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09-24-09
Public and Private Sector Leaders Launch Global Observatory at Clinton Global Initiative
Leaders of government, the military, the private sector, and scientists are at the forefront of the Global Observatory initiative, an international effort to guide governments towards an agreement at the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention, C...
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09-24-09
Grameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim Launch the $45 Million Grameen Carso Microfinance Program
Grameen Trust and Fundacion Carlos Slim A.C., the family charitable foundation of Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu, have officially launched the Grameen Carso.
The official documents have been signed and the operation is off to a strong sta...
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09-17-09
Johnson Controls Globally Recognized by Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and FTSE4Good Index Series
Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a Fortune 100 company and global leader in energy efficiency and sustainability, today announced its inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) World and North America categories for 2009.
This is the...
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09-17-09
First-Ever Survey Shows Emerging Market Banks Growing Interest in Climate Change
Amid growing pressure on developing countries to join an international climate treaty later this year, a new Ceres report released today shows that emerging market banks are beginning to integrate climate change considerations into lending and other business decision-making,...
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09-17-09
UN Global Compact Executive Director Addresses Private Equity Community
Georg Kell, Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, addressed the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York yesterday. The following is the text of his speech (please check against delivery):
Introduction...
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09-14-09
Social Business Venture Fair to Connect Entrepreneurs with Investors Focused on the Future of Good Business in Philadelphia
On Thursday, September 17th GoodCompany Ventures will host a Gala Venture Fair to mark the culmination of its 2009 social business incubator. The Venture Fair, sponsored by Blank Rome LLP, Investors' Circle and RSF Social Finance, will feature speakers including Karen Randal...
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09-09-09
28 Business, Investment, Academic, & Labor Leaders Join Aspen Institute in Bold Call to Overcome Short-Termism
Twenty-eight leaders representing business, investment, government, academia, and labor joined the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program's Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) to endorse a bold call to end the focus on value-destroying short-termism in our financi...
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09-01-09
Social Capital Markets 2009 Kicks Off in San Francisco
The Social Capital Markets Conference, a landmark gathering of top business and government leaders creating market-based solutions for social impact, begins today at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center. The sold-ou...
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08-19-09
Changes in Climate and Water Availability Adding Stress and Costs to Global Electricity Sector
LONDON, Aug. 19 /CSRwire/ - According to an Acclimatise global report, backed by IBM (NYSE: IBM), nearly all electric utilities claim climate change is threatening power outages, higher costs and changes in usage as demand grows to power the world's expanding cities.
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08-12-09
"Best In Class" Community Development Financial Institutions Vie For $8.25 Million Wachovia Next Awards For Opportunity Finance
PHILADELPHIA, August 12 /CSRwire/ - One of the nation's largest and most prestigious awards programs for responsible lending in the financial services industry announced today that three leading U.S. community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are semi-finalists and...
