Finance

WASHINGTON DC - January 17, 2008 - The Social Responsibility Team in the Sustainability Business Innovator (SBI) focuses on developing market based solutions that hold the promise of delivering social benefits for local communities, and that leverage the strengths of communi...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 16, 2008 - What do an egg producer in China, a plastic pipe manufacturer in Brazil, and a chemical producer in India have in common? These companies each gained a competitive advantage by developing business strategies to become environmentally and...

MIAMI, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gigi Fernandez will trade in her tennis racket for a pair of orange shoelaces on Sunday, January 27 as she partners with global financial services leader ING and the company's Run for Something Better program during the 2008 ING Miami...

SAN DIEGO, January 15, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego nonprofits working to improve the environment are the recipients of the first and largest set of environmental grants provided by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation in California since announcing its $20 billion En...

Corporate responsibility is an important component of Commerzbank’s corporate culture, operative banking business and internal work processes. The bank’s second comprehensive CR-report published in December 2007 can be downloaded at

Westpac Banking Corporation has published its 2007 Stakeholder Impact Report - "Tomorrow"

“Tomorrow” details Westpac’s Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) performance against over...

WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2007 - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Mercer to undertake the first in-depth research on how prevalent environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors are in emerging market investments.

LONDON "“ November 23, 2007 - Standard Chartered is today launching a new programme to partner organisations across the world to educate their workforces and members about HIV/AIDS. The initiative is being undertaken as part of Standard Chartered’s global health commitment t...

KAMPALA, UGANDA - November 19, 2007 - A coalition of 15 banks from around the world is coming together in Uganda on November 19-20, 2007, to discuss how to increase access to finance for women entrepreneurs. This year's annual summit of the Global Banking Alliance for Women ...

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has released its first-ever triple bottom line Annual Report, entitled "Creating Opportunity".

The full report plus an online GRI Index are available at IFC’s Annual Report Web site, www.ifc.org/annualrepo...