Finance
Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
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12-03-09
LeapFrog Invests $6M in AllLife, Innovative African HIV and Diabetes Insurer
LeapFrog Investments has announced a ZAR 50 million (over US$6 million) investment in AllLife, the innovative South African insurer serving people living with HIV and diabetes. The investment brings together LeapFrog, the leading microinsurance investment fund, and AllLife, ...
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12-01-09
ShoreBank "Discovers Possibilities"
ShoreBank, America's first and leading community development and environmental bank, today announced the launch of its new website, "Discover Your Possibilities," www.sbk.com. Designed to offer increased access to responsible...
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11-18-09
BSR Releases First Research into Sustainable Investment in China
BSR has released "Sustainable Investment in China 2009," the first research of its kind on the topic, according the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation, which commissioned the report. Available in a
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11-12-09
ACCION Takes Equity Stake in Saija Finance, a Microfinance Institution Serving India’s Poorest
ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in global microfinance, announced today that it has invested $500,000 for a 49.5 percent equity stake in Saija Finance Private Limited, a microfinance start-up that provides financial services to microentrepreneurs and low- and midd...
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11-05-09
Robert Zevin Receives Prestigious SRI Service Award
Robert Brooke Zevin Associates is pleased to announce that Robert Zevin was awarded the Social Investment Forum's prestigious Service Award, awarded each year to an individual whose work has advanced the understanding and practice of socially responsible investing. The award...
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10-29-09
Martin Eakes, National Leader in Responsible Lending, Receives Prestigious Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending
Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) announced today that Martin Eakes, a nationally recognized expert on community development finance serving low-income people and communities, received the third annual Ned Gramlich Lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Lending. Named in...
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10-29-09
Two Native Community Development Financial Institutions Honored for Achievements in Helping Build Native Economies
Two Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) were honored yesterday for their commitment to community development and asset building in Native communities at the 2009 Native Awards Ceremony, part of the 6th Annual Native CDFI Convening hos...
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10-29-09
Four Leading Community Development Institutions Each Receive $25,000 from Prestigious Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance
Four leading Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) were awarded $25,000 each in unrestricted grant prizes at the third annual Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance. The awards program, held at the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Confe...
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10-27-09
Investors' Circle Names IC20, Reveals Most Impactful Companies & Power of Social Enterprise
The US's oldest and largest national angel investing group, Investors' Circle, announced today the IC20, an index of the top 20 most impactful companies that have received funding through its network since 1992. Investors' Circle used qualitative and quantitative metrics to ...
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10-23-09
WWF: Responsible forest finance can help stop climate change
Failure by the world's financial leaders to support responsible forest finance will allow rampant deforestation to continue and contribute to the disastrous effects of climate change.
WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) and the Finan...
