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Insurance customers see rising rates and dropped policies. Insurance companies, according to Ceres , experience insured losses multiplying 15-fold in three decades: far faster than inflation, population or growth. Climate change affects nearly every industry in at least three ways: directly (i.e. drought, sea level rise), through increased regulations, and through market perception that climate…
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Green Weddings have caught the attention of The New York Times Style Section, which mentions helpful businesses like Organic Bouquet and Portovert.com.
With the transportation sector accounting for two-thirds of our nation's oil consumption and one-third of our greenhouse gas emissions, developing an alternative fuel for transportation represents a tremendous market opportunity. Not only would alternative fuel dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but it would also make significant strides in neutralizing the effects of global…
Authors David Neubert Read David's "Neubert's Trades" Blog All Articles by David Michelle Haimoff Read Michelle's "Social Culture" Articles All Articles by Michelle Emily Davidow Read Emily's "Emily Approved" Articles All Articles by Emily Sean Rogan Read Sean's "Opinions" Articles All Articles by Sean Adam Bonislawski Read Adam's "Profiles" Articles All Articles by Adam Amy…
"Could it be possible to find someone on Earth who could devise a way of removing the lethal amount of CO2 from the Earth's atmosphere?" asks Sir Richard Branson , Chairman of The Virgin Group , with former Vice President Al Gore at his side, during the announcement of the Virgin Earth Challenge in London…
AFS TRINITY POWER CORPORATION, a privately held company located in Bellevue, Washington, announces the development of new Flywheel Drivetrain technology that may become the industry standard for hybrids… enabling cars to achieve 250 MPG!!! Read the full story at Green Car Congress.
Blogger Felix Salmon summarizes a Citigroup (C) report on climate change and companies poised to benefit. Principal companies noted are in Alternative Fuels, Carbon Trading and Clean Technology. Link to Felix's Summary and list of companies mentioned.
Today it's increasingly clear that, considering the environment is no longer trendy or simply the right thing to do for business, there is no alternative. Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and co-author of Green to Gold : How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage gave an engaging…
The 30 year US Treasury Bond Action held today has been lauded in the press as being very strong. Well, of course it was.
There is nothing like going to a memorial service to put things in perspective.
This surprise blog results from some time I spent this weekend looking into ways for us to try to ecologically offset our air travel. There is tons of info out there and I’m a novice, but I thought I’d share the quick ‘n’ easy options that I managed to find…. The first option is obviously…
Greenhouse gas emissions. Strong ties to Middle Eastern oil barons. A finite supply. Price volatility. Sure, we have all heard the different repercussions that our "addiction to oil" is causing us Americans, and the magnitude of these concerns seems to get worse every day.
Catherine B. Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship The Stewart Satter Social Entrepreneurship Fund Community Development Venture Capital Fund Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Skoll Foundation Acción Ashoka Women's Venture Fund
After and during market runups I like to look for stocks to sell. I have a full position in Pfizer (PFE – $26.62) and the company has been plagued by drugs going off patent, lawsuits and a couple bad FDA rulings. However, a value screen and my contrarian heart tell me I have to hold…
I was very impressed with Nicholas Kirstof's NY Times column today on social entrepreneurs at Davos. He highlighted some interesting work that is going on around the world, and more critical in my mind, projects that are conceived, led, and run by women for other women. In fact, social entrepreneurship seems to be an area…
In fairness, An Unreasonable Man offers both perspectives on Ralph Nader; the “wicked”-ly naïve megalomaniac that cost Gore the 2000 election, and the idealist who stands up to government even in unfashionable times. It is not shocking that more screen time is given to the latter.
You are leading a double life. You are reading finance magazines and wondering if they are written on recycled paper, you are knowingly buying from companies that use sweatshop labor while signing petitions against sweatshop labor, you are driving a gas-guzzling automobile to a movie theater showing a documentary about the perils of the gas…
MoviesAffluenza TelevisionPBS Affluenza . . . The Show Newspapers & MagazinesMoney Won't Buy You Happiness – Forbes.comFinancial Freedom – O, The Oprah MagazineStudy: Money Does Not Buy Much Happiness – LiveScience.comSome Dark Thoughts on Happiness – New York MagazineHappiness 101 – The New York Times MagazineHappiness (and how to measure it) – The Economist…
It would seem obvious that money makes everything better. It would seem obvious because money is tied to things like health, comfort and opportunity, all of which are happy-making concepts. Yet there has been a backlash against the power of money recently, and it seems that as we become more financially successful, we become less…
Citigroup (C ) offers a membership program to women called Women & Co.. Women & Co. offers “privileged access to professionals and resources that can help you define and work toward your financial goals.” Here are the reasons that Citigroup feels that women need their help for $125 per year: “The statistics don’t lie. The…
Link to Seeking Alpha List of conference call transcripts .
As I go over Yahoo (YHOO) earnings data I was happy to see a decent increase in revenues even if earnings disappointed. However, it does seem that Google (GOOG) looks like the better value. (According to First Call, Google has a 2007 P/E of 35 vs. 52 for Yahoo). Then I came across the following…
"But all is not quiet on the farm. In the Senate, tensions over corn’s new role…" Nice summary over the battle for alternative fuel policy on Capitol Hill courtesy of The Council on Foreign Relations. Includes the repeal of tax breaks to Big Oil & Gas, aversions to a review of the 2002 Farm Bill,…
CAMBRIDGE, MA.—Corporate culture plays the key role in a company's decision to participate in voluntary environmental compliance programs, according to a new report