Wednesday, March 31, 2010

More Sustainability Disclosure from the Nation's Largest Firms

Bowing to continued investor demands, the world's largest companies have undertaken their most detailed disclosures yet.   Institutional investors such as the nation's largest pension plans have increasingly insisted that companies disclose the degree to which their businesses are at risk from potential limitations on carbon and other emissions.

See S&P Companies Increase ESG* Reporting for the complete story.

* ESG refers to Environmental, Social, Governance issues and the active monitoring of corporate policies, and performance pertaining to them.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Declining world oil production after 2014?

This interesting report, courtesy of Environmental News Network, gives new estimates of the finite nature of our crude oil resources.  Look for peak production in less than four years and increasing price volatility as we approach that time.

http://ow.ly/1qsxSq