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11-07-11
Top Auto Finance Company Ally Financial Expands Its Financial Literacy Program
/PRNewswire/ - Ally Financial Inc., the No. 1 overall retail automotive finance company in the U.S.(1), has expanded its financial literacy program, Ally Wallet Wise, to include a course on Auto Finance. This new curriculum is in addition to the courses on Budget, Credit and Banking & Investi...
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11-04-11
Export Development Canada Elected to Steering Committee of Equator Principles
Export Development Canada (EDC) announced today that it was elected to the Steering Committee of the Equator Principles (EP) Association last week.
The Equator Principles are a financial industry benchmark for determining, assessing and managing social and environmental risk in project fin...
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11-04-11
Ready for Bank Transfer Day? Everything You Need to Break Up With Your Mega-bank Covered in Green America Tools
Energized by the Occupy Wall Street movement? Planning to participate in Bank Transfer Day? Green America’s new Break Up With Your Mega-Bank Kit (available for free at: www.GreenAmerica.org/go/toolkit)...
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10-27-11
B Lab Announces Key Milestones for GIIRS Ratings & Analytics: 15 Commitments from New GIIRS Pioneer Funds; Release of the first GIIRS Company and Fund Ratings
B Lab announced today two important milestones for GIIRS Ratings & Analytics at the Investors Circle Fall Venture Fair (GIIRS, pronounced "gears," stands for Global Impact Investing Rating System). Fifteen investment funds have committed to GIIRS ratings, representing over $550 million in new...
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10-25-11
International Banks Support Guidance on Financing New Coal-Fired Power Plants
The Climate Group today issued a Guidance Note on financing new coal-fired power plants (CFPPs), which was developed by The Clima...
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10-20-11
World's Largest Investors, Worth $20 Trillion, Step Up Call for Urgent Policy Action on Climate Change
Despite the global economic crisis, and increased market volatility, the world’s largest investors today urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.
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10-18-11
Green America: 6 Ways to Break Up With Your Bank
Against the backdrop of an economy that has rebounded only for those at the very top, comes news of steeply increasing services charges, and new fees for services that used to be free. Among the most recent outrageous consumer gouging: the new
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10-14-11
Sarona Asset Management - a Newly Certified B Corporation
Sarona Asset Management proudly announces that it has officially joined the growing international community of Certified B (benefit) Corporations. B Corporations represent a new breed of company which uses business solutions to address social and environmental problems - views Sarona has espoused...
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10-13-11
Global Roundtable Media Advisory
With the drive for economic recovery topping the US and global political agenda, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is organizing a landmark summit on financial ...
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10-12-11
MIX Promotes Financial Inclusion and Transparency With New Premium Solutions
(Marketwire) - Today, Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) announced the launch of MIX Silver -- a value-added, fee-based service for business user...
