Finance
Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
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02-05-09
Social(k)'s SRI Retirement Plans Increase in 2008
SPRINGFIELD, MA. - February 5, 2009 - Business was good for Social(k) in 2008. The number of companies and organizations adopting the company's socially responsible retirement platform for their 401(k) or 403(b) plans inc...
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02-05-09
cMarket Reports Forty Four Percent Online Auction Growth in 2008 and Dramatic Increase in Bookings for 2009
CAMBRIDGE, MA. - February 5, 2009 - cMarket Network, the leader in online auction fundraising for nonprofit organizations, announced the results of auctions hosted on it's platform in 2008, noting a 44% increase in the number of auctions run, bringing the total to over $53 m...
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02-03-09
This Valentine's Day, MicroPlace Announces <I>Invest With Your Heart</I> - A Different Way to Show Love
SAN JOSE, CA. - February 3, 2009 - This Valentine's Day, MicroPlace (www.MicroPlace.com), a website that enables everyday people to make investments in the world's working poor, is offering a different way for people to...
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01-30-09
World Economic Forum Gives Adolescent Girls a Voice on the Global Stage
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND. - 30 January, 2009 - With an agenda focused almost exclusively on the global financial crisis, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting program today will feature its first-ever plenary session focused on adolescent girls.
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01-28-09
New Report Urges Financial Industry to Integrate Sustainable Investing Practices
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND. - January 28, 2009 - A new report by IFC, the United Nations Global Compact, and the Swiss government finds that although the financial industry understands the necessity of developing methodologies and tools that examine environmental issues in the inves...
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01-28-09
'Lend to End Poverty' Campaign Calls On World Economic Forum to Prioritize Microfinance
BOSTON, MA. - January 28, 2009 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today formally announced that its 'Lend to End Poverty' campaign and petition, calling on economic leaders to promote and prioritize microfinance at the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
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01-28-09
Investor Coalition Seeks Reports From Internet Service Providers Regarding Impact of Network Practices on Freedom of Expression and Privacy
NEW YORK, NY - January 27, 2009 - Members of a coalition of investors have filed shareholder resolutions with 10 publicly-held U.S. providers of Internet access, urging corporate boards to report on the impact of the companies' Internet network management practices on public...
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01-26-09
Americans See Watershed Era for Environmental Investing
Shifting Political Landscape Provides Fertile Ground for Investment
- 78% of investors believe we are likely to see more policies to promote business investment in the environment in the first year of the Obama Administration than we did during the entire Bus...
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01-14-09
Windstone Capital Partners Facilitates $25.4 Million Investment in Fallbrook Technologies Inc.
PHOENIX, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Windstone Capital Partners, (Windstone) announced today the first close of a $25.4 million financing round for Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook), a pioneering technology company dedicated to improving the performance and flexibility of ...
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01-13-09
Investors' Circle Issues Final Call for Entries for 2009 Spring Venture Fair
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - January 13, 2008 - Investors' Circle (www.investorscircle.net), a network of more than 200 investors with a single vision for a sustainable economy, announced today the last call for entries f...
