As concerned business leaders, NOW is the time for us to do everything we can to take action on climate by supporting Washington State’s Initiative 1631. This groundbreaking initiative will cut pollution; invest in clean energy infrastructure, healthy forests, and clean water; and create thousands of well-paying jobs across the state.
The Green New Deal is designed to convert the grey economy into an “environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible” sustainable economy. Yet, the Green New Deal has not been so welcomed due to its “unrealistic” socio-economic program and it is left to be seen whether its realization will be achieved.
As concerned business leaders, NOW is the time for us to do everything we can to take action on climate by supporting Washington State’s Initiative 1631. This groundbreaking initiative will cut pollution; invest in clean energy infrastructure, healthy forests, and clean water; and create thousands of well-paying jobs across the state.
The Green New Deal is designed to convert the grey economy into an “environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible” sustainable economy. Yet, the Green New Deal has not been so welcomed due to its “unrealistic” socio-economic program and it is left to be seen whether its realization will be achieved.
Kateri Callahan
President, Alliance to Save Energy
November 12, 2009
Washington, DC
Callahan’s opening keynote speech for Rebuilding Together’s 2009 conference highlighted the importance of energy efficiency in helping low-income families across the country lower energy bills and fight waste.
The Green New Deal for Livermore indivisible 04142019 Tony Green
The recent midterm elections resulted in the election of new members of congress. One of them, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed what has been described as the Green New Deal modeled after the programs the government used in the 1930’s to pull the country out of the Great Depression. The goal of the groundbreaking legislation is to mitigate the effects of climate change while simultaneously creating a fair and just economy. Hear about what the New Green Deal proposes, why it is nothing new and what needs to happen for this legislation to become a reality.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds on the role of entrepreneurship, Hillary SymposiumHillarySymposium
This is a presentation from Melissa Clark-Reynolds at the June 2009 Hillary Symposium in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her focus is on the role of entrepreneurship in a green new deal.
Canadian Oil Sands: The lesser of several evilsWayne Dunn
The overall industry social license for the Canadian Oil Sands sector is under attack internationally and domestically. This piece explores that challenge and the role that government action and inaction has played in it.
To keep updated on postings and events go to www.csrtraininginstitute.com and sign up for the newsletter. If interested the CSR Knowledge Centre http://bit.ly/CSRknowledge contains a series of short, pragmatic articles on CSR Strategy, Management and related areas.
The Climate Institute’s Global Climate Leadership Review 2012 positions Australian climate policy in a global context. It aims to elaborate on the implications of global climate diplomacy and domestic actions for Australia.
The overarching theme of this flagship project is leadership. The Global Climate Leadership Review identifies which nations are currently leading the low carbon economy, who is leading the international negotiations and provides an annual case study of where Australia can show leadership.
Kateri Callahan
President, Alliance to Save Energy
November 12, 2009
Washington, DC
Callahan’s opening keynote speech for Rebuilding Together’s 2009 conference highlighted the importance of energy efficiency in helping low-income families across the country lower energy bills and fight waste.
The Green New Deal for Livermore indivisible 04142019 Tony Green
The recent midterm elections resulted in the election of new members of congress. One of them, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has proposed what has been described as the Green New Deal modeled after the programs the government used in the 1930’s to pull the country out of the Great Depression. The goal of the groundbreaking legislation is to mitigate the effects of climate change while simultaneously creating a fair and just economy. Hear about what the New Green Deal proposes, why it is nothing new and what needs to happen for this legislation to become a reality.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds on the role of entrepreneurship, Hillary SymposiumHillarySymposium
This is a presentation from Melissa Clark-Reynolds at the June 2009 Hillary Symposium in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her focus is on the role of entrepreneurship in a green new deal.
Canadian Oil Sands: The lesser of several evilsWayne Dunn
The overall industry social license for the Canadian Oil Sands sector is under attack internationally and domestically. This piece explores that challenge and the role that government action and inaction has played in it.
To keep updated on postings and events go to www.csrtraininginstitute.com and sign up for the newsletter. If interested the CSR Knowledge Centre http://bit.ly/CSRknowledge contains a series of short, pragmatic articles on CSR Strategy, Management and related areas.
The Climate Institute’s Global Climate Leadership Review 2012 positions Australian climate policy in a global context. It aims to elaborate on the implications of global climate diplomacy and domestic actions for Australia.
The overarching theme of this flagship project is leadership. The Global Climate Leadership Review identifies which nations are currently leading the low carbon economy, who is leading the international negotiations and provides an annual case study of where Australia can show leadership.
Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better C...Sustainable Brands
A new report released by the Global Commission on the Economy and the Climate identifies 10 key economic opportunities that could close up to 96 percent of the gap between business-as-usual emissions and the level needed to limit dangerous climate change. The report calls for stronger cooperation between governments, businesses, investors, cities and communities to drive economic growth in the emerging low-carbon economy.
Progressive companies around the world are developing products and services that will revolutionise industries and deliver transformative change for society and our planet. These solutions are driving new business growth while significantly reducing emissions towards a low-carbon, sustainable future for all.
Accelerating and scaling up implementation across sectors and borders, however, will require a higher level of collaboration than we have ever seen before, between business, government, and NGOs. The Business for the Environment (B4E) COP17 Dialogue aims to facilitate this, bringing stakeholders together to forge new partnerships and take real action on climate change. Leading the way and powering ahead for a clean industrial revolution.
The Adam Smith Plan to Save Markets and the Climate: The Climate is Too Big t...Nancy Skinner
This is a Proposed Plan B for financing the global climate crisis and the rapid transition to a clean energy economy. The existing funding mechanisms are woefully insufficient to meet the 1.5°C goal or 2°C limit. The goal of having $100 million/yr. by 2020 for the Green Climate Fund is wildly unrealistic, especially given US political developments and the unintended effects of Brexit.
Moreover, the IPCC has underestimated the rate of climate change and relied on far more extensive development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) than is currently possible or incentivized to meet the 2°C limit. The stark reality is we simply lack financing at the scale needed to decarbonize both developing and developed economies, in the time frames needed.
In short, we need a "Big Bold Idea' that is much larger in size, that facilitates all stakeholders, including developing and developed nations, to decarbonize economies rapidly, and incentivize CCS to unleash rapid innovation.
Finally, the Fund addresses the interests of companies that find themselves with enormous stranded assets - fossil fuels. The plan incentivizes them to lead the development of CCS implementation from existing technologies used by coal, oil & gas plants to the progression of net-negative CCS (including BECCS and newer breakthrough technologies).
The Adam Smith Plan elegantly produces a Global Climate Fund of roughly $6.7 Trillion USD/year. The International Energy Association has projected $1.1 Trillion per year required for investments in the energy sector alone to meet the 2°C goal.
Adam's Smith described an "invisible hand" that could serve all interests even as people pursue their own self-interest. That is quite different than the existing paradigm which requires financial "sacrifice" by nations to help solve the global crisis; effectively a zero-sum game. The Plan utilizes a global funding mechanism to benefit nations, not only to reduce emissions but to deliver an economic shot in the arm to whole new industries and new jobs, while actually reducing risks to global financial institutions and investors from large Institutional investors (Insurers and Pensions), to Portfolio and Fund managers, to ordinary investors.
It's an offshoot of the Tobin Tax, a .05% tax on the estimated $5.30 Trillion/day of currency exchanges (FX), that yields a $6.7 Trillion Annual fund that can save the Climate, grow global growth and stabilize Markets.
A single private bank in London now closes FX of 18 currencies at the same time across all time zones. The bank is owned by 69 Member Banks and as such, we can avoid the perpetual obstacle of political resistance. Imposing a minuscule tax on the trade of the wealthiest on the earth, currency traders, which amounts to rounding errors for them, can finance the entire global transition to clean energy economies, with minimal administration of collection efforts, essentially acting as Adam’s Smith’s “Invisible Hand".
Presentation delivered by Simon Littlewood, President, SDG Global Group & CEO, Li Family Office at the marcus evans Private Wealth Managements APAC Summit 2019 in Macao
NewBase 06 December 2023 Energy News issue - 1679 by Khaled Al Awadi.pdfKhaled Al Awadi
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11. BUSINESS FOR INNOVATIVE CLIMATE & ENERGY POLICY - BICEP MOBILIZING CONSUMER BRANDS TO FIGHT FOR CLIMATE & ENERGY POLICY
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13. BICEP – Letter to Congress 1/21/10 Senator Boxer entering letter into the official record
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15. “ It’s time to stop thinking there is a choice between climate change and business. We, the companies of Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), know that climate change IS our business. We need global leadership to solve this global crisis. The COP15 must seal a deal that will protect our environment, stimulate innovative solutions and move us toward a prosperous, clean energy economy. We are ready.”
16. Copenhagen in Context : -Understanding Rich / Poor Divide & Environmental Injustice -Todd Stern’s Review – UN Summit www.ceres.org (video) -Range of Views – Focus on Achievements
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20. WHAT FAITH COMMUNITIES CAN DO… - BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE -JOIN: MASSACHUSETTS INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT & INTERFAITH CENTER FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY -BECOME ADVOCATES IN WASHINGTON DC & AT COP16 -Get Message Right – See Frank Luntz Poll -RESIST POLARIZATION – Transcend Differences
21. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so must we think anew, and act anew." --Abraham Lincoln
CORPORATE LABEL Highlights of the packaging initiative include: - The “nutritional label” that will inform consumers about Timberland’s environmental and community impact. - Footwear boxes made of 100 percent recycled post-consumer waste fiber. - Footwear boxes using no chemical glues and only soy-based inks to print labels. - Messaging inside the box that asks consumers “what kind of footprint will you leave” and provides a call to action for them after purchase. 3 SECTIONS: • Environmental Impact: Provides the average amount of kilowatt hours (kWh) needed to produce a pair of Timberland® footwear; in addition, it indicates the amount of Timberland’s energy that is generated from renewable resources such as the sun, wind or water. • Community Impact: Details what percentage of factories are assessed by against the company’s code of conduct, reiterates Timberland’s strict no child labor policies, and shares the total number of hours volunteered in the community by Timberland employees. • Manufactured: Lists the name and location of the factory where the product was made.