News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the finance industry.
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10-25-10
/PRNewswire/ - Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced that Rod Griffin, Experian's director of public education, will be speaking at the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development's Third Annual Financial Literacy Leader...
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10-21-10
U.S. Navy physician, humanitarian, television personality and endurance athlete, Lieutenant Commander Andrew Baldwin, M.D., announced that he will join forces with financial services leader ING and New York Road Runners as he takes on the 26.2 mile ING New York City Marathon...
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10-20-10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BNY Mellon, the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, announced today that it has received a 2010 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The annual awards recognize the country's leadin...
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10-20-10
Kiva.org, the world's first personal micro-lending website, and Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a global payments technology company, today announced a partnership to help U.S. small businesses access and benefit from microloans. Supported by a $1 million contribution from Visa, the pa...
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10-19-10
/PRNewswire/ - Legg Mason, Inc., (NYSE: LM) today announced that is has been awarded LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified Gold for the space it occupies at its headquarters in Harbor East. The certification is established by the U.S. Green Buildin...
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10-11-10
ING, for the fifth consecutive year, has received a perfect score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2011 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a survey that assesses American workplaces on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
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10-04-10
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in the money-transfer segment of global payments, today announced it has helped raise more than $1,265,000 in support of earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
Western Union, in cooperation with its A...
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09-22-10
For the fourth consecutive year, Bradesco adopted the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) directives for its 2009 Sustainability Report. It also used specific indicators, guided by the GRI’s Financial Services Sector Supplement which can be read
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09-21-10
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced that it is a Founding Partner of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The Alliance, convened by the United Nations Foundation, is a private-public partnership that aims to save lives, empower women, reduce climate change emissio...
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09-21-10
In a celebration of America's young people and the communities most dedicated to helping local youth graduate from high school, America's Promise Alliance (the Alliance) today announced its 2010 list of 100 Best Communities for Young People presented by ING. An inte...