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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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04-24-08
MicroPlace Adds Nine Countries to Roster of Microfinance
SAN JOSE, CA - April 24, 2008 - MicroPlace (www.MicroPlace.com), a microfinance investment marketplace for socially responsible investors, today announced that it added investment opportunities in nine new countries for...
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04-17-08
Investors' Circle Reports Record Applicants for Venture Fair
SAN FRANCISCO, CA "“ April 17, 2008 - Investors' Circle is pleased to announce the selection of 23 companies set to present at the upcoming Spring Conference & Venture Fair, May 5-7 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, CA.
Investors' Circl...
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04-16-08
Investors Decry BP's Entry Into Tar Sands
BOSTON, MA - April 16, 2008 - A group of American and British investors released a statement today expressing disappointment at BP's (NYSE: BP) investment in the Canadian tar sands, calling the move a "disturbing step backwards." A representative from the Ecumenical Council ...
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04-16-08
Social(k) Speaking at All Things Organic(TM) in Chicago April 26
SPRINGFIELD, MA "“ April 15, 2008 - The president of Social(k), the nation's most diverse socially responsible retirement platform, will speak at the All Things Organic(TM) conference and trade show at the Chicago, IL McCormick Center on Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 2:15-3:...
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04-15-08
Sentinel Investments Completes Citizens Funds Acquisition
MONTPELIER, VT - April 15, 2008 "“ Sentinel Investments, the investment management arm of Vermont-based National Life Group, announced today that it successfully completed the acquisition of the Citizens Funds from Citizens Advisers of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Nearly $740 ...
