Finance

Portfolio 21 Investments, a Portland-based investment management firm, has published two reports highlighting significant factors and trends impacting investors in the 21^st Century.  The publications, Peak: Investing at the Edge of Ecological Limits and A New Foundation fo...

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...

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

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 ...

The Americas Business Council Foundation (abc*) announced the three winners of its hemisphere-wide search from among 100 Ashoka Fellows from the Americas whose innovations are solving the most pressing human, s...

This morning the Senate failed to confirm the nomination of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Sixty votes were needed for the nomination process to proceed, but votes cast were 53 against and 45 in favor (with Senator Snowe (R-ME) voting “present” and Senato...

Renewal2 Investment Fund is pleased to announce the fund’s first exit with the sale of its stake in portfolio company, Horizon Distributors.

Horizon Distributors is one of Canada's leading organic, natural and gourmet foods distributors, serving retailers and providing the best natural, or...

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) a leader in global payment services, the Weste...

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment services, today announced that Western Union Business Solutions will sponsor a webinar hosted by

Early last month Renewal2 Investment Fund announced the completion of the acquisition of Sensibility Soaps, the leading private label/contract manufacturer of certified natural and organic personal care products. The new company, renamed “Sensible Organics,” will continue to be headquartered in B...