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11-10-15
Westpac Group Reports 2015 Sustainability Performance
The 2015 financial year marked the mid-point of Westpac Group’s five-year Sustainability Strategy.
This strategy recognises that for Westpac Group to prosper over the long term, so too must the communities in which it operates. Over almost two centuries, this view has motivated the bank to...
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10-23-15
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Announces Largest Expansion of Successful Campus Entrepreneurship Program "Blackstone LaunchPad" to Five Universities Across New York State
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced the largest expansion of its campus entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad, to five universities across the state of New York. New York becomes the eighth Blackstone LaunchPad region, following Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Mon...
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10-14-15
Western Union Supports Red Cross Relief for Southeast Flood Victims
To support communities and families affected by the recent severe flooding in the Southeast, The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, today announced it would enable consumers in the U.S. to give to the American Red Cross at no transfer fee, and the Western Union Foundation...
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10-07-15
Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR and TPG Jointly Host Inaugural Veterans Initiative Summit
Today Blackstone (NYSE:BX), KKR (NYSE: KKR), The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and TPG will jointly host the inaugural Veterans Initiative Summit to support the hiring of American veterans across private equity portfolio companies. The two-day summit will focus on how portfolio companies held by inv...
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10-02-15
SOS Children’s Villages Receives a US$200,000 Grant From the Western Union Foundation to Support Education in 15 African Countries
The Western Union Foundation, through its Agent Giving Program, and thirty-two Western Union Agents in Africa, today announced the donation of a US$200,000 grant to SOS Children’s Villages, confirming its continuous support for education. Dr. Israel Ofei of the International Senate for SOS Child...
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09-10-15
T. Rowe Price Releases 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
T. Rowe Price has released its 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, which details the firm’s efforts to p...
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09-10-15
Trillium Asset Management Announces Hiring of Jackson W. Robinson
Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) is pleased to announce that Jack Robinson has joined the firm as Vice Chair and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Robinson has over three decades of experience working in the field of sustainable and responsible investing (SRI), most recently at Brown Advisory.
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09-08-15
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Announces 2016 Blackstone Innovation Grants RFP
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced it is now accepting applications for the 2016 Blackstone Innovation Grants program, an annual...
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09-03-15
Alliance Data 2014 Corporate Responsibility Report Highlights Progress in Key Performance Areas, Establishes Multi-Year Goals
Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, issued its annual Corporate Responsibility report, which encompasses activities across the corporation, including i...
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09-01-15
Trillium Launches New Small / Mid Cap SRI Mutual Fund
Trillium Asset Management’s Small/Mid Cap Core investment strategy is now available to institutional investors as a mutual fund (Ticker: TSMDX), adding to the Portfolio 21 Global Equity Fund (Retail Ticker: PORTX / Institutional Ticker: PORIX) that the firm acquired at the end of 2014.
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