A new, national study conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication found that 75% of Americans support “regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.” Other highlights: 63% of Americans support “signing an international treaty that requires the United States to cut its emissions of carbon [...]
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Friday Carbon Fact!
Posted in Carbon Facts, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Government, News, Regulatory Environment, Sustainability, tagged climate change, fossil fuels, George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, GHG, GHG emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Last day for early bird registration to 2012 US SIF conference!
Posted in Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Events, Government, Green Economy, Partnerships, Regulatory Environment, Reporting Trends, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Adam Kanzer, Alan Ayres, Anne Simpson, Barbara Bennett, Barbara Krumsiek, Blackrock, Bloomberg, Boston Common Asset Management, Brian Rice, Businessweek, CalPERS, CalSTERS, Calvert Investments, Charles Kolb, Committee for Economic Development, corporate governance, Domini Social Investments, Eric Roston, ESG, Frances Beinecke, Geeta Aiyer, Jesse Eisinger, Jonathan Greenblatt, Jonathan Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies, Kim Jeffery, Larry Hatheway, Michael Burns, Michelle Edkins, Natural Resources Defence Council, Nell Minow, Nestle Waters North America, Pimco Europe, ProPublica, Schroders, Sustainable Investing, The Washington Post, Tom Hamburger, UBS Investment Bank, US EPA, US SIF, White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation on April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t delay: today is the last day to register at the early registration discounted rate for US SIF’s Sustainable Investing in Action, taking place May 3-4 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Jonathan Greenblatt, Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation and Special Assistant to the [...]
View our latest webinar on PACE Financing, in partnership with US BCSD
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Environmental Sustainability, Government, Green Economy, Innovation, Partnerships, Regulatory Environment, Sustainability, tagged Barclays Capital, PACE, PACE Financing, Property Assessed Clean Energy, US BCSD, webinar, Willdan Financial, Worthington Industries, Ygrene Energy on September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Our latest webinar in a series in partnership with US BCSD, was on the topic of PACE Financing. The webinar featured panelists from Ygrene Energy Fund, Barclays Capital, Worthington Industries and Willdan Financial. We had a great crowd and lively conversation. To view the webinar in its entirety, please click here. Any questions, comments and [...]
Could disclosure from extractive industries help taxpayers?
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Government, News, Regulatory Environment, tagged American Petroleum Institute, Anadarko, API, Chevron, Consumer Protection act, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, extractives, Ian Gary, Minerals Management Service, natural resources, Office of Natural Resource Revenue, ONRR, Oxfam America, royalties, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, socialfunds.com on September 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week, SocialFunds.com reported that the Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) wrote to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in favor of rules requiring disclosure of payments to governments, stating that this could help ensure energy companies are reimbursing US taxpayers. This is one of the rules that was included in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street [...]
Ernst & Young publish 2011 Proxy Season Report
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Regulatory Environment, tagged board diversity, Consumer Protection act, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, E&Y, Ernst & Young, executive compensation, investors, proxy season, proxy voting, say on pay, shareholders on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ernst & Young just published its 2011 Proxy Season Report that features highlights and implications for the coming year. E&Y found the top five proxy season results to be: Advisory votes on pay receive high support from shareholders in the first year of mandatory say-on-pay Director opposition votes decline Issue-shareholder engagement moves to a new [...]
Register now for open enrollment GRI training
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Education & Training, Environmental Sustainability, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Regulatory Environment, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Cleveland, Global Reporting Initiative, GRI, GRI-certified, OH, Trinity Commons on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our next open enrollment GRI training course will be held June 1-2, 2011 at Trinity Commons in Cleveland, OH. This is our signature, 2-day, GRI-certified course, and our third of the year. If you would like more information, and to register, please visit www.brownflynnlearning.com. If you have any questions please contact Marissa Beechuk at marissab@brownflynn.com [...]
EU issues Green Paper on Corporate Governance
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Government, Regulatory Environment, Sustainability, tagged EU, European Union, Green Paper on Corporate Governance, Responsible Investor, Responsible-Investor.com, shareholders on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Responsible-Investor.com reported today that the European Union has published its much-anticipated Green Paper on Corporate Governance, which challenges shareholders to take their engagement with the companies they invest in seriously. The EU is seeking a ‘critical mass’ of shareholders to be accountable, to effectively manage their relationship with the company and to cooperate with management. Other issues [...]
Bloomberg pushes Corporate Responsibility
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Green Economy, Innovation, Regulatory Environment, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Adam Kanzer, Bloomberg, carbon footprint, corporate responsibility, Credit Suisse, Curtis Ravenel, Deutsche Bank, Domini Social Investments, EPA, ESG, Fast Company, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, non-financial data, non-financial reporting, Sustainability, UBS on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Fast Company ran an article on why Bloomberg got into the business of measuring other companies’ corporate responsibility performance. In 2006 sustainability director Curtis Ravenel launched an initiative to green Bloomberg’s operations. At the same time, he began to wonder how other businesses measure their non-financial impacts on society and in turn if [...]
R.I.S.E. Spotlight: Bill Walton and Dr. Mark Sniderman
Posted in Best Practices, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Events, Government, Green Economy, Regulatory Environment, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Sustainability, tagged basketball, Bill Walton, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Mark Sniderman, NBA, R.I.S.E. Symposium, University of Dayton on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As previously mentioned, Barb Brown is speaking at the R.I.S.E. Symposium at the University of Dayton on April 1. We thought it would be a good idea to highlight some of the panelists, beginning with the opening day keynote speakers Bill Walton and Dr. Mark Sniderman. Bill Walton is one of the NBA’s 50 greatest [...]
Beyond the Triple Bottom Line: Creating Shared Value
Posted in Best Practices, Business, Community Engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental Sustainability, Government, Green Economy, Innovation, News, Partnerships, Regulatory Environment, Stakeholder Engagement, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting, tagged Competitive position, Creating Shared Value, CSR, CSV, Harvard Business Review, HBR, Mark Kramer, Michael Porter, Porter, Profitability, Reinventing Capitalism, Shared Value, strategy, Sustainability, The Big Idea, Value chains on March 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
“While society’s needs are large and growing, a new generation is asking business to step up.” Michael Porter, a distinct name in business and a thought leader in strategy and competitiveness, and Mark Kramer, managing director at FSG, offered the CSR world a different perspective on the value of the triple bottom line in their [...]
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