Finance/Insurance

New Rules when Accounting for Sustainability?

August 4, 2010 - The Accounting for Sustainability Project has teamed up with the Global Reporting Initiative to form the International Integrated Reporting Committee, an organization which aims to re-write the “'Generally Accepted Accounting Principles'” as a globally accepted framework for sustainability accounting. READ MORE

Lessons from the Goldman Sachs Hearings

Goldman Sachs has become the poster child for everything wrong about a recession that rocked the world’s financial markets to their very foundations. Is that fair or are we simplifying the situation and finding a scapegoat rather than facing some much larger issues? By John Friedman READ MORE

China, Korea Top GreenTech Spending

May 10, 2010 – A new book published by the United Nations Environmental Program on Wednesday takes a hard look at what policies and actions are needed to jumpstart the world’s economy and concurrently promote environmental sustainability – and investigates what G20 nations are employing strategies to build a sustainable global economy. READ MORE

GIIRS: A Partnership for Global Sustainable Investment

April 28, 2010 – At the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship on Monday, The Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, Prudential and Deloitte announced a partnership to support the Global Impact Investing Rating System – an organization that will drive investment capital to high-impact enterprises in developing nations. READ MORE

There is No "Lender of Last Resort" for Natural Resources

Green Money Journal sits down with Leslie Christian and Carsten Henningsen of Portfolio 21, a mutual fund focused on sustainability and a top performer in its field, to discuss their investment strategy, evaluation framework, and why we should READ MORE

TD Bank Achieves Carbon Neutrality

February 22, 2010 – By reducing waste, using alternative energies, building environmentally-friendly buildings and purchasing carbon offset credits, TD Bank said Thursday that it is the largest Bank in the United States to achieve carbon READ MORE

Water: Why Investors (and you) Care

Water is now a physical and reputational/brand risk - and opportunity - for your company. Though not new to the beverage sector, water has now emerged as a critical business issue in a wide range industry sectors.  By READ MORE

Helping the Insurance Industry Adapt to Climate Change

The insurance industry is at the forefront of climate change awareness, because it has to be. Climate change is regarded as one of the greatest social and economic threats facing the planet and the welfare of humankind. Where there are threats, READ MORE

Half of Asset Managers Consider Climate Risk Immaterial

January 20, 2010 - A new survey conducted by Ceres finds that close to fifty percent of asset managers surveyed do not believe that climate risk is relevant to their investment analysis, despite the growing belief that risks and opportunities asso READ MORE

George Soros Announces Plan to Generate Additional $100 Billion for Climate Change Relief

December 11, 2009 - Rich countries could double available funding to combat climate change by donating recently issued Special Drawing Rights to a new green fund. This fund would jumpstart investment in low carbon energy sources, reforestation eff READ MORE
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