In a joint Op-Ed submission from Deutsche Bank and Ceres, Kevin Parker and Mindy Lubber called for an international accounting of the costs of climate change. Relying data from behavioral economists they stated that when the price of costly activities are hidden from us, we’re more likely to pursue those activities prudently.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parker and Lubber claim that the free market’s accounting system has disguised the cost of one of our most destructive activities: emitting pollution that is making the earth warmer. It has done this by making the market price of emitting those pollutants zero — these costs have simply not figured into …read more

The Business Coalition for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP) announced today that three new members would be joining this organization, which was started four months ago by Ceres. Joining founding companies Timberland, Nike, Sun Microsystems, Starbucks, and Levi Strauss are Gap, eBay, and Symantec.
The new members were introduced at a business breakfast and policy forum, hosted by Ceres at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. The group hopes that by joining forces, they’ll have a louder voice in calling for strong U.S. climate and energy policies over the next year. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson opened the forum today, saying,
“Leadership …read more