Archive for May 2018

Event - Responsible Investment Forum Europe 2018

May 31, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The Responsible Investment Forum Europe 2018 will take place on June 12 - 13 at the Waldorf Hilton, London, United Kingdom. Now in its 9th year, the longest running Private Equity meeting focused on bringing together GPs and LPs to discuss ESG issues and market trends is back again.Many of the experts...

May 30, 2018 Add Comment Edit

As the leading cause of climate change court rulings against the fossil fuels industry are a game changer. A bit more than a year ago a judge ordered Exxon to hand over internal memos that proved the company privately knew the truth about climate change while investing in campaigns of disinformation...

Courts Defend Climate Action and Environmental Protections

May 29, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The courts have contributed to efforts to recognize and act on climate change and defend environmental protections. They have countered the Trump administration's deregulatory orgy and stopped Republican legislators from running roughshod over the natural world by shutting down dirty energy pipelines,...

Event - Diversity and Inclusion: Respecting Difference and Standing on Common Ground

May 27, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on June 7 - 8, 2018 at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York, NY. 22nd Annual Diversity & Inclusion Conference is one of North America’s longest running and best-attended gatherings of D&I and business leaders that consistently addresses the most important issues...

Does Business Need Government to Incentivize the Green Economy?

May 24, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The business community is driving sustainability forward in response to market incentives. The question is how far can the private sector go in the absence of responsible leadership from government?Businesses are leading first and foremost because they are looking to reduce costs and capitalize on...

Republican Voters at Odds with Trump's Climate Denial

May 21, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Republicans are nowhere near as ignorant about climate change as their commander and chief. Donald Trump's anti-science climate denial is at odds with the majority of Americans including Republican registered voters. According to a recent poll people in the party that elected Trump are slowly inching...

Event - 2018 Sustainability Management Conference

May 20, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The 2018 Sustainability Management Conference will take place July 30 - August 1, at the Omni Providence Hotel; Providence, Rhode Island.At this event, you will learn how to further integrate sustainability into your business operations from fellow corporate EHS and sustainability leaders. Through...

Trump and Macron: A Climate Luddite and a Climate Leader

May 19, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The Trump administration will go down in history for its assaults against environmental protections and eradication of climate action. Donald Trump's presidency has been a nightmare of Orwellian proportions so much so that it is a challenge to keep up with his malfeasance.The Trump White House has...

Webinar - How to Put the Planet in Your Portfolio: CoPower's New Green Bonds for Canadian Investors

May 17, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This webinar will take place today Thursday, May 17 at 4pm ET / 1pm PT. It will address the issuance of new Green Bonds that can help you put your money to work for profit and planet. With updated terms and some exciting new clean energy projects in the pipeline, CoPower's newest Green Bonds...

Webinar - Rebuilding in Puerto Rico: Universities as Leaders in Community Resilience

May 14, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This NCSC event will take place on May 23, 2018, 1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT. The webinar is presented by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) as part of their Sustainable Infrastructure & Resilience Series. Long before Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico, the University...

Growth Psychosis: The Psychology of Denial

May 12, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The preoccupation with economic growth is deeply rooted in the worldview of capitalists all around the globe. Influential post-modernist writer William S. Burroughs said, "When you stop growing you start dying". Nowhere is this more true than in the United States where growth is a key assumption. Few...

Trump's Border Walls are a Threat to both Flora and Fauna

May 08, 2018 Add Comment Edit

The presidency of Donald Trump is a nightmare and his proposed wall will only make things worse. The Trump administration is infamous for their obsession with deregulation and contempt for science, environmental protection and climate action. Due to the dangers that it poses to plants and animals the...

May 06, 2018 Add Comment Edit

This event will take place on June 5 - 6 at the Pullman San Francisco Bay, in San Fracisco, California. This is not your average conference. This is the place where "Business Innovation Meets Social Transformation". The Social Innovation Summit is an annual event taking place in Silicon...

Climate Crisis Economics: A Serious Threat and a Real Opportunity

May 05, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Climate change is a serious threat and an unprecedented economic opportunity. The science is clear and so is the solution. However, after seventeen decades of climate inaction there is an ever diminishing window within which we must act if we are to avoid the worst impacts of a rapidly warming world....

Oil and Gas Industry Influence in Canada

May 04, 2018 Add Comment Edit

Fossil fuel industry misinformation campaigns are alive and well in Canada as is big oil's influence on both Canadian media and politicians. Although we tend to think of the United States as the home of fossil fuel inspired fake news, Canada is also the target of front groups that undermine fact...

May 01, 2018 Add Comment Edit

As the driving force in modern economics our current conceptions of growth are both illusory and perilous. While innovations and efficiencies are incentivized in a growth driven free market system, our preoccupation with unregulated expansion is overtaxing our biosphere and heralding our demise. We...