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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...
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10-03-07
Social(k) Urged Clients to Oppose SEC Efforts Constraining Shareholder Resolutions
SPRINGFIELD, MA - October 3, 2007 - When Social(k) President Rob Thomas learned of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposals to weaken the ability of investors to sponsor shareholder resolutions and nominate members of corporate boards, he did what he had to d...
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10-01-07
KLD Launches Global Sustainability Index (GSI)
BOSTON, MA - October 1, 2007 - KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. announced the launch today of its KLD Global SustainabilitySM Index (GSI) and Index series. KLD's Global Sustainability Index consists of a broad representation of top environmental, social and governance (ES...
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09-28-07
The ESG Risks of a Combined RBS and ABN AMRO
September 28, 2007 - RBS and ABN AMRO are both currently rated AAA by Innovest. However, it would be mistaken to conclude that a combined RBS and ABN AMRO will automatically become a AAA.
The key determinant of the combined entity is not how ...
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09-28-07
National Sustainable Agriculture Standard Setting Process to be Launched This Fall
EMERYVILLE, CA - September 28, 2007 - Formal proceedings to establish the first national standard for sustainable agriculture will be launched in late October. All interested stakeholders are invited to help shape this standard under a transparent, multi-stakeholder consens...
