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Recent ResearchJanuary 15, 2013 Congress's Ethics Ranks Only Better Than Car SalespeopleSource: About.comA recent Gallup poll surveyed American perception of the honesty and ethical standards of people in different fields. Nurses ranked highest; car salespeople lowest. Members of Congress were rated just barely above car salespeople... January 15, 2013 Climate change inaction the fault of environmental groups, report says
Source: Guardian.co.uk
A Harvard academic has put the blame squarely for America's failure to act on climate change on environmental groups. She also argues that there is little prospect Barack Obama will put climate change on the top of his agenda in... January 15, 2013 Climate report sees increasing risks for MidwestMENAFN - The process is overseen by a federal advisory panel. Members of the panel include David Gustafson, a senior fellow at agricultural biotech giant îMonsantoî Co., John Posey, director of research services at... January 11, 2013 U.S. could save $2 trillion on health costs - study
Source: Reuters
The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the U.S. government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with economic growth, a study... January 11, 2013 Chevron Says It Expects Earnings to Be 'Notably Higher'Source: CNBCChevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit would be "notably higher" than the previous quarter as oil and gas output bounced back and it booked a $1.4 billion gain on an asset... January 10, 2013 Interagency report published on information required for short-term water management decisionsEurekAlert - Technical specialists from the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation with NOAA's National Weather Service prepared the report as part of the Climate Change and îWater Working Groupî. It is the... January 10, 2013 Big business and sustainability: the missing linksThe Guardian - A Ceres Sustainalytics evaluation of 600 large, US companies earlier this year found that only one third had set time-bound greenhouse gas reduction targets. Water fared even worse. Among four water-intensive... January 9, 2013 Study: Fixing climate change will take new energy toolsSource: USA TodayThe task is more difficult now than just a few years ago, a new study says, citing the recent surge in global greenhouse-gas emissions. Its co-author proposes eliminating emissions altogether by 2060. January 7, 2013 Nationwide flu activity increases stirs deadly pandemic fearsSource: ExaminerAccording to a report released on Friday by the CDC influenza activity continues to increase in the United States and most of the country is now experiencing high levels of influenza-like-illness (ILI). January 7, 2013 IRS Releases 2013 Withholding Tables.Source: Wall Street JournalWASHINGTON–The Internal Revenue Service Thursday released updated income-tax withholding tables for 2013 after President Barack Obama signed legislation to avert the fiscal cliff. January 6, 2013 The Life of a Plastic Water Bottle - Slideshow
Source: Bloomberg
Bottled water -- clean, portable and good for you -- is the drink of choice for health-conscious consumers who balk at sugary sodas and juices. January 3, 2013 Cost of combating climate change surges as world delays - study
Source: Reuters
An agreement by almost 200 nations to curb rising greenhouse gas emissions from 2020 will be far more costly than taking action now to tackle climate change, according to research published on Wednesday. January 3, 2013 Prince Charles: CSR Must “Future Proof” BusinessSource: Triple PunditPrince Charles’ think-tank, A4S or “The Prince’s Accounting For Sustainability Project”, recently published an insightful new report called “Future Proofed Decision Making” critiquing the state of CSR. A4S found that firms were... January 3, 2013 Gas Drilling Is Called Safe in New YorkSource: NY TimesALBANY — The state’s Health Department found in an analysis it prepared early last year that the much-debated drilling technology known as hydrofracking could be conducted safely in New York, according to a copy obtained by The... January 2, 2013 10 Most Corrupt Politicians of 2012Breitbart News - For example, in a February 25, 2011, email to the Executive Committee of the îNational Association of Attorneys Generalî (NAAG), Iowa Assistant Attorney General Patrick Madigan wrote: âElizabeth... January 2, 2013 French SRI consultancy releases unique Euro-wide look at SRI marketxperedon.com - The research from Axylia Conseil follows figures from îEIRISî the social investment specialists in the UK this year that revealed about 11 billion GBP of UK cash is currently invested in UK green or... December 27, 2012 A Corporate Governance Wish List for 2013Source: Motley FeelMany of us make New Year's resolutions, whether we remain resolved and keep them or not. However, they're often changes we really do need to make in order to make healthy progress in our lives. That's what makes them so hard so... December 27, 2012 New Report: S&P 500 Index Companies Step Up Sustainability Reporting
Source: Hank Boerner, chairman, Governance & Accountability Instit
Companies that are measuring and managing their sustainability issues appear to perform better over the long-term in the capital markets. This is one of the important takeaways from a recent analysis conducted by the Governance &... December 27, 2012 Corporate Laggards: Your Competitors are now ReportingSource: Social Funds.comFor years, sustainable investors have consistently emphasized to corporations the necessity of producing sustainability reports, and not only to account for environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors;... December 27, 2012 The best-performing trusts of 2012trustnet.com - The study did not include VCTs, or trusts in the IT Not Yet Assigned or IT Unclassified sectors. John McClureâs Acorn Income trust is number-one overall, with returns of 58.82 per cent. The small cap trust,... December 26, 2012 Record Number of U.S. Companies Issuing Sustainability ReportsSource: Triple Pundit2011 was the first year ever that a majority of companies in the S&P 500 publicly disclosed their sustainability performance, according to new research from Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A Institute). Moreover,... December 21, 2012 Colorado River study sees growing imbalances in water supply, demandSource: ThomsonReutersThe Colorado River Basin in the western United States will face growing strain over the next 50 years as a result of increasing demand for water coupled with reduced supply due to climate change, according to a new study from the... December 19, 2012 10 places climate change kills the most people
Source: MarketWatch
Global climate change and pollution from the use of fossil fuels killed nearly 5 million people around the world in 2010, according to a report released earlier this year by climate change advocacy group DARA. By 2030, this... December 19, 2012 The ‘fiscal cliff’ offers: dueling White House and GOP perspectivesSource: Washington PostThere are some tentative signs that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner might reach a deal that would blunt the impact of the so-called “fiscal cliff.” But, as always in these Washington negotiations, a lot depends on... December 19, 2012 The boomer home: Small house, big roomsMarketwatch - That is roughly consistent with the findings of a survey by the Demand Institute (a venture jointly operated by îthe Conference Boardî and Nielsen Co.) that I wrote about in a recent Wall Street Journal... |
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