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April 8, 2008 - Six major industry sectors are in particular danger from climate change risks, claims professional services organization KPMG today.

Aviation, healthcare, tourism, transport, oil and gas and the financial services sector all feat...

Standard Chartered has launched its Sustainability Review 2007 highlighting progress made in building a sustainable business.

The Review leaves no paper trail. In line with the Bank’s commitment to reduce paper use, the report is only available online:

SAN FRANCISCO - March 31, 2008 - Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) has released its 2007 Corporate Citizenship Report, showing how the Company is making progress in community involvement, team member volunteerism, financial education, environmental stewardship, workplace...

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...