Finance
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12-23-08
Microfinance Leader Makes Multi-million Dollar Investment in Microinsurance Companies
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 23, 2008 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in global microfinance, today announced that it plans to expand its investments to support the development and marketing of microinsurance services to the poor.
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12-11-08
Investment Index Benchmarks Affirm Johnson Controls'Financial and Sustainability Strengths
MILWAUKEE, WI. - Dec. 11, 2008 "“ Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) has again been named to 10 global and domestic indexes which provide investment managers with the criteria they need to make "buy" decisions, underscoring the company's success at strengthening its commitment to ...
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12-10-08
Opportunity Finance Network Honors Senator Jack Reed with Congressional Champion Award for Creating the Capital Magnet Fund
NEW YORK, NY. "“ December 10, 2008 - Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the leading national network of high performance community development financial institutions (CDFIs), today announced Democratic Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island is the recipient of its
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12-09-08
Investors Focus on "Liquidity" - Companies Urged to Embrace Water Sustainability
LONDON. - 9 December 2008 - A US$1.5 trillion alliance of investors, all signatories to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, is asking 100 of the world's biggest companies to join an initiative that will improve their policies and practices around use of wate...
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12-09-08
Everybody Wins! To Pilot New Reading And Literacy Programs
NEW YORK, NY. - December 9, 2008 - The nonprofit literacy and mentoring organization called EVERYBODY WINS! is introducing new reading and literacy programs designed to reach the most disadvantaged children in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn.
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12-08-08
Novethic and BNP Paribas Investment Partners' Survey
Paris - December 5th, 2008 - In collaboration with BNP Paribas Investment Partners, today Novethic releases the results of its survey "Institutional investors' perspective on their responsibility for corporate ESG policies". Carried out on a sample audience of major Frenc...
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12-08-08
SustainLane Media's Green Ad Network Doubles Audience in 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - December 8, 2008 - Proving that green business is good business, SustainLane Media (SLM) more than doubled its audience reach in 2008. SLM's Green Ad Network (www.sustainlanegreenadnetwo...
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12-04-08
17 Paths to Enlightenment
Indigenous peoples are similar to our globe's flora and fauna in one key way - many of them also face extinction. The systematic suppression of Tibetan people and culture by the Chinese government has been well documented. What is much less well known is that indigenous Tibe...
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12-02-08
U.S. State Department Teams with Corporate America to Fund Scholarship Programs Overseas
The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce partnerships with Dole Food Company in the Philippines and PT Freeport Indonesia to expand our groundbreaking English Access Microscholarship Program, to fund scholarships for young people in these countries to study Englis...
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12-02-08
HRIA Initiated
- 2 de Diciembre 2008 - El Comité Directivo para la Evaluacivn de Impacto sobre Derechos Humanos (HRIA por su sigla en inglés) recientemente concluyó una reunión de dos días con el asesor del HRIA, On Common Ground Consultants y el equipo de supervisión del proceso por exper...
