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05-17-11
Western Union and USAID to Launch Second African Diaspora Marketplace
The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) a leader in global payment services, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced they will launch a second African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) in the fourth quarter of 2011. The ADM encourages sustaina...
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05-13-11
Genocide and JPMorgan Chase
A week before JPMorgan Chase shareholders vote at their annual meeting on a genocide-free investing proposal, Investors Against Genocide (IAG) has launched a communications campaign featuring a dramatic print advertisement that was printed May 11 in The Wall Street Jour...
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05-12-11
Sustainable Investing Conference to Put Attendees to Work in Community Development Projects in New Orleans
When hundreds of participants show up in New Orleans to attend the 22nd annual SRI in the Rockies Conference - the world's largest and longest-running conference for the sustainable and responsible investment industry - they can go to work building a new home and making ener...
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05-11-11
Opportunity International Expands Its Community Bank Network Into the Democratic Republic of Congo With Support From Tenke Fungurume Mining
(Marketwire) - Opportunity International today announced additional backing for the expansion of its international community banking network into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) ha...
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05-04-11
Five Microenterprise Organizations Selected for Scale Academy
The Aspen Institute and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity announced today the five organizations selected to be part of the Scale Academy for Microenterprise Development. The Scale Academy is a program that offers grant funding, peer learning events, and technical a...
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04-26-11
SOCAP/Europe Shows Mainstream Capital Is Warming Up to Impact Investing
SOCAP/Europe today announced that its upcoming social capital conference in Amsterdam is drawing much more interest from established financial institutions than previous editions of SOCAP - highlighting that mainstream capital is ready to join the rapidly expanding movement ...
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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...
