Finance

BOSTON, MA. - March 4, 2008 - ACCION(R) International, a pioneer and leader in global microfinance, today saluted the successful launch of Banco Popular Covelo (Bancovelo), a newly transformed commercial microfinance institution in Honduras, which opened its doors on Februa...

WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boosted by such factors as heightened institutional investor interest, growing investor demand for renewable energy opportunities, concerns about the Sudan humanitarian crisis, and the rapid rise of new products such as SRI-focu...

PORTLAND, ME - March 3, 2008 - Parametric Portfolio Associates and IW Financial are designing customized tax-managed separate accounts strategies targeting advisors and institutions seeking to incorporate socially responsible, faith-based, Terror-Free and other values-based ...

February 28, 2008 - Fonkoze, Haiti's largest micro-finance institution, and Central National Bank of Enid, Oklahoma, have partnered to create a low-cost stored-value card that offers Haitian Diaspora and others in the U.S. both a convenient way to manage their own finances a...

BOSTON, MA "“ February 25, 2008 - Legal counsel for Fidelity Investments has confirmed that shareholders of many Fidelity mutual funds will vote at their March 19 meeting on a shareholder proposal which asks the mutual fund giant to ensure that its investments are genocide-...

NEW YORK, NY - Ceres and the United Nations Foundation will host hundreds of Wall Street leaders and institutional investors at the Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the United Nations on Thursday, February 14, 2008. Participants from around the world will discuss the far-r...

WASHINGTON D.C. - February 7, 2008 - Jordan's Minister of Labor, Basem Khalil Al-Salem, today announced the launch of Better Work Jordan, a project designed by the International Labour Organization and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, that will help improve working co...

PARIS, KUALA LUMPUR "“ February 4, 2008 "“ Vigeo, leading European Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ratings Agency has teamed-up with OWW Consulting, a specialist in CSR and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in Asia and the Middle East, to extend its coverage into A...

DUBAI - January 31, 2008 "“ Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, discussed sustainable banking today with the Middle Eastern banking community. He explained how the integration of social, environmental, and corporate govern...

BOSTON, MA - January 24, 2008 "“ Microfinance pioneer ACCION USA today announced that its president and CEO, William Burrus, will retire from the nonprofit organization on June 30th. ACCION USA also announced that its board of directors has designated a committee to oversee...