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SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Among the many people on hand today at the New York Stock Exchange to witness Visa Inc.'s (NYSE: V) first day of trading were 30 students from Kappa V Middle School in Brooklyn. The company brought the students to the exchang...

Washington, D.C. - March 12, 2008 "“ International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (SRSG), Professor John Ruggie of Harvard University, released today a consultation draft of the researc...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 11, 2008-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and ING Bank N.V. of the Netherlands have signed an agreement to help reduce methane emissions in Ukraine. The agreement takes place under the Netherlands European Carbon Facility, a joint facility o...

The Social Responsibility Program at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has received Environmental and Social Development Business Line funding toward the cost of conducting an assessment on the viability of implementing the Better Work Program in African agribusine...

WASHINGTON D.C. - February 7, 2008 - Jordan's Minister of Labor, Basem Khalil Al-Salem, today announced the launch of Better Work Jordan, a project designed by the International Labour Organization and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, that will help improve working co...

ANZ’s 2007 Corporate Responsibility (CR) results have been released in its third CR Report –'What’s the difference?'

The report includes case studies on material issues ANZ is managing, together with detai...

DUBAI - January 31, 2008 "“ Lars Thunell, Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, discussed sustainable banking today with the Middle Eastern banking community. He explained how the integration of social, environmental, and corporate govern...

NEW YORK, NY - January 30, 2008 "“ Catalyst today announced that ING U.S. Financial Services (USFS) and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. are the recipients of the 2008 Catalyst Award, the annual award that honors exceptional initiatives from companies that ...

MUMBAI - January 30, 2008 - Standard and Poor's, CRISIL and KLD Research & Analytics, the social and environmental research firm, today announced the launch of the S&P ESG India Index, the first investable index of companies whose business strategies and performance ...

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...