Finance
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11-05-07
Winslow Announces November 1st Launch Of The Winslow Green Solutions(TM) Fund
November 5, 2007 - Winslow Green Mutual Funds, a pioneer in the field of green investing, today announced the November 1st launch of the Winslow Green Solutions Fund. This new fund joins the well-established Winslow Green Growth Fund in offering investors the opportunity to...
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11-01-07
Microfinance Pioneer ACCION Launches New Website
BOSTON, MA - November 1, 2007 - ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance, today announced the launch of its new website, www.accion.org, offering major enhancements in functionality, appearance, resources ...
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10-25-07
Urban Core Upcycles Mission Statement to Reflect Company's Growth
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - Ocotber 25, 2007 - Urban Core International, S.A., is a sustainable investment group with holdings in three distinct companies, each promoting global sustainability in a unique style. Our motto Build Better : Live Better, reflects our desire to improve ...
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10-23-07
Dr. David Shearer to Lead Discussion at Carbon Market Insights Americas 2007
PORTLAND, OR - October 23, 2007 - Climate Clean, the only offset provider to address all six of the dangerous greenhouse gases, announced today that Dr. David Shearer, Founder, Interim Chief Science Officer, and developer of the offset methodology for Climate Clean, has been...
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10-22-07
20 Companies & Funds Push for Patient Capital
BOSTON, MA - October 22, 2007 - Investors' Circle is pleased to announce the selection of the 20 companies set to present at the upcoming Fall Conference & Venture Fair, November 14-16 at the Boston Harbor Hotel in Boston, MA.
Investors' C...
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10-15-07
IBM Partners with Grameen Foundation to Expand Its Open Source Microfinance Banking Platform And Help Eradicate Poverty
ARMONK, NY, and WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 15, 2007 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Grameen Foundation today announced a collaborative project to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) better serve poor communities around the world by expanding Mifos, Grameen Foundation's ground-breaki...
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10-11-07
Microfinance Pioneer Launches Boston Seminar Series
BOSTON, MA - October 11, 2007 - U.S. microfinance pioneer ACCION USA today announced the launch of a free seminar series on microfinance, 'Empowering Lives with Microfinance,' open to the general public at its headquarters on Roland Street, Boston. The first seminar will b...
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10-10-07
AIG VALIC Expands Socially Responsible Investment Fund
HOUSTON, TX - October 9, 2007 "“ AIG VALIC, a leader in retirement plan services for both non-profit and for-profit education, healthcare and government organizations, today announced that it has broadened the investment mandate of the VALIC Company I Social Awareness Fund a...
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10-09-07
From Worm Poop to Wal-Mart
October 9, 2007 - In 2001, Tom Szaky had a crazy idea to turn worm poop into plant food and package it in used soda bottles. And it worked. 6 years later, TerraCycle employs over 30 workers in their 20,000 square foot Trenton, NJ plant and they have a 2007 sales goal of we...
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10-04-07
Calvert Urges Institutional Investors, Assets Managers to Consider Targeted Divestment of Darfur in Testimony Before U.S. Senate Banking Committee
BETHESDA, MD. - October 4, 2007 - In testimony delivered today before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Bennett Freeman, Calvert's senior vice president Social Research and Policy, said that "Targeted divestment is a well-crafted, wel...
