Comments on: Climate Desk Bleg 2

By: CrookedShank

CrookedShank — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:36:52 +0000

Thought this may provide some data on this topic.

I enjoy your blog. Thanks for the good work.

http://siran.org/projects_s_and_p_report ing_comparison.php

By: Bharvirkar

Bharvirkar — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:07:11 +0000

Check out the US and international publications here – the project is trying to quantify exactly the types of questions you seem to be asking.

http://www.rff.org/News/ClimateAdaptatio n/Pages/domestic_publications.aspx

By: HBC

HBC — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:08 +0000

Try http://lowbagger.org/

You’ll find lots of examples of companies converting their PR greenwashing activity profile over to some nebulous ‘climate’ awareness stance, diverting from issues of flagrant everyday pollution – the latter being that for which they are irrefutably responsible. Corporations can, by Nature, be outright foes of environmental responsibility, no matter what you call the impact.

Other recommended reading would include ‘The Legacy of Conquest’ by Patricia Nelson Limerick. When it comes to screwing up the environment, American History really does repeat itself.

Re cultural climate change at SXSW: too bad about Alex Chilton. Still, try and get your bad self over to Domy Books, soak up a bit of KXLU. And rock on!

By: velobabe

velobabe — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:50:45 +0000

Rabobank invests in cycling. This investment is not limited to sponsoring professional teams, but also extends to promoting and supporting recreational cycling in its broadest sense throughout the Netherlands. All these activities are carried out under the auspices of the ‘Rabo Cycling Plan’.

too bad michael rasmusen in the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by the Rabobank team and was removed from the Tour. The team cited internal code violations of doping. He served a two-year ban from July 2007 to July 2009, when he returned to the sport.

By: GingerYellow

GingerYellow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:49:12 +0000

Rabobank, the Dutch cooperative bank which is just about the only AAA rated bank left, may be what you’re looking for. They incorporate CSR assessments into their loan approval process, and environmental sustainability forms a big part of their CSR policy. Now, having a policy and actually taking it seriously are two different things, and I don’t have first hand knowledge of how rigorous their underwriting process is in this regard, but they seem to be well regarded by people who care about this sort of thing. They have also signed up to the Equator Principles mentioned above.

By: will1

will1 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:40:38 +0000

For bank loan underwriting, look at the Equator Principles. http://www.equator-principles.com/