Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
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08-30-10
RSF Social Finance (RSF) seeks an experienced leader to direct and advance its development efforts.
Located the beautiful and historic Presidio of San Francisco, RSF Social Finance is a pioneering non-profit organization dedicated to using the t...
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08-27-10
Microsoft has revealed that it is working on a major project with Reading University designed to highlight the energy savings that companies can realise by switching to its latest Windows 7 operating system. Windows 7 operates using about 30% less energy that its previous op...
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08-26-10
SRI in the Rockies, the largest and longest-running conference for the sustainable and responsible investing industry in the world, today announced that Dell is a Benefactor Sponsor of the 21st annual SRI in the R...
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08-26-10
More for Mission, based at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, has announced that its membership now includes 75 foundations that represent approximately $30 billion in total assets...
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08-10-10
The nation's largest and most prestigious awards program for community development financial institutions (CDFIs) announced today that four leading U.S. CDFIs are finalists for awards totaling $8.25 million. Two finalists will compete for $5.5 million, and two finalists will...
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08-09-10
Renewal2 announced today an investment in Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD), North America's largest Internet grocer of organic and natural foods, to its portfolio of companies seeking to deliver superior financial, social and environmental returns.
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08-09-10
(Marketwire) - Greenscape Capital Group Inc. ("Greenscape") (TSX VENTURE: GRN) is pleased to announce that the loan arranged by Green Park Denver LLC (described in Greenscape's News Release dated July 28th, 2010) has closed.
This US $8.5 million...
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07-26-10
The CDFI Assessment and Ratings System (CARS™) is seeing a growing commitment among investors to third-party ratings as part of their lending process for community development loan funds. Approximately one-third of the investors that use CARS™ to augment their investment dec...
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07-20-10
In a new report, Gap, Inc., Timberland, Nike, Levi Strauss & Co., Nordstrom, Jones Apparel, and Phillips-Van Heusen share examples of how changing their purchasing practices resulted in improved working conditions and cost reductions.
Amy ...
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07-13-10
RSF Social Finance (RSF) is proud to announce the official launch of its Food & Agriculture Program-Related Investing (PRI) Fund. RSF's PRI Fund aims to increase the flow of funding to social enterprises in local and sustainable food and agriculture by unlocking a new so...