NY comptroller pushes transgender corporate rights - msnbc.com
(Tuesday - June 05, 2012) Associated Profiles : ICCR
Source: MSNBC - The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility listed the transgender rights resolution at Exxon Mobil among 160 proposals sponsored by its members at 115 companies in 2012. While the comptroller's office works with the...
FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon - Reuters
(Monday - June 04, 2012) Associated Profiles : ICCR
- Reuters - "This is not the time to be taking risk." Father Seamus Finn of the Washington-based Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility described the outcome of the meeting as "pretty poor." "I... Walmart's Annual Party A Gloomy Affair - Forbes
(Friday - June 01, 2012) Associated Profiles : ICCR
- Forbes - And there are many. Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility sent a letter to S. Robson Walton, chair of Walmartâ??s board of directors, requesting a full accounting of measures the company is... |
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