by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Fixing the broken system is an economic and human rights imperative, says coalition.
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The SEC has rejected attempts by
ExxonMobil and Southern Co. to keep transparency proposals
off their 2011 annual meeting proxy ballots, according to Green Century
Capital Management.
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Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will vote on whether they want the global
financial firm to avoid investments in companies with ties to genocide,
according to Investors Against Genocide.
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Green Century Capital Management announced the Eastman Kodak Company has
agreed to improve disclosure of its political spending with corporate
funds.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
An advisory firm has divested its entire holding in a leading natural
gas producer because of the company's "poor environmental record and its
lack of accountability to shareholders."
Record food prices are likely to be sustained this year because of high
oil costs and smaller harvests, said the United Nations Food &
Agriculture Organization.
Toyota plans to sell half of its vehicles in emerging
markets and roll out ten more hybrid models as part of efforts to make
at least $12 billion in operating profit by 2015.
Cutting ozone pollution using the Clean Air Act will have saved $2
trillion by 2020 and prevented at least 230,000 deaths annually, the EPA says...
by Ellie Winninghoff
These community impact notes help finance green and affordable housing--and the revitalization of communities.
by Jerilyn Klein Bier
Genetically modified food continues to leave a bad taste for shareholder advocates.
by Ellie Winninghoff
Impact investors scale to solve the world's social and environmental problems.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
Does it make sense to undo a law that President George Bush signed four
years ago that will result in a ban of most incandescent light bulbs now
on the market? A lot of Republicans think so.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
BlackRock Inc. and NTR plc plan to launch a new renewable
power investment group on BlackRock's alternative investment platform.
by Tom Kostigen
Impact investing needs indexes, benchmarks and uniform reporting in
order for investors to assess how their social and environmental efforts are affecting investment performance...
Europeans left stranded at airports last year as an
Icelandic volcano erupted may soon benefit from
the power that seethes beneath the remote north Atlantic island.
by
Dorothy Hinchcliff
The number of climate and energy-related resolutions filed with energy companies is the highest ever.
by Thomas Kostigen
Client marketing necessitates an "eagle eye," according to one
top-ranked financial advisor with whom I recently spoke. "Niche
marketing is the key to success."
Wildlife Works Retail Inc., a U.S. conservation business, said its
project to safeguard forests in Kenya was the first of its kind to get
voluntary carbon credits.
The Sierra Club asked to join the lawsuit in which the U.S. government
is seeking billions of dollars from BP
Plc over damages from the Gulf oil spill.
by
Ray Fazzi
American businesses have a common enemy: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
