John Forester

John Forester is a bicycle transportation engineer and the author of Bicycle Transportation: A Handbook for Cycling Transportation Engineers (MIT Press). An experienced cyclist, cycling advocate, and onetime racer, he lives in Lemon Grove, California

Titles by This Author

Effective Cycling is an essential handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert, whether daily commuters or weekend pleasure trippers. This thoroughly updated seventh edition offers cyclists the information they need for riding a bicycle under all conditions: on congested city streets or winding mountain roads, day or night, rain or shine. It describes the sheer physical joy of cycling and provides the nuts-and-bolts details of how to choose a bicycle, maintain it, and use it in the most efficient manner.

This new edition of John Forester's handbook for transportation policy makersProfit or principle? reducing the blur

SNS Reaal Group’s CFO Mr. Ference Lamp recently announced that the asset management arm of this Dutch financial institution would be pulling out of Greek government bonds, citing the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) issues as a reason for this decision of choosing principle over profit. SNS Reaal says it currently has EUR 150 million in Greek bonds, down from EUR 260 million last year, when the Group tightened its investment policy.

The ESG criteria were established in the mid 2000s under the auspices of the United Nations as part of the Principles for Responsible Investment. Simply put, they are guidelines for investing using non-financial criteria. They cover environmental, ethical, social and governance issues.

In order to create ESG ratings, fund managers make use of all