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01-30-14
In a landmark achievement in the fight against conflict minerals, the leading industry initiative on conflict minerals, the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), has validated conflict-free smelters or refiners of all four conflict minerals for the first time in the initiative’s five-year his...
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01-29-14
As part of its complete redesign of the popular All for Good volunteer marketplace, Points of Light today unveiled a critical advance in the staffing of volunteer-based recovery efforts after disasters.
The new disaster portal, fou...
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01-28-14
Global Easy Water Products (GEWP), a leading social enterprise has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with ...
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01-27-14
The Points of Light Civic Accelerator today announced it will invest $50,000 each in Kindoma and IDignity, two startups – on...
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01-21-14
Companies around the world are struggling to make progress on climate change, resource efficiency and natural capital dependency, according to the 2014 State of Green Business report published by GreenBiz Group in partnership with Trucost plc.
The seventh annual edition of the rep...
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01-15-14
Nearly 500 leading investors meeting today at the United Nations see major growth potential for ramping up green bonds and other clean energy investments to the levels necessary in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Despite a drop in global clean energy investments in 2013...
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01-15-14
As the leading industry initiative on conflict minerals, the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) calls on more companies to join the effort to become conflict-free by becoming CFSI members. A five-year, joint industry effort by over 120 companies from seven different industries, the CFSI pro...
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01-13-14
On Wednesday, January 15, 2014, more than 500 global financial leaders will gather at the United Nations to discuss the growing urgency of climate change and investor actions that are needed to mitigate escalating economic risks. The all-day gathering will include key players in the climate debat...
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12-23-13
Leading Indian based social enterprise Babajob has announced it will join the Business Call to Action (BCtA) w...
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12-20-13
The Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) announced the findings today from its 2013 Corporate Governance Study (CGS) revealing little progress for Hispanic inclusion on corporate boards over the last 20 years.
T...