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Recent Featured ArticlesFeatured ArticlesMay 23, 2013 Speech: Sustainability and reporting: Europe at the forefront
Source: Europa Press Releases
Today, I want to focus on the EU proposal on non-financial, corporate reporting, published in April this year. I also want to draw your attention to the newly agreed European reporting rules for extractive industries and banks. May 23, 2013 Energy-Rich Colorado Becomes Setting for Fracking Fight
Source: Bloomberg
Stan Dempsey, an oil and gas lobbyist, raced from one committee hearing to another in Colorado’s statehouse this spring, defending the industry against an onslaught of bills. While only one of 10 measures passed, the flurry of... May 23, 2013 Bernanke Says Premature Tightening Would Endanger Recover - text/video
Source: Bloomberg
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank’s record stimulus program under questioning from lawmakers, telling them that ending it prematurely would endanger a recovery hampered by high unemployment and... May 23, 2013 DIVERSE COALITION OF GLOBAL INVESTORS MANAGING MORE THAN $1.5 TRILLION CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC REFORMS TO END HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN APPAREL SUPPLY CHAINS
Source: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
NEW YORK – Concerned that human rights catastrophes like the April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh might recur if sweeping reforms aren’t promptly implemented, a global coalition of institutional investors are calling...[more] May 22, 2013 Dimon Wins as JPM Shareholders Reject CEO-Chairman Split
Source: Bloomberg
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon won more investor support this year than in 2012 to remain chairman, surviving a push to divide the roles after the biggest U.S. bank suffered a record trading loss. May 22, 2013 Shareholders Push Fracking Companies to Manage and Measure Their Impacts: Reflects Rising Public Expectations for Quantitative Disclosure
Source: Green Century Capital Management
As public and scientific concerns around hydraulic fracturing continue to grow, shareholders at Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Pioneer Natural Resources will vote on proposals urging the companies to reduce the environmental impacts of...[more] May 22, 2013 The future of sustainability reporting: how can we make it better?
Source: Guardian.co.uk
Last month’s EU Commission proposal for a directive requiring sustainability reporting (SR) by large European companies and this week’s Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) conference, where EU Commissioner Michel Barnier will... May 22, 2013 The Education Of Our Children
Source: Robert R. McMillan
Like it or not, we really do live in a global society – not just the economy, but in every aspect from the Internet to worldwide instantaneous news. Another extremely important element of the global reality is the education of...[more] May 21, 2013 Fed’s Evans Says Economy Has Been ‘Improving Quite a Lot’
Source: Bloomberg
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.S. economy has improved “quite a lot” as the central bank maintains record stimulus and expressed confidence policy makers have tools needed to monitor markets... May 21, 2013 Climate Change Models May Not Be Producing Accurate Results, Study of Ice Age Warns
Source: Nature World News
When two scientists set about researching rainfall patterns across during the last ice age, they didn’t plan on the making the discovery they did: almost none of the climate models they tested were able to reproduce their results. May 21, 2013 How not to handle a scandal
Source: Politico
When confronted with its worst scandal in decades, the IRS broke virtually every public relations rule on the books. The agency could have first informed Congress that it was improperly targeting conservative groups for... May 21, 2013 Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent
Source: Harvard Buiness Review
New data shows that sustainability is an increasingly important factor in attracting and managing talent. May 20, 2013 Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely'
Source: BBC News
Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term. Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere. Writing in... May 20, 2013 Water may reshape energy industry
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Demand for fresh water could exceed supply by an estimated 40 percent by 2030, pushing up prices for the water-intensive energy industry. Soaring water prices would help wind, solar, and natural gas, but hurt coal and nuclear... May 20, 2013 Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio
Source: NY Times
During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. A growing number of organizations identifying themselves... May 20, 2013 Views on sustainability take hit - survey
Source: stuff.co.az
Businesses say they have had a wake-up call from a new survey showing fewer people than last year think their workplaces are sustainable. Perceptions of business' environmental and social efforts have slipped lower on many... May 17, 2013 Congress Should Get The IRS Out Of The Business Of Regulating Political Speech
Source: Forbes
True, the agency bungled its scrutiny of conservative political groups seeking tax-exemptions. But should it even be deciding which political organizations should get favored tax treatment and which should not? Why is a tax... May 17, 2013 Forests and Trees Key to Food Sustainability
Source: VOA
The FAO said forests, trees and agroforestry systems contribute to food security and nutrition in a number of ways, but the critical role forests play in food sustainability has been over-looked as a reliable, readily available... May 17, 2013 Obama administration issues draft fracking regulations
Source: Washington Post
The Obama administration drew criticism from both environmental and oil industry groups on Thursday after issuing a new draft of regulations for fracking on federal and Indian lands. In its first update of hydraulic fracturing... May 17, 2013 World's Biggest Ice Sheets More Stable Than Previously Thought: A Study
Source: Nature World News
Scientists have long used ancient shorelines to predict the stability of today's largest ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica believing, for example, that markings of a high shoreline from 3,000,000 years ago during a warm... May 16, 2013 Survey finds scientific consensus on cause of climate change: humans
Source: Rawstory.com
A survey of thousands of peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals has found 97.1% agreed that climate change is caused by human activity. Authors of the survey, published on Thursday in the journal Environmental Research... May 16, 2013 Culture Clash: Transparency Versus Proprietary Data at Bloomberg
Source: Wall Street & Technology
The acknowledgement by Bloomberg LP that it had allowed journalists to view specific types of subscriber data has led to a debate about whether their transparent news culture can coexist within a proprietary Wall Street climate.... May 16, 2013 When will emerging economies embrace sustainability?
Source: GreenBiz
Each year, GlobeScan's Sustainability Leaders survey asks experts to name a company they regard as a leader in sustainability. As Joel Makower noted recently, one company above all others -- Unilever -- has emerged as the... May 16, 2013 Harvard Top Six Endowment Managers Earned $29.5 Million in 2011
Source: loomberg
Harvard University’s six best-paid endowment managers earned $29.5 million in 2011, a 45 percent increase from the year before. Harvard Management Co., which invests the university’s endowment, paid Andrew Wiltshire, head of... May 15, 2013 'Best estimate' for impact of melting ice on sea level rise
Source: BBC News
Researchers have published their most advanced calculation for the likely impact of melting ice on global sea levels. The EU funded team say the ice sheets and glaciers could add 36.8 centimetres to the oceans by 2100. Adding in... |
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