Sustainability

HARRISBURG - State Treasurer Barbara Hafer today announced that she has chosen Calvert Group, Ltd., best known as the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds, to provide additional options in the new, investment-based "Section 529" college savings plan. ...

BOSTON, USA - The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting institution, will be formally inaugurated at a luncheon event to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 4 April 2002 at 13:00. Incubating under the auspice...

Starbucks Coffee Company (UK) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX), announced an agreement today with the Fairtrade Foundation to sell Fairtrade Certified coffee in Starbucks stores in the UK.

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Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., a global leader in environmental and social investment research, announced today that it had joined with ABF Capital Management, a subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais Asset Management, in the launch of the new ABF Green Planet Fund.

Report Identifies Key Characteristics of Best PracticesInnovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., a global leader in environmental and social investment research, announced today that it had been named by MISTRA, The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, as one of t...

In conjunction with the expected release of GSK's 2001 full year fiscal results on Thursday, February 14th, United States Congresswoman Diane Watson (D, California) and AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the nation's largest provider of specialized HIV/AIDS medical care, hosted a s...

KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., a leading provider of social research services for institutional investors, and The Nasdaq Stock Market today announced the launch of the KLD-Nasdaq SocialSM Index (KLD-NSI), the first socially screened index of Nasdaq companies.

Calvert Asset Management Company, the Advisor to Calvert mutual funds, the nation's largest family of socially screened mutual funds, has filed 25 shareholder resolutions this 2002 proxy voting season with 2 late season filings pending on a range of issues including global l...

Today, the Calvert Social Investment Fund Equity Portfolio received Business Ethics magazine's Social Investment Award. This annual recognition is awarded to social investment funds that demonstrate above average performance and social leadership. The Calvert Social Invest...

CSR at national and European level The European Business Campaign on Corporate Social Responsibility is now taking off at national level in the form of the European CSR Marathon. The Campaign Marathon will link conferences in 12 major European cities before culminating in th...