Sustainability
Balancing impacts through responsible business practices, supply chains and energy use.
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04-01-02
Voices for Corporate Citizenship
Chestnut Hill, MA - In a time of dramatic evolution for the role of the corporation as a citizen, an informed dialogue is essential for advancing the practice of corporate citizenship.
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04-01-02
Survey Shows Catholic Institutions Want Socially Responsible Investments
Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS), a leading investment management firm serving the Catholic institutional market, announced today the results of its Fall 2001 participant survey on attitudes toward socially responsible investing (SRI). The survey results, which ...
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03-28-02
Arthur D. Little Unveils First Cholesterol-Lowering Beverages; Flavored Drinks Will Have Same Health Benefits as Oatmeal in Reducing Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Arthur D. Little today announced it has developed a series of new beverage formulations that contain a soluble dietary fiber--found naturally in oats--that reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and lowers blood cholesterol.
"Consumers can already enjoy these...
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03-25-02
DENSO Receives Chairman's Award from J.D. Power and Associates
NEW YORK, N.Y. - J.D. Power III, chairman and founder of J.D. Power and Associates, tonight personally presented the company's prestigious Chairman's Award to DENSO Corporation at the Morgan Stanley - J.D. Power and Associates Automotive Excellence Recognition event, held at...
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03-22-02
Calvert Social Index Pending Actions
The Calvert Social Research Department has submitted the following recommendations regarding actions within the Calvert Social Index(TM).
If approved, the following recommendations will be effective when the Calvert Social Index Committee convenes its quarterly m...
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03-21-02
Domini Social Investments Continues Push for Increased Corporate Accountability
Domini Social Investments, manager of the Domini Social Equity Fund (NASDAQ: DSEFX), announced today the publication of its seventh annual Proxy Voting Guidelines and Shareholder Activism booklet. Three years ago, the firm became the first mutual fund company in America to p...
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03-19-02
What Brings Us Together: Have We Reached a Critical Turning Point?
Fund For Global Awakening (FFGA), a California-based not-for-profit organization, announces the release of a groundbreaking research study of American values, attitudes and beliefs: the In Our Own Words 2000 Research Program (IOOW 2000). This large-scale, landmark research s...
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03-14-02
Calvert Social Index(TM) Quarterly Rebalancing Notification
The Calvert Social Index Committee ("Index Committee") met today to review and approve changes to the Calvert Social Index. The Index Committee meets every quarter to review the component companies of the Index for corporate actions (i.e., spin-offs, mergers and acquisition...
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03-14-02
DOMINI Selected to Manage New York City Assets
New York--Domini Social Investments LLC, manager of the Domini Social Equity Fund (NASDAQ:DSEFX), the nation's oldest and largest socially responsible index fund, has been selected to manage the "socially responsible account" within the City of New York Deferred Compensation...
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03-13-02
Schwab Survey Reveals The Lessons of Enron May Still be Unclear
The collapse of Enron stock has made the vast majority of investors think twice about the way they invest. In fact, 72 percent admit they have changed their investment behavior as a direct result of Enron news, according to a new survey from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Ye...
