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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.
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11-30-07
French Institutional Investor Buy-In on SRI Continues to Increase, But Shareholder Engagement Lags Behind
PARIS, FRANCE - November 30, 2007 "“ Novethic, Amadeis and BNP Paribas AM today present the findings of the sixth annual Socially Responsible Investment survey and outlook for the French institutional market. Queried by Novethic and Amadeis, 50 French institutional invest...
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11-28-07
Ethiopian Prime Minister and Starbucks Chairman Discuss Ways to Support Ethiopian Coffee Industry
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA AND SEATTLE WA - November 28, 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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11-26-07
ACCION Debuts New Film about Microfinance
BOSTON, MA - November 26, 2007 - ACCION International today announced the debut of a new film about its work in microfinance, the practice of providing small loans, business training and other financial services to help poor entrepreneurs around the world.
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11-20-07
Food Companies Take Responsibility for Improved Sustainability Reporting
November 20, 2007 - Amsterdam. Following the global trend in environmental awareness, paired with heightened consumer consciousness, food companies are increasingly facing new expectations and seeking to proactively communicate the economic, social and environmental perform...
