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Recent ResearchDecember 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... December 18, 2012 Undercover report shows not much has changed at Foxconn, despite Apple promisesExaminer - In 2010, Foxconn saw a number of employee suicides. After the New York Times report in January, Apple joined the îFair Labor Associationî, the first technology company to do so. The FLA then conducted an... December 18, 2012 2030: China's coming water crisisSource: FortuneAfter each Presidential election, The National Intelligence Council (NIC), the Washington, D.C., agency that provides long-term strategic analysis to America's intelligence community, releases a report on security risks. Its... December 18, 2012 Lakes Erie, Ontario most threatened, study finds
Source: Detroit Free Press
Facing multiple threats -- from zebra mussels to toxins to light pollution from brightly lit shoreline cities -- Lakes Erie and Ontario are the most threatened of the five Great Lakes, while the depths of Lake Superior remain the... December 17, 2012 Number of Companies in S&P 500(®) and Fortune 500 ® Reporting on Sustainability More Than Doubles From Previous Year, According to New Analysis by Governance & Accountability Institute
Source: Governance and Accountability Institute
(New York, NY ) The rise in ESG/CSR/Sustainability reporting among U.S. companies in the S&P500 Index® and the Fortune 500® resulted in a dramatic increase from 2010 to 2011, according to an analysis released today by Governance...[more] December 17, 2012 New IPCC report: Evidence supporting climate change is ‘unequivocal’Source: Science ReporterThe report complies research from many labs around the world in order to create a statement on the current and future outlook of climate change and global warming. During the drafting process, the document is allowed to be shared... December 14, 2012 G&A Update Newsletter - December
Source: Governance and Accountability Institute
Every two years the trade association for sustainable & responsible investors (SRI) tallies the level of assets under management (AUM) that are guided by SRI principles. At the end of calendar year 2011, the latest survey... December 13, 2012 Microsoft leads CSR rankingsSource: warc.comLONDON: Microsoft, Google and The Walt Disney Company have been named as the brand owners which consumers around the world see as having the strongest corporate social responsibility credentials. December 13, 2012 Sustainability experts warn against rushing to rebuild Jersey's shore townsSource: Newsworks.orgA new Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll released this week shows the majority of New Jersey residents support the concept of a regional commission to oversee the rebuilding of the state's shore towns damaged by... December 13, 2012 New Report on America's Health Rankings Indicates Progress But Troubling ChallengesSource: HelpingYouCare.comBased on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Census Bureau and American Medical Association, the report provides an overview and state by state ranking of all 50 states in terms of health problems and... December 12, 2012 New Report: Growing Water Scarcity Presents Major Challenges
Source: CSR Wire/Ceres
BOSTON - As numerous western states are considering massive new water supply projects, a new Ceres report is suggesting caution. Citing shrinking federal funds, uncertain water demand and declining revenues to pay for the... December 12, 2012 10 Companies Where CEO Pay Is Seriously Out Of WhackSource: Huff PostAre CEOs hundreds of times more valuable than their employees? Corporate boards seem to think so. In past decades, as CEO pay has skyrocketed, worker pay has all but stagnated. That's created an economy in which CEOs can earn an... December 12, 2012 Study says global warming not hurting plant growthSource: AG Professional.comA new study by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change—The State of Earth’s Terrestrial Biosphere: How is it Responding to Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Warmer Temperatures?—refutes claims by the United Nations’... December 11, 2012 Business ethics survey shows increased pressures at work
Source: Guardian
Research into employee attitudes and unethical practice in the workplace suggests certain types of pressure more prevalent during recession December 11, 2012 The Companies With the Best CSR ReputationsSource: ForbesIn today’s reputation economy, what you stand for as a corporation often matters more than what you produce or sell. Hard to believe? This was confirmed in June when Reputation Institute, a private global consulting firm based in... December 6, 2012 WWF cites PepsiCo for sustainable business practicesSmartBrief - The report, produced by îVerdantixî, praised PepsiCo for its early successes in business models that have a net-positive impact on the environment. > 1862 December 5, 2012 What Will the Fiscal Cliff Cost You? There's a Tool for ThatSource: BusinessWeekWhat we know about the so-called fiscal cliff is this: Come January, if Congress and the White House don’t agree on a fix, $607 billion in automatic annual tax increases and spending cuts kick in. What we don’t know is what... December 4, 2012 Global water crisis: too little, too much, or lack of a plan?
Source: CS Monitor
The global water crisis – caused by drought, flood, and climate change – is less about supply than it is about recognizing water's true value, using it efficiently, and planning for a different future, say experts. December 4, 2012 Materiality in CSR reporting: the importance of GRI’s G4 guidelines
Source: Thomson Reuters
The recent Rio+20 Summit made one thing clear: the trend in Corporate Social Responsibility reporting is only increasing. However, it is not only governments pushing for transparency in corporate activities; the trend is... November 30, 2012 Antarctica, Greenland ice definitely melting into sea, and speeding up, experts warn
Source: NBC News
"This improved certainty allows us to say definitively that both Antarctica and Greenland have been losing ice," lead author Andrew Shepherd of the University of Leeds in Britain, told reporters. Not only that, but the pace has... November 30, 2012 US pension system among those to be stressed as the ?Working age’ population is expected to shrink by 2020Source: MercerThe economically vital 15-64 age group is set to drop by as much as 6% as a percentage of total population in some nations in the next eight years, highlighting the pressure on unfunded national pension systems, says Mercer. [more] November 30, 2012 Economy: 34 Signs That The United States Is Headed Down The Wrong PathETF Daily News - The following are 34 signs that America is in decline⦠#3 The United States has fallen in the global economic competitiveness rankings compiled by the îWorld Economic... November 27, 2012 How sustainable investors impact industries and corporate policies
Source: GreenBiz.com
The 2012 Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends in the United States, released last week by U.S. SIF, is the sustainable, responsible, and impact (SRI) investment industry’s primary barometer of the both the... November 27, 2012 GMI Ratings Releases Second "Black Swan Risk List" of North American CompaniesSource: Business InsiderNew York— GMI Ratings, the leading provider of research on environmental, social, governance (ESG) and accounting-related risks affecting the performance of public companies, today released its second “Black Swan Risk List”,... |
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