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Recent ResearchNovember 20, 2012 World Bank warns of ‘4-degree’ threshold of global temperature increase
Source: Washington Post
The World Bank is urging stepped-up efforts to meet world carbon-reduction goals after looking at what it says would be the catastrophic consequences if average world temperatures rise more than 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees... November 20, 2012 Public loses trust in leaders and businesses, finds studySource: PeopleManagement.co.ukPublic faith in business ethics and the justification of executive pay has tumbled since last year, according to a new survey. The proportion of people who believe British business behave “very” or “fairly’” ethically dropped by... November 20, 2012 Carbon reductions generate positive return on investmentSource: Carbon Disclosure ProjectAround two thirds of the emissions reduction projects reported by Global 500 companies to CDP this year exceeded a 30% return on investment and 88% of projects exceed firm level return on invested capital. These and other... November 19, 2012 Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index
Source: CRD Analytics
New York, NY — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), parent of the world’s first electronic stock market and a leading index provider, and CRD Analytics announced today the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ...[more] November 19, 2012 More female board directors add up to improved sustainability performanceSource: Phys.orgAs a corporate responsibility consultant, Kellie McElhaney publicly criticized Apple's recent appointment of another man to an already all-male executive team. McElhaney's new research goes one step further, indicating that the... November 19, 2012 Study reveals Asian cities at highest risk to climate change
Source: Smart Planet
DELHI – Two Indian cities – Kolkata and Mumbai – are among the top ten facing the highest risk from climate change, according to a study released last week by Maplecroft, a British consultancy firm specializing in risk... November 19, 2012 All nations will suffer effects of climate change, warns World BankThe Guardian - These findings by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were recognized by the national science academies of all major industrialized nations in a joint statement in 2010. Kim said the World Bank plans... November 15, 2012 US Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) Assets Up 22 Percent in Two Years
Source: U.S. SIF
WASHINGTON—The new 2012 Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends in the United States, released today by the US SIF Foundation, finds that sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) accounts for 11.23 percent of...[more] November 15, 2012 Congressional Report Blames Corzine for MF Global’s CollapseSource: NY TimesCongressional investigators took aim on Wednesday at a former colleague, Jon S. Corzine, blaming the onetime senator’s risk-taking at MF Global for accelerating the brokerage firm’s demise. November 15, 2012 Climate change report: Can US adapt to severe weather Alaskans call normal?
Source: Alaska Dispatch
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Research Council (NRC) have released a reportcommissioned by the CIA and various other American intelligence agencies on the security threats posed by climate change. The... November 13, 2012 Study finds many coal plants could be closed [Star Tribune (Minneapolis)]Source: Equities.comEquities.com - The study being released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) says that up to 18 percent of the nation's coal-based generation is ripe for retirement because adding up-to-date environmental controls... November 12, 2012 Climate change triggering national security threats
Source: Politico
Climate change will likely lead to more frequent extreme weather events as well as droughts and floods, triggering serious social and political disruption that poses a potential threat to U.S. national security, a National...[more] November 12, 2012 Proxy Season 2012: AnalysisSource: MoneyControl.comIn this report, InGovern analyzes patterns in the resolutions proposed by Indian listed companies in the just concluded 2012 proxy voting season. Observations on routine and non-routine resolutions proposed by Indian companies... November 6, 2012 Heavy metals: Study links water contamination to frackingSource: Times onlineWASHINGTON, Pa. -- In its analysis of residential drinking water, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is not reporting all the chemicals discovered in test results, claiming that the substances simply aren’t... November 6, 2012 Heavy metals: Study links water contamination to frackingSource: Times onlineWASHINGTON, Pa. -- In its analysis of residential drinking water, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is not reporting all the chemicals discovered in test results, claiming that the substances simply aren’t... November 5, 2012 Think-tank: Public sector pension reforms set to fail (UK)Source: Money Marketing.co.ukThe Centre for Policy Studies says the Government’s efforts to reform public sector pensions will fail because they do not address a £5.6bn cashflow shortfall between contributions and pensions in payment. November 5, 2012 Socially responsible corporations with heavy PAC contributors associated with higher stock returnsSource: PHYS.orgCompanies that tout social responsibility and whose managers contribute to political action committees tend to provide higher returns to shareholders, suggests a new University of California, Davis study. October 24, 2012 BSR Survey: Investors Aren’t Reading Those Wonderful Sustainability Reports
Source: Triple Pundit
Sustainability has traveled lightyears in the last two decades, but is not yet woven into the fabric of the American corporation, according to this year’s BSR/Globescan State of Sustainable Business 2012 survey of 550 member... October 24, 2012 Preparing For 2013 Proxy Season: Insights From 2012Source: Law 360New York-- Having reached the conclusion of the 2012 proxy season, we can report that approximately: 69 percent of say-on-pay proposals passed with more than 90 percent support; 21 percent passed with between 70.1 and 90 percent... October 23, 2012 Newsweek’s annual rankings reveal the planet’s biggest protectors—and polluters.
Source: Daily Beast/Newsweek
Four years ago, it seemed every politician was hot and bothered about climate change—whether they believed it was real or not. But in 2012, with the economy stuck in second gear, the only green thing the candidates want to talk... October 10, 2012 Climate Change Survey Shows Most Americans Believe Warming Is Tied To Extreme Weather Events
Source: Huffington Post
The majority of Americans think global warming is not only affecting weather but is also worsening extreme weather events, including record-high summer temperatures and the Midwest drought, a new survey released today (Oct. 9)... October 10, 2012 Report: EPA struggling to keep pace with ‘fracking’ boom
Source: The Hill
Congressional auditors conclude in new reports that the Environmental Protection Agency faces big hurdles overseeing a U.S. oil-and-gas drilling boom that’s creating “unknown” long-term health risks. October 5, 2012 Is Fracking behind Contamination in Wyoming Groundwater?Source: Scientific AmericaThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sparked a firestorm in December last year when it released a draft report suggesting that the use of hydraulic fracturing — or 'fracking' — to extract natural gas had contaminated... October 5, 2012 Study: Corporate Social Responsibility Engagements With U.S. Public Firms Yield Excess Return Of 4.4 Percent
Source: Sacramento Bee
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Using 10 years of privately compiled data, three leading academics have tied positive market performance to corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at major publicly traded U.S. companies. ... October 5, 2012 Are Electric Cars Bad for the Environment?
Source: Business Insider
A study by engineers based at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has questioned some common assumptions about the environmental credentials of electric cars.Published this week in the Journal of Industrial... |
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