Finance
Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
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03-24-11
Stacks and Stacks - Ambassador to Social Responsibility
StacksandStacks.com, a 27-year-old major e-tail site offering over 32,000 products for the home, office and travel goods industry is looking to help the accessibility issues for the physically disabled which are o...
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03-21-11
SAM Rates Johnson Controls as 'Gold Class Sustainability Leader'
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, today announced that SAM, a sustainability investment asset management firm, has recognized Johnson Controls as a 2011 Gold Class Sustainability Leader in the firm's annual ...
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03-14-11
Tackle Financial Literacy for Kids!
THE CENTSABLES, a national, multi-media initiative that promotes financial literacy in kids, is making six :15 animated promo spots available to broadcasters to shine a spotlight on educating children about financial matters. Each spot features one of the Ce...
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03-08-11
Aspen Institute Receives Grant from Bank of America for Microtracker, a Data Collection System for Microenterprise Industry
The Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning, and Dissemination (FIELD) at The Aspen Institute has secured complete funding, through a $125,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, for the development of
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03-04-11
GoodCompany Ventures Launches 2011 Social Impact Incubator
GoodCompany Ventures (GCV) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2011 Social Impact Incubator.
GCV was the first to adapt the venture industry's incubator model to the needs of social entrepreneurs and ...
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02-25-11
Microfinance Industry Issues Collaborative Report on Orderly Debt Restructurings of Microfinance Institutions
The International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI) today issued a report, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, on best practices and guidelines for handling debt defaults by microfinance institutions (MFIs). In the recent past, several factors - such as increased capita...
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02-23-11
SOCAP builds off U.S. support, spreads to Europe
SOCAP/Europe will convene in Amsterdam from May 30th - June 1st for the first time to gather more than 500 global stakeholders of the Social Capital Movement at a 'reconvening of the world's capital markets' at the Beurs van Berlage, the site of the original stock market.
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02-18-11
ASrIA Releases Unlocking Asia's Potential: Low Carbon Investment in Asia, Proposing the Establishment of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) today launched two reports entitled Unlocking Asia's Potential: Low Carbon Investment in Asia. Additional launches are in Singapor...
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02-17-11
Greenscape Closes Equity Financing Oversubscribed
(Marketwire) - Greenscape Capital Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GRN)
Announcement Highlights:
- equity financing closes oversubscribed
- $832,500 gross proceeds raised in equity round
- closing comes shortly afte...
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02-15-11
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment Launched Today
In response to the growing need among scholars, policy-makers and investment practitioners, Earthscan has launched the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment. The first of its ...
