Healthpoint Services delivers healthcare to remote villages in India We are proud to report that Calvert Foundation borrower Healthpoint Services won the Health, Water and Sanitation Award for Emerging Enterprises earlier this month at the annual Sankalp Forum in Mumbai, India. Healthpoint was lauded among accomplished peers for its e-healthpoint …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Søren Bertelsen
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Søren Bertelsen, CFA, Chief Portfolio Manager, BI SICAV Global Emerging Markets Debt SRI, Denmark – June 24, 2011 By Geoffrey on June 23, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions …
Support builds for proposed NLRB rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2011 CONTACT: Zoe Bridges-Curry (202) 822-2127 [email protected] HOW IT’S PLAYING: CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, FORMER NLRB MEMBERS, ADVOCATES, AND FAITH GROUPS APPLAUD PROPOSED NLRB RULE CHANGES Washington, DC — Congressional leaders, advocacy organizations, faith groups, and former National Labor Relations Board members joined labor unions and workers’ …
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Amol Titus
An interview from Emerging Markets ESG Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Amol Titus, CEO, IndonesiaWISE – June 17, 2011 By Geoffrey on June 17, 2011 Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI …
ASBC Policy Update: June 14, 2011
ASBC Policy Update–June 14, 2011 Actions for Partners Only Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Address ASBC Partners and Business Supporters June 15th, 4:30 p.m. EDT Join us in a conversation with Rep. Keith Ellison about small business, energy, taxes, and other important issues facing Congress. Rep. Ellison is the co-chair …
IIRC Secretariat – Pilot Programme & Communications
IIRC Secretariat – Pilot Programme & Communications The Pilot Programme is an opportunity for a select group of companies to demonstrate their leadership in Integrated Reporting through participation in a two-year programme, starting in October. Integrated Reporting makes clear the linkages between an organization’s strategy, governance and financial performance and …
Dexia: Demography – Challenges and opportunities in a changing world
Dexia: Demography – Challenges and opportunities in a changing world UN Global Compact & Accenture: Towards a New Era of Sustainability in the Consumer Goods Industry China Greentech Initiative: China Greentech report CarbonTracker: Unburnable Carbon – Systemic risk in the capital markets Click here to read the newsletter
Is your nest egg funding the corporate agenda?
An article from Public Citizen Newly emboldened by the U.S. Supreme Court’s disastrous ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate CEOs will be spending unprecedented millions to influence elections in 2012. If you or someone you know has a 401(k), a similar retirement account or other investments, the …
UN Environment Talks: Financial Transactions Tax Needed to Fund Climate Action
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 123/140611 UN Environment Talks: Financial Transactions Tax Needed to Fund Climate Action Brussels, 14 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions and civil society allies are calling on this week’s UN climate meeting in Bonn to endorse a financial transactions tax to help meet …
Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 114/000611 Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work World Day for Decent Work 2011 Brussels, 14 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): For the fourth year in a row, trade unions and labour rights organisations across the world will mobilise again on 7 October in favour …