Finance studies and addresses the management and control of revenues and the conduct or transaction of money by individuals, businesses, and organizations, especially in the fields of banking and investment.
DENVER, Sep. 25 /CSRwire/ - Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) today announced it was selected for a third consecutive year to be part of the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (www.sustainability-index.com). In 2007, Newmont became the first gold company to join the...
NEW YORK, Sep. 24 /CSRwire/ - Leaders of government, the military, the private sector, and scientists are at the forefront of the Global Observatory initiative, an international effort to guide governments towards an agreement at the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties of the...
NEW YORK, Sep. 24 /CSRwire/ - Grameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim A.C., the family charitable foundation of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu, have officially launched the Grameen Carso. The official documents have been signed and the operation is off to a strong...
CHICAGO, Sep. 24 /CSRwire/ - US companies can gain millions of dollars in cost savings through an innovative foreign VAT recovery solution being offered by Irish-owed tax company The Taxback Group. Companies that do business abroad are entitled to recover foreign value-added-taxes (VAT)...
BOSTON, Sep. 17 /CSRwire/ - Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report released today shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business...
NEW YORK, Sep. 17 /CSRwire/ - Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, addressed the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York yesterday. The following is the text of his speech (please check against delivery): Introduction It is...
PHILADELPHIA, Sep. 17 /CSRwire/ - Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the leading network of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) that work in urban, rural, and Native markets to deliver sound financial returns and real changes for people and communities, announced today that Gregory Schiefelbein...
This October, Praxis Peace Institute and RSF Social Finance are pleased to present The Economics of Peace in Sonoma, California. This unique 5-day event will address the pressing economic issues of our time and provide critical and collaborative tools for the economy of...
WASHINGTON, Sep. 15 /CSRwire/ - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today begins a review and update of its standards on social and environmental sustainability and its disclosure policy, which are part of IFC's longstanding commitment to sound environmental management and...
WASHINGTON, Sep. 09 /CSRwire/ - Twenty-eight leaders representing business, investment, government, academia, and labor joined the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program's Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) to endorse a bold call to end the focus on value-destroying short-termism in our financial markets...