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November 21, 2009

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For Third Consecutive Year, Newmont Selected for Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

Published: Sep 25, 2009 – 07:52 AM EST

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...

Public and Private Sector Leaders Launch Global Observatory at Clinton Global Initiative

Published: Sep 24, 2009 – 07:29 PM EST

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...

Grameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim Launch the $45 Million Grameen Carso Microfinance Program

Published: Sep 24, 2009 – 04:50 PM EST

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...

Irish Company Helps US Multi-Nationals Cut Costs

Published: Sep 24, 2009 – 03:55 PM EST

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)...

First-Ever Survey Shows Emerging Market Banks Growing Interest in Climate Change

Published: Sep 17, 2009 – 02:42 PM EST

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...

UN Global Compact Executive Director Addresses Private Equity Community

Published: Sep 17, 2009 – 11:14 AM EST

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...

Opportunity Finance Network Names Gregory Schiefelbein New Executive Vice President of Development

Published: Sep 17, 2009 – 11:00 AM EST

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...

Oct 18, 2009 – The Economics of Peace

Posted: Sep 16, 2009 – 03:56 PM EST

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...

IFC Launches Review of Its Social and Environmental Standards, Disclosure Policy

Published: Sep 15, 2009 – 10:53 AM EST

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...

28 Business, Investment, Academic, & Labor Leaders Join Aspen Institute in Bold Call to Overcome Short-Termism

Published: Sep 09, 2009 – 09:39 AM EST

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...

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