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12-14-07
Ecoforests: Timberland Investment Capital Flows Into Latin American
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/14/07 -- Ecoforests (Corporacion Ecologica y Bosques Tropicales S.A.) was present at the Timberland Investing World Summit in New York this past month.
Ecoforests had been invited by the organizers to exp...
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12-12-07
Grameen Foundation Engineers More Than $100 Million in Local Currency Financing for Microfinance in Ten Countries
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 12, 2007 - Grameen Foundation, a leader in microfinance, today announced that its Growth Guarantee program has crossed an important milestone in its drive to foster increased local currency financing for microfinance institutions. With the recent ...
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12-07-07
ACCION Extolled for Social Entrepreneurship
BOSTON, MA - December 7, 2007 "“ ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today announced that it is among a select group of nonprofits to be awarded a Fast Company/ Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award for the fifth consecutive year. This year...
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12-05-07
International Summit Tackles Financial Literacy for Underserved
New Delhi, INDIA - December 5, 2007 - Policy-makers, practitioners and advocates from 30 countries are gathering in New Delhi, India today and tomorrow for the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2007, the most significant international conference ever held to discuss ways to...
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12-04-07
Shorebank is First For-Profit to Win a Fast Company Magazine and Monitor Group's Social Capitalist Award
NEW YORK, NY - December 4, 2007 - Fast Company magazine and Monitor Group announced today that they awarded a 2007 Social Capitalist Award to ShoreBank, the nation's first community development and environmental bank. The award to ShoreBank (Chicago, Cleveland, and D...
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12-04-07
Handbook Helps Asset Managers Multiply Impact Through Investments Across All Asset Classes
CHESTNUT HILL "“ December 4, 2007 - A new handbook on responsible investing across asset classes, released by Boston College's Institute for Responsible Investment, provides a tool for investors interested in multiplying their organization's impact on society through options...
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12-04-07
"Accountability Central" (SM) Web Site Launched to Meet Growing Demand for Information on Corporate and Institutional Accountability
MINEOLA, NY "“ December 4, 2007 "“ After months in development and extensive testing, the Web portal "Accountability Central (sm)" "“ www.accountability-central.com - is now officially launched. The Web publ...
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12-04-07
How the Growing Power of Business Is Revolutionizing Profits, People and the Future of Both
December 4, 2007 - Traditional thinking often has the worlds of Corporate Capitalism and Social Advocacy on a permanent collision course-at times a violent one-as the fundamental interests of both seem irreconcilably opposed. But today, even now, a movement...
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12-03-07
Ethiopian Prime Minister and Starbucks Chairman Discuss Ways to Support Ethiopian Coffee Industry
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA and SEATTLE, WA - December 3, 2007 - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) chairman Howard Schultz today reaffirmed their commitment to making Ethiopia a leading force in the global specialty coffee marketplace. ...
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11-30-07
IFC and Mercer Launch First Sustainability Survey in Emerging Markets
WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2007 - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Mercer to undertake the first in-depth research on how prevalent environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors are in emerging market investments.
