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11-02-12
Socially Responsible Corporations with Heavy PAC Contributors Associated with Higher Stock Returns
Companies that tout social responsibility and whose managers contribute to political action committees tend to provide higher returns to shareholders, suggests a new University of California, Davis, study.
“Especially for smaller public companies, if the firm has been active in disclosing ...
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10-26-12
Canadian Early-Stage Impact Fund Renewal2 Celebrates Vancouver Investee Aquatic Informatics' Major USGS Contract Win
Renewal2, a Canadian early-stage impact fund that invests in businesses dedicated to social and environmental innovation, is celebrating the team at Vancouver-based water and environment data management company Aquatic Informatics, which just won a major contract with the world’s leading water an...
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10-25-12
B lab Announces UBS AG as a GIIRS Pioneer Investor
Today, UBS AG committed to GIIRS as a Pioneer Investor, selecting GIIRS as its impact metrics partner for its Value Based Investing Unit. UBS is a global firm providing financial services to private, corporate, and institutional clients in more than 50 countries.
Andreas Ernst, Hea...
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10-16-12
Microbusiness Leadership Program To Be Launched By The Aspen Institute And Capital One
The Aspen Institute announced today the launch of ELM², its Emerging Leaders in Microbusiness Squared Program. ELM² is aimed at exponentially increasing the quality of talent focused on catalyzing opportunity for aspiring and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The program, made possible by a $...
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10-15-12
Partners for a New Beginning Leads Investor Delegation on Tour of West Bank
The Partners for a New Beginning (PNB) Entrepreneurship Delegation to the West Bank announced commitments aimed at improving the entrepreneurial ecosystem and creating jobs in the Palestinian Territories. The delegation of a dozen US investors, led by the PNB Secretariat at the Aspen Institute an...
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10-09-12
Environmentally and Socially Conscious Seafood Distributor Lands Loan to Expand Sales of Sustainable Fish to College Campuses Nationwide
Future of Fish, a business incubator for ocean-stewarding entrepreneurs, announces the placement of a $250,000 working capital loan with one of its cohort members, Sea to Table, a Brooklyn-based seafood distributor that provides sustainably harvested fish to restaurants and institutions nationwid...
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10-09-12
Willow Impact Investors Announces Investment in Kenya
In line with its objective of investing in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa and the Middle East that generate positive social and environmental impact, Willow Impact Investors is pleased to announce an investment in Kenya.
Willow has acquired a 35% stake in Bio Food...
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10-04-12
CITRIS Berkeley Foundry and Hub Ventures Announce Collaboration to Accelerate UC Innovations for a Better World
Today CITRIS Berkeley Foundry and Hub Ventures (www.hub-ventures.com) announced an innovative collaboration to accelerate startups using information technology to address our most pressing social, environmental, and health care problems.
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10-03-12
Hub Ventures and Lakeland Ventures Development Renew Collaboration to Accelerate Human Safety Innovation
Hub Ventures (www.hub-ventures.com), a startup accelerator for entrepreneurs building a better world, and Lakeland Ventures Development (LVD) (www.lakelandventuresdevelop...
