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November 22, 2009

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IBM Launches Consulting Service for Sustainable Assets

Posted: Nov 18, 2009 – 08:50 AM EST

ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 18 /CSRwire/ - IBM (NYSE: http://www.ibm.com/investor/IBM) has introduced a consulting service to reduce the costs and environmental impact associated with managing property, equipment and business activities. Sustainable Asset Analytics is designed to help clients manage real estate, supplier performance,...

Going Green Makes Sense for Commercial Real Estate Market

Posted: Nov 17, 2009 – 08:55 AM EST

TORONTO, Nov. 17 /CSRwire/ - Energy consumption in both old and new buildings can be cut by an estimated 30 to 50 percent while producing a favourable return on investments, according to a KPMG report, Climate Change: Risks & Opportunities in the Canadian...

ACCION Takes Equity Stake in Saija Finance, a Microfinance Institution Serving India’s Poorest

Posted: Nov 12, 2009 – 01:00 PM EST

BOSTON, Nov. 12 /CSRwire/ - ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in global microfinance, announced today that it has invested $500,000 for a 49.5 percent equity stake in Saija Finance Private Limited, a microfinance start-up that provides financial services to microentrepreneurs and low-...

Best Selling Children’s Author R.L. Stine Reads Scary Stories to Harlem Children: Donation of One Million Books Through First Book

Posted: Oct 29, 2009 – 02:57 PM EST

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - R.L. Stine, the renowned author of Goosebumps and Fear Street books and his newest series Goosebumps HorrorLand, visited PS161 in Harlem today to read "scary stories" to students to celebrate Halloween and to mark the one millionth...

Martin Eakes, National Leader in Responsible Lending, Receives Prestigious Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending

Posted: Oct 29, 2009 – 12:00 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, NC, Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced today that Martin Eakes, a nationally recognized expert on community development finance serving low-income people and communities, received the third annual Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending. Named in memory...

Two Native Community Development Financial Institutions Honored for Achievements in Helping Build Native Economies

Posted: Oct 29, 2009 – 10:37 AM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Two Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) were honored yesterday for their commitment to community development and asset building in Native communities at the 2009 Native Awards Ceremony, part of the 6th Annual Native CDFI Convening...

Four Leading Community Development Institutions Each Receive $25,000 from Prestigious Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance

Posted: Oct 29, 2009 – 10:00 AM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29 /CSRwire/ - Four leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) were awarded $25,000 each in unrestricted grant prizes at the third annual Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance. The awards program, held at the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference, is...

Investors' Circle Names IC20, Reveals Most Impactful Companies & Power of Social Enterprise

Posted: Oct 27, 2009 – 03:50 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 /CSRwire/ - The US's oldest and largest national angel investing group, Investors' Circle, announced today the IC20, an index of the top 20 most impactful companies that have received funding through its network since 1992. Investors' Circle used qualitative...

WWF: Responsible forest finance can help stop climate change

Posted: Oct 23, 2009 – 11:53 AM EST

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 23 /CSRwire/ - Failure by the world's financial leaders to support responsible forest finance will allow rampant deforestation to continue and contribute to the disastrous effects of climate change. WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) and the Finance Alliance...

NewPage Reaches Sales Milestone

Posted: Oct 23, 2009 – 11:11 AM EST

MIAMISBURG, Ohio, Oct. 23 /CSRwire/ - NewPage Corporation today announced that it has reached a milestone of over one million tons of chain-of custody certified product sold since 2006. Responsible wood fiber management is a key element in the sustainability strategy of NewPage...

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