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Sustainability in Focus Clean Energy Helps Wal-Mart Reach Elusive Sustainability Goal (Tuesday - March 05, 2013) Source: Bloomberg - Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke delivered upbeat news to the company's semi-annual Sustainability Milestones Meeting in November 2009. The world's largest retailer was on track to hit 36 of the 37 energy and environment goals Duke's... More Standout Leaders On Corporate Sustainability Needed (Monday - March 04, 2013) Source: Sustainable Business - In December, we reported on the deepening commitment the world's largest corporations are showing when it comes to climate change and clean energy. A majority have set renewable energy targets, greenhouse gas reduction targets... 4 reasons why your business should embrace sustainability (Monday - March 04, 2013) Source: Technicaly Philly - If you're not adopting sustainable practices, like installing solar panels or giving bikes to your employees (the way IKEA does), you're missing out on an opportunity, said local business owners who spoke at a recent panel on the... Question Marks Are to Sustainability as Coughs Are to the Flu (Friday - March 01, 2013) Source: Bloomberg - It seems the word has an unshakable bond with the question mark -- most recently confirmed by a little-known Google tool called Google Correlate, which lets you type in a word and spits out other words and phrases that people... Sustainability Pays (Friday - March 01, 2013) Source: US News and World Report - In recent years, many U.S. companies have found that a commitment to sustainability can boost the bottom line. It's a finding that has surprised critics, who have long claimed that when a business considers any goals other than... Sustainability Structures That Fail (Thursday - February 28, 2013) Source: Huff Post - A former client recently pointed out that her executive management team considered sustainability as integrated into their organization. When I asked where it was integrated, she said, "in the facilities department." ESG Issues & Players Shareholders Urge Exxon to Disclose Plans to Adapt to Climate Change (Tuesday - March 05, 2013) Source: Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order, Christopher Reynolds Foundation - Investors have filed a shareholder resolution with ExxonMobil asking them to review the exposure and vulnerability of the company's facilities and operations to catastrophic weather events and to climate risk more generally. Where's the Water of the Future? Right Here (Tuesday - March 05, 2013) Source: Live Science - NEW YORK — Fresh water. The planet has only so much to meet the needs of a growing world population. And global warming throws more uncertainty into the mix by increasing chances of extreme weather, such as more intense droughts... Countering Corruption: 2012 Conference Report from the World Forum on Governance (Tuesday - March 05, 2013) Source: Brookings - Reformers, businesspeople, investors and citizens alike are grappling with a common issue around the world: Good governance. How can each nation secure government that is honest and not corrupt, that serves the public interest... Swiss Prison Sentences for Golden Parachutes (Monday - March 04, 2013) Source: CNBC - Sixty eight percent of voters were in favor of forcing Swiss companies to give shareholders sweeping powers in deciding on executive pay. The proposal also bans golden handshakes, golden parachutes and signing bonuses... Asset Managers, US Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds Institutional Investors file Shareholder Resolutions Encouraging Diversity in Company Charter Language and in the Corporate Boardroom (Friday - March 01, 2013) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund Source: Yahoo! Finance - Institutional Investors continue to advocate for greater diversity in the corporate boardroom in 2013 and have filed shareholders' resolutions with 20 companies with no women on their boards for a vote at... Australia's Future Fund Drops Tobacco Investments (Thursday - February 28, 2013) Associated Profiles : Government Pension Fund (Thailand) Source: 4-traders - It is also following in the footsteps of Norway's government pension fund, which decided to exclude tobacco from its holdings in 2010. "The board noted tobacco's very particular characteristics including... Starbucks Commits to Using Only Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015 (Thursday - February 28, 2013) Associated Profiles : Green Century Capital Management & Green Century Funds Source: greenoptimistic.com - Starbucks has pledged to use only sustainable RSPO certified palm oil in 100% of its products by 2015. Last week, Green Century Management announced that Starbucks will purchase all of the... | Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Reporting G&A Institute is the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) sole data partner for the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. As the data partner we monitor, analyze and database information on all Sustainability reports issued in these territories. For a list of recently issued Sustainability reports please follow the links below: -- USA -- UK -- Ireland --

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Watching the Watchers AQ Research
Headquarters: London, England Established: 1998 OVERVIEW / MISSION AQ Research was founded in 1998 with, says the firm, assistance from fund managers who "wanted a tool to help them identify accurate and useful sellside research." AQ originated as a publishing house; it has evolved into a research and analysis firm. BACKGROUND AQ Research's clients include brokers, asset managers, research houses, and fund managers. AQ has consultancy experience for the buyside and sellside. News Sweeps Bellevue Group AG : Bank am Bellevue recruits top senior analyst (Friday - February 22, 2013) Associated Profiles : AQ Research - 4-traders - In recent years he received numerous awards and was repeatedly named best analyst for Swiss equities in leading analyst rankings (ISFA, AQ Researchî, Starmine). Michael Heider was with Berenberg Bank from... NASA flights help measure Valley air pollution (Saturday - January 26, 2013) Associated Profiles : AQ Research - TMCnet - The team will have plenty of chances to reset situations during its five-year mission. DISCOVER-AQ researchî began with flights over Baltimore and Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2011... Americas Quarterly Launch: Free Trade and Market Access (Friday - January 28, 2011) Associated Profiles : AQ Research - New AQ research will show the correlation behind US congressional support for free-trade agreements and the export benefits for each state and what that ... |