Finance
Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
POSTED
05-14-08
Premier Gathering of Sustainable Investment Professionals Anticipates a Banner Event
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - May 14, 2008 - The 19th annual SRI in the Rockies Conference is expected to draw a record 700 sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) industry practitioners and professionals from related fields in the United States, Canada, and around the world O...
POSTED
05-13-08
TBL Capital Invests $750,000 in Series A Equity Round in Laloo's, North America's Fastest Growing Goat's Milk Frozen Dessert Company
SAUSALITO, CA AND PETALUMA, CA - May 13, 2008 - TBL Capital announced today that it has invested $750,000 in a Series A equity financing round in Laloo's, Inc., the nation's leading goat's milk frozen dessert company. The financing provides growth capital to expand the Comp...
POSTED
05-13-08
Innovest Upgrades Kraft's IVA Rating
May 13, 2008 - CSRwire: Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has upgraded its Intangible Value Assessment of Kraft based on the company's relative performance of social, environmental, and strategic governance (ESG) issues relative to sector peers.
POSTED
05-09-08
ACCION President to be Awarded 'Ellis Island Medal of Honor'
BOSTON, MA - May 9, 2008 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today announced that its president and CEO, María Otero, will be awarded the 'Ellis Island Medal of Honor' on Saturday, May 10th, by the National Ethnic Coalition (NECO). NECO annually...
POSTED
05-07-08
Innovest Confirms Group Danone’s IVA Rating
May 7, 2008 - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has confirmed its Intangible Value Assessment of Groupe Danone based on the company's relative performance of social, environmental, and strategic governance (ESG) issues relative to sector peers.
...
POSTED
05-06-08
Export Development Canada issues fourth Annual CSR Report
OTTAWA - May 6, 2008 - Export Development Canada (EDC) today issued its fourth Annual Report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The report summarizes EDC's performance in meeting its CSR commitments in five key areas: the environment, business ethics, transparency, c...
POSTED
05-05-08
International CSR Experts and SRI Fund Managers Gather in Malaysia
The International Corporate Social Responsibility Conference 2008 will be the meeting place of local and international companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and fund managers.
Jointly organised by EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commer...
POSTED
05-05-08
Social(k) President Speaking on Socially Responsible Investing Panel May 12 at Simmons School of Management in Boston
May 5, 2008 -
What: Rob Thomas, president of Social(k), the nation's most diverse socially responsible retirement platform, will speak on the "Socially Responsible Investing: To Profit with Principles" panel at a seminar hosted b...
POSTED
05-01-08
Standard Chartered, ACCION Call for Greater Capital-Market Engagement to Fund South Asian Microfinance
DELHI - May 1, 2008 - Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in South Asia urgently need access to capital markets to expand their outreach, said Jaspal Bindra, CEO, Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, in opening comments at the ACCION International and Standard Chartered-hosted confer...
POSTED
04-28-08
Committees on Investor Responsibility at Colleges and Universities Meet for the First Time This Month
April 28, 2008 - Over 60 people from various U.S. colleges and universities from across the country joined the Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC), The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing at Columbia University (ACSRI) and members of the Columbia Universi...
