By Hazel Henderson - Ethical Markets Media – October, 2012
Indian economist Pavan Sukhdev in Corporation 2020 has brought to bear the many facets of his career as a banker with Deutsche Bank, an advisor to the United Nations with his Towards a Green Economy Report and The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity and his studies for the Indian government on India's human and social c
As we speak over 8000 delegates from over 150 countries are pouring onto a South Korean island in the East China Sea to discuss the future of conservation and development.
In green economies, economic growth and environmental sustainability are seen to go hand-in-hand, and central to this are new financial values and markets for pieces and aspects of nature. But can nature really be sold to save it? Is this compatible with poverty-reducing sustainable development?
The Green Transition Scoreboard is a new tool developed by Ethical Markets Media to track private investments in sustainable green economic activities worldwide. Aiming to drive private investors to shift their funds away from fossilized sectors towards investing in greener industries, it allows us to monitor the ethical progress of wealth-building as defined by the triple bottom line of planet, people and profits.
