Top Stories of the Week US SIF Statement on Shareholder Resolutions and Corporate Responsibility
(Friday - March 08, 2013)
Source: US SIF - The 2013 US corporate annual meeting season is underway. Over the next several months, several thousand publicly traded companies will hold their annual meetings, and their owners—the shareholders—will be asked to approve slates... Sustainability in Focus Sustainability 'crucial for oil industry growth'
(Monday - March 11, 2013)
Source: Trade Arabia.com - Sustainability should form the bed-rock of growth for the region's oil and gas industry, said a leading minister at the opening of a major oil & gas event which opened in Bahrain on Sunday. The 4 biggest barriers to corporate sustainability
(Friday - March 08, 2013)
Source: GreenBiz - Implementing corporate environmental sustainability strategies is increasingly becoming standard practice. More than 300 firms on the S&P 500 index, for example, report their greenhouse gas inventories each year to the Carbon... Making Sustainability an Office Priority
(Friday - March 08, 2013)
Source: Huff Post - Lately, I've been reflecting on my career and its course over the last 20 years as I attempt to flesh out the framework for a practitioner's handbook on how to integrate sustainability objectives into business and corporate... The new language of sustainability: Risk and resilience
(Thursday - March 07, 2013)
Source: Green Biz - Sustainability has become a major business buzzword in recent years, but for many, it's still viewed as a philanthropic initiative, disconnected from a company's core goals, or even a burden that competes with other strategic... Sustainability Indicator: 4 Superdomes of Gas
(Thursday - March 07, 2013)
Source: Bloomberg - Today's sustainability indicator, 4, is the number of times you could fill the New Orleans Superdome with the gasoline wasted each year by U.S. commuters stuck in traffic. Congestion generates 380 pounds of carbon dioxide... Introducing: The Guide to Sustainable Investment 2013
(Thursday - March 07, 2013) Associated Profiles : UN - Principles for Responsible Investing PRI
- Blue & Green Tomorrow - After speaking to the likes of Penny Shepherd at UKSIF and James Gifford at the UN Backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the thing that becomes abundantly... Review: Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development
(Wednesday - March 06, 2013)
Source: James McRitchie, CorpGov.net - The subtitle of the book edited by James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud is Governance, Moving Beyond the Impasse. Progress on important issues such as climate change, biodiversity, sustainable management of lands and... Utility Sustainability Practices Leading to Better Bottom Lines
(Wednesday - March 06, 2013)
Source: Energy Biz - Companies that practice sustainability may be getting good PR. But they are also achieving better returns for their investors. That’s the conclusion of one utility analytics firm that says the best managers are the ones who are... ESG Issues & Players U.S. Carbon Output to Fall to 1970s Levels by 2040: Exxon
(Thursday - March 14, 2013)
Source: Bloomberg - Energy-related emissions will fall 25 percent in part because of a “pronounced shift away from coal in favor of less- carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas,” the Irving, Texas- based company said in a U.S. energy outlook... Study of centuries of weather suggests record warming ahead
(Friday - March 08, 2013)
Source: LA Times - By observing several indirect indicators, researchers looking at weather patterns since the end of the last Ice Age predict that average surface temperatures will be at their highest point in human experience by the end of this... The Best and Worst Companies For Women And Minorities
(Friday - March 08, 2013) Associated Profiles : Thomson Reuters
- Forbes - Calvert Investments, a mutual fund firm that invests in companies that engage in sustainable and responsible practices, put together the survey, released today. While Citi and Merck shared the No. 1 slot... Previewing the 2013 Proxy Season's Environmental and Social Resolutions
(Thursday - March 07, 2013)
Source: National Law Journal - In the 2013 proxy season, shareholder advocates for environmental and social changes at companies want to see hard numbers—whether on a corporation’s lobbying spend or its carbon footprint—according to the new “Proxy Preview"... United States Winning the Clean Energy Race
(Thursday - March 07, 2013) Associated Profiles : Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Source:US News and World Report - "There are some changes in trade patterns," says Nat Bullard, a researcher at Bloomberg New Energy Financî, which compiled data for the Pew report. "We have some real strengths and China... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Does CSR Make a Difference to a Company’s Image?
(Thursday - March 14, 2013)
Source: Triple Pundit - For many companies these days, corporate social responsibility or CSR, is an important part of their corporate profile. Companies like Hickory Springs, with its Earthcare Challenge, and Starbucks Coffee, known for its support of... Norway's wealth fund dumps 23 palm oil companies under new deforestation policy (Tuesday - March 12, 2013) Associated Profiles : Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global (Statens pensjonsfond – Utland) , Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Norway
Source: News.Mongabay - The move by the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) â the world's largest sovereign wealth fund â came after it revised its investment guidelines to include deforestation as a... GE Promises DiNapoli to Study Expanded Hudson River Cleanup
(Tuesday - March 12, 2013)
Source: Bloomberg - General Electric Co. (GE) agreed to examine expanding its cleanup of pollutants from a section of New York’s Hudson River after state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli sought an investor vote on a study to widen the project... S.E.C. Accuses Illinois of Securities Fraud
(Tuesday - March 12, 2013) Associated Profiles : State Employee’s Retirement System of Illinois (SERS)
Source: NY Times - For the second time in history, federal regulators accused an American state of securities fraud on Monday, ordering Illinois to stop misleading investors about the condition of its public pension system. In announcing a... Massachusetts state pension fund outperforms stock market
(Friday - March 08, 2013) Associated Profiles : Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Massachusetts), Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board Profile
Source: Daily Hampshire Gazette - The broad Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index rose 13.4 percent in 2012. The Boston Globe reports that the Pension Reserves Investment Management board, which oversees the fund... | Make Sure Your Sustainability Report is Counted --
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Watching the Watchers  Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Established: November 2008
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Ceres OVERVIEW / MISSION
“BICEP’s goal is to work directly with key allies in the business community and with policy makers to pass meaningful energy and climate change legislation that is consistent with our core principles.”
BACKGROUND
Founding members of Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) are Levi Strauss & Co., Nike, Starbucks, Sun Microsystems and Timberland. Although BICEP notes that its members, who are mostly consumer companies, are not “major greenhouse gas emitters,” it emphasizes in its FAQ that climate change will have broad implications for all sectors of the economy and “various business perspectives are needed to provide a full spectrum of viewpoints for solving the climate and energy challenges facing America.” The coalition lists a series of three core principles: "1. Promote energy efficiency and renewable energy 2. Increase investments in a clean energy economy 3. Support climate change adaptation, technology transfer and forest preservation." Details, including policy elements like "support development countries in reducing carbon emissions," are available online. News Sweeps LexGWAC: Climate change challenges us to master ourselves
(Friday - January 04, 2013) Associated Profiles : Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy
Abington Mariner – Lexington’s Anne Kelly, Ceres director of business for innovative climate and energy policy and co-director of the Policy Program, will lead the event. The panel will include Tim Smith... Support for wind power in Colorado is brewing
(Tuesday - December 11, 2012) Associated Profiles : Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy
Denver Post - The signers include members of BICEP (Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy) like us, Starbucks, the North Face, and Timberland, as well as large-scale renewable power purchasers like... Is the Insurance Industry Doing Enough to Address Climate Change'
(Wednesday - November 14, 2012) Associated Profiles : Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy
Minyanville - If there’s one significant political impact of Hurricane Sandy, it’s that the disaster has brought the threat of climate change back into the national conversation. "What is clear is... |
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