Finance
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the finance industry.
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03-15-11
KeyBank Renovated Office Space in Higbee Building Earns Gold LEED(R) Certification; Investment in Historic Building Bolsters Downtown Cleveland
/PRNewswire/ - KeyBank's renovation of three floors in the historic Higbee Building on Public Square has been awarded LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project's progressive workspace features a number of sustainability features, from automa...
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03-04-11
EDC-PDAC Workshop: Social and Human Rights Issues in Mining Projects
Export Development Canada (EDC) will host a day-long workshop on good practices for managing social and human rights issues at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) annual conference on Sunday, March 6.
"While mining com...
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03-01-11
America's Promise Alliance and the ING Foundation Launch 100 Best Communities for Young People Application Drive
America's Promise Alliance and the ING Foundation today announced the call for submissions for this year's
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02-28-11
UNDP and Western Union Foundation Join Forces to Channel Remittances for Development
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Western Union Foundation today announced a US$500,000 initiative to assist Filipino and Moroccan migrants living and working abroad to contribute to sustainable local development in their home countries.
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02-25-11
Microfinance Industry Issues Collaborative Report on Orderly Debt Restructurings of Microfinance Institutions
The International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI) today issued a report, sponsored by Morgan Stanley, on best practices and guidelines for handling debt defaults by microfinance institutions (MFIs). In the recent past, several factors - such as increased capita...
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02-16-11
Visa and Leading Humanitarian Aid Organizations Partner to Improve Speed and Efficiency of Relief Payments in Times of Disaster
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), the global payments technology leader, and the Cash Learning Partnership, a consortium of leading humanitarian aid organizations, today announced a new partnership aimed at making the distribution of money to individuals - or cash transfers - in disaster ...
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02-11-11
Danske Bank Group (CPH:DANSKE) publishes 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
The 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report from The Danske Bank Group describes the dilemmas that are an unavoidable part of working extensively with responsibility in each of four focus areas: Business, employees, environment and society. Whilst accounting for the economic, environmental, and ...
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02-10-11
Morgan Stanley Commits $500 Million to Enable Small Businesses to Increase Investments and Create Jobs
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today the launch of a new initiative to help deliver up to $500 million of credit to small businesses seeking to increase investment and create new jobs.
In collaboration with national nonprofits and local c...
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02-08-11
New York City Partners with Morgan Stanley to Support New Jobs-Plus Site in Bronx, NY
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity, and Morgan Stanley announced a $500,000 grant by Morgan Stanley to support job training and placement services at a new Bronx site of "Jobs-Plus," a neighborhood-based workforce development p...
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02-01-11
ING and the Competitor Group Align to Launch Kids Running Series
Staggering statistics indicate a generation of kids risk becoming the first to see a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
ING is taking steps to change their future by partnering with the Competitor Group, Inc., as the title sponsor of se...
