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The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency

8 February 2010 - Features - Editor

Taking place on 26-28 May 2010, the Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency will has as its theme: "Rethink. Rebuild. Report." As a Global Reporting Initiative event, the conference will host a gathering of around 1,000 executive decision-makers from a range of firms, as well as governmental policymakers, non-government organizations and civil society. The majority, if not all, of these attendees are already actively participating in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – a world-wide project setting standards for sustainability, or ecological/carbon footprint, reporting. One of the goals of the GRI is to see the establishment of sustainability reporting by all organizations as a routine requirement, in much the same way as financial reporting is required.

Benefits that organizational stakeholders (OS) can expect to reap are: discounted registration fees; participation in the General Assembly of OS; entrance to an exclusive OS event, a social gathering of like-minded individuals; and recognition as OS throughout the conference – all this VIP treatment is in acknowledgement of the fact that the GRI relies on organizational stakeholders for its continued existence, which is providing an essential service in a world growing increasingly aware of the necessity of sustainable eco...

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US Triple A Rating in Jeopardy - 4 Feb 2010 - Features

Moody's Investors Service has expressed concern that the Triple A (Aaa) Sovereign credit rating currently enjoyed by the United States, may have to be downgraded, unless the country's economic growth performs better than expected in the near term, with a tougher stance being taken to tackle the budget deficit. The senior credit officer at Moody's noted that the budget outlook presented by the Obama administration this week revealed that the projected deficits failed to stabilize debt levels in relation to GDP. This announcement by Moody’s on Wednesday served to confirm that the growing concern of investors over the US deficit is not unfounded, and the country is facing a pattern of debt growth that shows no obvious sign of letting up...

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January Ends on Low Note Dragged Down by Techs - 1 Feb 2010 - Markets

Ending a six-month winning streak, the Dow Jones industrial average closed nearly 4 percent down at the end of January, being its largest monthly point loss since February 2009. Despite data revealing that the economy had experienced encouraging growth in late 2009, jittery investors were concerned about the slow pace of recovery and indicated a loss of confidence in the technology sector with a sell-off of primarily Apple and Microsoft shares. Certainly January was a disappointment to many stock market players who were hopeful that 2010 would be somewhat rosier than the past 18 months or so...

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Spreading the Risk with Collective Investment Schemes - 29 Jan 2010 - News

Investors who are not in a position to dabble in a wide range of stock market investments as an individual, may want to consider a collective investment scheme, in which a group of investors share the costs as well as the benefits of wide-range investing. Depending on where you are, you may find collective investment schemes being referred to by different names, including funds, investment funds, managed funds and mutual funds – although in the US, mutual funds refers to open-end funds...

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