Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) refers to the integration of personal values and societal concerns with investment decisions, while considering both the investor's financial needs and an investment's impact on society.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 01 /CSRwire/ - The Social Capital Markets Conference, a landmark gathering of top business and government leaders creating market-based solutions for social impact, begins today at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center. The sold-out conference brings together more than 830...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 27 /CSRwire/ - SRI in the Rockies, the oldest and largest annual event for the sustainable and responsible investment industry in the world, today released the full agenda for its 2009 conference. More than 650 attendees from around the...
BOSTON, Aug. 25 /CSRwire/ - Wainwright Bank & Trust Company (NASDAQ: WAIN) has been selected to receive a 2009 Bank Enterprise Award of $477,474 from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund of the U.S. Treasury. The award recognizes Wainwright's efforts in providing affordable...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 /CSRwire/ - The Social Capital Markets Conference, a landmark gathering of top business and government leaders creating market-based solutions for social impact, has published a detailed program for SOCAP09, taking place September 1-3, at San Francisco's Fort...
Philadelphia, PA - August 3, 2009 - The first seven weeks of GoodCompany Ventures' Incubator have been highlighted by expert panels, tailored seminars, and dinner receptions. The ten businesses receiving training and mentorship at GoodCompany Ventures are now well on their way to...
July 17, 2009 - As a network of entrepreneurs and angel investors, Investors' Circle is acutely aware of the fact that launching and growing a business is an uphill battle. According to Small Business Administration, less than half of all start-ups survive...
New York, NY - July 15, 2009 - To join in the worldwide celebration of Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday on July 18, 2009, Shared Interest, the leading U.S. nonprofit social investment fund facilitating credit and technical assistance to black South Africans, announced the...
CHICAGO, IL - July 8, 2009 - The Female Health Company (FHC) (NASDAQ-CM: FHCO) today announced that Fortune has ranked FHC eighth among the top 100 fastest-growing publicly traded small companies in America. Fortune's annual top-100 list rates companies with revenues of less...
CHONGQING, China - June 26, 2009 - PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and beverage companies, opened its first overseas "green" plant in China today in the western city of Chongqing as it reiterated plans to invest $1 billion in the country....
Brussels, Belgium and Zug, Switzerland. - June 23, 2009 - KBC Asset Management, the largest structured funds operator in the Belgian market for institutional investors and private investors, and ASSET4 AG, the leading provider of objective and measurable environmental, social and corporate governance...