A World Bank For A New World

kristyReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

A World Bank For A New World By Jeffrey Sachs* The world is at a crossroads. Either the global community will join together to fight poverty, resource depletion and climate change, or it will face a generation of resource wars, political instability and environmental ruin. The World Bank, if properly …

Community Development Credit Unions Take Center Stage in New York City – For Immediate Release

kristyReforming Global Finance, Community Development Solutions

Community Development Credit Unions Take Center Stage in New York City Launch International Year of Coops, NYC Coop Year & Teach-in at The New School (October 8, 2011 – New York, NY) New York City was the site of a series of local and international events that highlighted the growing …

United Nations Mother Earth Day

kristyGlobal Citizen

April 2011 JOIN CPS TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS & MOTHER EARTH Mother’s Day is around the corner, and we want to invite you to honor your own mother and Mother Earth by joining with us to build a more caring, sustainable world. We have exiting news: UNITED NATIONS MOTHER EARTH DAY …

Barriers to Global Scale

kristyGlobal Citizen

From the publication of Social Edge News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! “In the business world, great ideas, driven by entrepreneurs, grow to serve customers around the world. But social entrepreneurs see no such market forces in their fields,” note this week’s hosts Konstanze Frischen, Jon …

CSR Asia Weekly Vol.6 Week 46

Ethical MarketsSRI/ESG News

Improving corporate community involvement through a human rights based approach by Michelle Brown Many companies want to make a positive contribution to the communities they are a part of, they do business in, they sell to or they source from. This of course will be primarily through how they manage …

The William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition

kristyCommunity Development Solutions, Trendspotting

The William James Foundation seeks to identify, support, and reward the best new ideas in sustainable business. We primarily do this through our Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition. If you’re launching a for-profit organization that has integrated social and/or environmental sustainability into how you do business, we encourage you to …