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04-13-11
GoodCompany Ventures Announces Social Finance Prize
GoodCompany Ventures is pleased to announce the RHD Social Finance Prize.
The RHD Social Finance Prize
A prize of $10,000 is offered by Resources for Human Development, a founding sponsor of GoodCo...
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04-12-11
Largest Open Pit Mine in North America Cause for Investor Concerns - Investors Representing $170 Billion Urge EPA to Safeguard Alaska's Bristol Bay
Nearly 30 investor organizations representing over $170 billion in assets are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to initiate a review process under the Clean Water Act to evaluate the mine waste impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine on Alaska’s Bristol Bay w...
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04-11-11
American Community Development Group Secures Private Mortgage Financing
/PRNewswire/ - American Community Development Group, Inc. (OTC Pinksheets: ACYD) today announced that it has negotiated additional private mortgage financing to secure additional properties.
A group of private investors have offered secured mort...
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03-29-11
Johnson Controls Globally Recognized by FTSE4Good Index Series
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, today announced its inclusion on the FTSE4Good Index Series for 2011. This is the eighth time the company has earned this recognition.
The FTSE...
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03-24-11
Stacks and Stacks - Ambassador to Social Responsibility
StacksandStacks.com, a 27-year-old major e-tail site offering over 32,000 products for the home, office and travel goods industry is looking to help the accessibility issues for the physically disabled which are o...
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03-21-11
SAM Rates Johnson Controls as 'Gold Class Sustainability Leader'
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, today announced that SAM, a sustainability investment asset management firm, has recognized Johnson Controls as a 2011 Gold Class Sustainability Leader in the firm's annual ...
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03-14-11
Tackle Financial Literacy for Kids!
THE CENTSABLES, a national, multi-media initiative that promotes financial literacy in kids, is making six :15 animated promo spots available to broadcasters to shine a spotlight on educating children about financial matters. Each spot features one of the Ce...
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03-08-11
Aspen Institute Receives Grant from Bank of America for Microtracker, a Data Collection System for Microenterprise Industry
The Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, and Dissemination (FIELD) at The Aspen Institute has secured complete funding, through a $125,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, for the development of
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03-04-11
GoodCompany Ventures Launches 2011 Social Impact Incubator
GoodCompany Ventures (GCV) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2011 Social Impact Incubator.
GCV was the first to adapt the venture industry's incubator model to the needs of social entrepreneurs and ...
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02-25-11
Microfinance Industry Issues Collaborative Report on Orderly Debt Restructurings of Microfinance Institutions
The International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI) today issued a report, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, on best practices and guidelines for handling debt defaults by microfinance institutions (MFIs). In the recent past, several factors - such as increased capita...
