Finance
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02-14-12
On Valentine's Day, Consumers Encouraged To "Break Up" With Banks That Are Using Them And Abusing Them
Feeling unhappy in your relationship with your mega-bank? Maybe it is time to break up.
This Valentine’s Day, the nonprofit Green America is highlighting the ethical abuses perpetrated by many mega-banks and urging fed-up consumers to “dump” bad banks. From questionable lending practices t...
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02-09-12
Investors Challenge 10 Electric Power Companies on Climate Change and Air Pollution Risks
Leading U.S. investors today announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Southern Company, FirstEnergy, Ameren and seven other electric power providers, pressing them to disclose their plans for managing the risks associated with climate change and pending clean air regulations.
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02-08-12
Investors Challenge 18 Oil and Gas Companies On Climate Change, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Sustainability Risks
Leading U.S. investors today announced they have filed shareholder resolutions with Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips and 14 other oil and gas companies, pressing them to disclose their plans for managing environmental and workplace challenges such as hydrau...
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02-01-12
First Peoples Worldwide Announces Partnership with Trillium Asset Management
First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a global indigenous nonprofit dedicated to strengthening Indigenous Peoples, today announced a new partnership with Trillium Asset Management. Under the terms of the partnership, Trillium is undertaking custom research and shareholder advocacy focused on how corpor...
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01-20-12
Mohegan Tribe To Host Largest Annual U.S. Sustainable And Responsible Investing Conference
The Mohegan Tribe joined First Affirmative Financial Network today in announcing that the sovereign Indian nation will host the 23rd annual SRI Conference for Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing (The SRI Conference) at the Mohegan Sun Conference Center in Connecticut, October 2–4, 2012.
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01-17-12
World's Top Companies Gathering in Vancouver; Business and Action Top Items on the Agenda at Globe 2012
The international business community is shifting its focus to Vancouver this March as GLOBE 2012, one of the world’s largest and longest-running events dedicated to business and the environment, takes place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Generating more than $20 million in economic sp...
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01-13-12
Portfolio 21 Investments' Latest Publications Address Ecological Risks and Opportunities for Investors
Portfolio 21 Investments, a Portland-based investment management firm, has published two reports highlighting significant factors and trends impacting investors in the 21st Century. The publications, Peak: Investing at the Edge of Ecological Limits and A New Foundation fo...
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01-12-12
While Washington Waits, Investors Act on Climate Change
Climate change creates enormous economic risks, but investors know it also represents one of the great financial opportunities of our time. And they are not waiting for governments to start moving on their own toward action.
That was the key message as 450 global investors controlling tens...
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01-05-12
Newmont Outlines Community Investment Programs for Conga Project in Peru
Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) today outlined a number of community investment programs – developed in conjunction with local communities – that have been implemented or are under development in the
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01-04-12
Green America Applauds President’s Appointment of Richard Cordray, First Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumers and small businesses achieved an important victory today with President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was created despite immense opposition from Wall Street and from many Republicans who then also blocked the ...
