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News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the finance industry.
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12-13-07
Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX:WBC) publishes 2007 Stakeholder Impact Report
Westpac Banking Corporation has published its 2007 Stakeholder Impact Report - "Tomorrow"
“Tomorrow” details Westpac’s Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) performance against over...
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11-30-07
IFC and Mercer Launch First Sustainability Survey in Emerging Markets
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.
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11-23-07
Standard Chartered launches partnership programme to educate one million people about HIV/AIDS across the world
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...
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11-19-07
Innovating to Support Women Entrepreneurs
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 ...
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11-14-07
IFC publishes First Annual Triple Bottom Line Report - Creating Opportunity
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...
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11-12-07
Nationwide Building Society publishes Better Society Report
Nationwide Building Society has today published its fifth Better Society report at www.nationwide.co.uk/bettersociety
Examples of Nationwide’s responsible business approach include:
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10-26-07
EDC Adopts Equator Principles
OTTAWA - October 26, 2007 - Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced that it has become a signatory to the Equator Principles, an international financial industry benchmark for assessing and managing social and environmental risk in project financing.
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10-24-07
Comerica Bank Announces $100,000 in Contributions for Wildfire Relief in Three California Counties
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comerica Bank announced it is giving $100,000 to relief efforts for victims of the California wildfires. The bank also announced it was talking additional steps to aid small businesses and people who have been forced to evacuate...
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10-22-07
City Parks Foundation Honors ING at 2007 Annual Gala
NEW YORK, NY - October 22, 2007 - City Parks Foundation, on behalf of the 600,000 people served each year through its free arts, education and sports programs in New York City parks, will honor Thomas J. McInerney, ING Group Executive Board member, chairman and c...
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10-19-07
IFC and Donor Partners to Leverage Private Sector Potential in Addressing Climate Change
'ASHINGTON, D.C. - October 19, 2007 - IFC and its donor partners called today for an aggressive approach to leveraging private sector capital and innovation against climate change when they met during the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings.
IFC mana...
