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CleanStar Mozambique: Food, Fuel and Forests at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Marc Gunther, FORTUNE magazine

What on earth is Novozymes, a $1.8-billion industrial biotechnology company headquartered in Denmark, doing in Mozambique, a poor African country (per capita income: $440) where corruption is rampant and more than half of the government’s budget comes from foreign aid? more[...]

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Macqueen, Duncan

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Banco Multiple León

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The REDvolución – Combating Spain´s High Unemployment

Margarita Álvarez
Lilian Furrer
Adecco Group

Adecco, the world’s leading provider of HR solutions, took unprecedented action on the streets of Spain on October 27, 2011. The aim was to use its expertise to help people unlock their potential, make a step into work, and integrate into society in an innovative and high- impact way. Driven by the belief that work is a fundamental right and a basic need, Adecco’s REDvolución initiative focused upon combating Spain’s rising unemployment and on lending a helping hand to as many people as possible. At the end of 2011, around 5.3 million people – or close to 23 percent of the working population – were out of work. more[...] login_required

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Rio+ 20: A mirror of the new direction to global governance?

Karen Rieckmann

When you look at global media coverage or talk to NGOs, all seem to agree: The Rio+20 summit was a failure and a setback on the road to sustainable development. But was it really a failure? And do all agree? Karen Rieckmann analyses the feedback in the BRIC countries and comes to a more differentiated view of the summit outcomes. more[...]

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Investor Influence on Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance Performance

Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School

Whilst corporate social responsibility has been much studied there is little evidence concerning the factors that encourage or hinder environmental, social and governance investment. Willam Rees takes the view that climate change, the failure of corporate governance contributing to the financial crisis and problems with the ethical approach of firms and wealth inequalities, particularly in developing economies, all point to the importance of corporate social responsibility in general and ESG in particular. more[...] login_required

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The FTSE4Good Effect: The Impact of Responsible Investment Indices on Environmental Management

Prof. Bill Rees, University of Edinburgh Business School

What drives corporate activity regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) in general and environmental management in particular constitutes one of the key questions in both CSR research and the development of CSR initiatives. The interest in the potential drivers of enhanced CSR practices is further fuelled by the rapid development of various private CSR initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, responsible investment (RI) indices, different ranking schemes and disclosure tools (e.g. the Toxic Release Inventory, the Carbon Disclosure Project). more[...] login_required

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Sustaining Finance and Financing Sustainability in the Middle East

Arab African International Bank

Arab African International Bank (AAIB) believes in the significance of conserving the global environment for future generations and realizes the major role it has to play regarding this increasingly important issue. AAIB was the first bank in Egypt and the second in the region to adopt the Equator Principles to appraise projects’ financing while taking into consideration the social, ethical, and environmental hazards. more[...]

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Mosaddeq Ahmed, Nafeez

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Towards an ´Energy Plus´ - Approach for the Poor

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

New analysis from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), based on case studies from across Asia and the Pacific, calls for a set of 'energy plus” services – one that combines access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity, with measures that generate cash, supplement incomes and improve health and education. more[...] login_required

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Link CSR & SRI better!

Prof. Hanns Michael Hölz

Stock markets and economies are collapsing worldwide. Politicians are fervently putting together rescue packages. And the public is carrying on heated discussions about morality, bonuses and the new modesty. We talked to the sustainability expert at Deutsche Bank, Hanns-Michael Hölz, about the financial crisis, its lessons and the consequences for sustainable investment. more[...] login_required

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Providing Know-how

Mireille Cayreyre, Sanofi Aventis

Accessibility and availability of products are as well as the training of good heath care professionals the key problems in rural areas in Africa. We talked about that with Mireille Cayreyre from Sanofi-Aventis. more[...] login_required

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Partnering for Global Impact Conference

EBD Group

Partnering for Global Impact® is a new partnering conference to facilitate transactions in social investing and philanthropy through one-to-one meetings. Partnering for Global Impact provides an innovative forum to partner, identify and generate investment and funding opportunities. more[...] login_required

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SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing

First Affirmative Financial Network

The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing (formerly SRI in the Rockies) is the premier annual gathering of investors and investment professionals working to direct the flow of investment capital to enhance the common good. The SRI Conference offers many opportunities to meet and learn from passionate, creative people from all corners of the sustainable, responsible, impact investing (SRI) industry in the United States and around the world. more[...] login_required

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