Robert Redford: Stop Public Handouts to Oil, Gas and Coal Companies, Now - 0 views
Rio+20: Campaign pressures corporate sector to change its destructive ways | Guardian S... - 0 views
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"There is no point in asking for change at a macro or sector level without also targeting change at the agent level. We have a serious agency problem. Corporations are 60% of GDP and 70% of global employment and left to themselves, 'Corporation 1920' type companies are unlikely to create the green economy. As the saying goes, turkeys don't vote for Christmas.
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In the world of Corporation 2020, financial leverage would be limited by regulations that align corporate interests better with societal goals such as financial and economic stability. At present, this task is left largely to investors, with fund managers becoming the unlikely conscience-keepers of society. This is an unwise situation, to say the least.
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the imposition of taxes on resource extraction, for businesses to be transparent about their impacts on society, and the creation of rules to make companies more accountable in the way they advertise products and services.
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Ocean Health Index Saves Our Seas :: Articles :: Michigan Avenue Magazine - 0 views
Apple, Intel Have Stopped Using Conflict Minerals | Fast Company - 0 views
AFP: Business chiefs pledge to value earth's natural assets - 0 views
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Some 39 chief executives of banks, investment funds and insurance firms Saturday pledged at a Rio+20 business forum Saturday to integrate the Earth's natural capital into loans and investments.
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Twenty years after the first Earth Summit highlighted the importance of the natural environment, they unveiled a "Natural Capital Declaration" that commit their companies also to reporting or disclosing on the theme of natural capital and accounting for natural capital in accounting frameworks.
Rio+20 Negotiators Report 'Progress,' NGOs Call It 'Weak' - 0 views
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More than 55,000 people from around the world and all walks of life are attending the summit. Some 130 world leaders are expected to participate in three-days of high-level talks opening June 20 that will result in a outcome document on sustainable development.
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Rio+20 marks the 20th anniversary of the original UN Earth Summit in Rio, where countries agreed to a roadmap for environmental protection, economic growth, and social equity known as Agenda 21.
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"The planet is running out of time - yet leaders are answering with weak words that don't even come close to the kind of commitments we need to ensure people everywhere have access to clean water, food, and energy," said Jim Leape, director general of WWF International.
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How Much Is Nature Worth? About $72 Trillion a Year - 0 views
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Without Earth's ecosystems, human life could not exist. But is there any way to place a monetary value on the "services" that the Earth provides civilization and human enterprises? And is there any value in pursuing such an exercise?
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Very exciting that so many major companies are involved. Thanks for posting!
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