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3.09.2007 - 12:09pm ET
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Calvert Invests in Local Sustainable Business Network
First sustaining member of Washington DC Sustainable Business Network
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2007--Sustainable Business
Network of Washington (SB NOW) announced today that Calvert has joined and
become the first sustaining member of the Sustainable Business Network of
Washington (SB NOW), a non-profit group with over 65 members that brings
together community leaders from business, academia, government and the
not-for-profit community to advance and advocate socially responsible
business.
"The Sustainable Business Network of Washington is helping to build a
better National Capital region by bringing together opinion leaders and
successful entrepreneurs who have combined their desire to do well with
the need to build a better world," said Kathy Torrence, Vice President,
Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Partnerships of Calvert. "SB
NOW helps support the development and maturation of sustainable
businesses.
It also helps to bridge the gaps between business, government and
not-for-profits by focusing on shared values and creating win-win
scenarios, in order to help make the region a better place to live and
work."
"More and more people are recognizing that there is no one solution;
rather working together we can drive the changes that we want and need as
a society, especially here in the 'capital of capitalism'," said SB NOW
Executive Director Michael Mielke. "We are pleased that Calvert, which
offers one of the largest families of socially and environmentally
responsible mutual funds, has made this commitment to invest in our
growing organization."
About Calvert
Calvert is one of the nation's largest socially responsible mutual
fund firms with over $14 billion in assets under management. Calvert
offers forty funds that allow individual and institutional investors to
pursue a broad range of investment objectives within a single fund family.
Calvert launched the Calvert Social Index(R), a benchmark for measuring the
performance of large, U.S.-based socially responsible companies. In
addition to its equity funds, Calvert has an extensive lineup of tax-free
and taxable fixed income investments. For more information on Calvert,
click on www.calvert.com.
About SB NOW
SB NOW, formerly DCSBN (Washington DC Sustainable Business Network)
actively engages with and supports local companies in order to foster
business leadership in promoting a more socially, environmentally, and
financially sustainable local economy. SB NOW offers information,
education, networking, marketing, and promotion opportunities for
businesses, non-profits, business associations, and other community groups
to help build tomorrow's more sustainable businesses and communities. For
more information go to www.sbnow.org.
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