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Capital Institute
Newsletters

Celebrating Our Fifth Anniversary & Sharing Our Second Annual Report

March 2015

The year 2014 marked Capital Institute's fifth year in service. Astonishing how fast the time goes by when you are having fun! In this, our second annual report, I would like to review just three themes that I think best represent our contribution to the unprecedented global challenges we face.

We’re Launching the Regenerative Capitalism Framework & Need Your Help to Spread the Word on Thunderclap!

April 2015

For the past two years, we've been on an evolutionary learning journey with our collaborative network ... searching for a path that will lead us beyond our current unsustainable economic system and the finance-dominated ideology that drives it.

Trading Away Our Sovereignty

June 5, 2015

"Free Trade" was in the news this Memorial Day weekend. President Obama is pushing hard for "fast track" approval of his Trans-Pacific Partnership ("TPP") Agreement, calling for a simple up or down vote without the possibility of amendments or floor debate.

Is There Anyone’s Money Harvard Would Not Take? by John Fullerton

June 29, 2015

It's fitting that Hedge Fund speculator John Paulson gave his $400 million donation to Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The largest in the history of the school, it was described as an act of "stunning generosity" by President Faust. That's her name. You can't make this up.

Trump and Amazon: Are We Losing With All Our “Winning?”

August 2015

Like many of you, I have been trying to make sense of candidate Trump. But dismissing him as "not serious," or merely describing the "what" in colorful language (megalomaniac, narcissist), fails to explain the "why."

The Pope’s Message on Ecology and Economy

September 2015

How to reconcile the "invisible hand" with the "Golden Rule?" That question first preoccupied my mind while I was a Managing Director at (the old) JPMorgan in the late 1990's and inspired the creation of Capital Institute in 2010.

Bank of England Central Banker Mark Carney Comes Out, Saying Climate Change is a “Huge” Financial Risk

October 1, 2015

We were very encouraged to hear Bank of England Governor Mark Carney address the financial market stabilization risk of "stranded assets," the risk that if we are to avoid 2 degree warming, we will need to leave up to 80 percent of proved oil, gas, and coal reserves in the ground, echoing the important message that has been promoted tirelessly by our friends at the Carbon Tracker initiative.

Franciscan Economics & Regenerative Capitalism

October 23, 2015

We are pleased to share with you this unsolicited guest blog post from Bob E. Ulanowicz, an American theoretical ecologist and philosopher.

How Paris Changes Our Work

November 2015

I agonize as I mourn those lost in Paris, and mourn for their families, their friends and colleagues. I am saddened to consider the now indelible line between what came before and what comes after that horrific evening of Friday the 13th. A fresh scar seared into our collective psyche. They say one man's terrorism is another man's war of independence. I'm not so sure.

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Field Guide
Newsletters

The Field Guide Is Now On Facebook & Twitter!

The Field Guide now has a dedicated Facebook page and Twitter handle, and we need your help to spread the word! Our goal with this social media effort is to both strengthen the engagement among our Field Guide partners, and to share your latest achievements and events on an ongoing basis.

The Field Guide Spring Newsletter

Capital Institute's recently released white paper, Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Principles and Patterns Will Shape Our New Economy, articulates a theoretical framework of the emerging Regenerative Economy. It also explores how that framework shows up in the real world. The paper delineates eight principles as inseparable facets of a regenerative whole. Nonetheless, we find that certain of those principles tend to dominate the narrative as each Field Guide story unfolds.

The Field Guide Announces “A Year in the Life of a Regenerative Bank”

After getting up close to over 30 regenerative projects and enterprises with our Field Guide to Investing in a Regenerative Economy initiative over the past 5 years, we are about to work even more closely and collaboratively with one of those enterprises with A Year in the Life of a Regenerative Bank.