Green Investing Conference the New Site of the Global EthicMark® Award
Colorado Springs – November 5, 2010 — The SRI Conference, the largest and longest-running conference for the sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) and green investing industry, has announced that the EthicMark® Award will be presented at its 21st annual conference November 18 – 21 at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas.
World Business Academy Founding President Rinaldo Brutoco will present the 2010 EthicMark® Award. “We are very pleased that The SRI Conference will be hosting the 2010 award presentation,” said Rinaldo Brutoco. “The SRI Conference has a long track record demonstrating commitment and leadership to ethical, sustainable and responsible investing.”
Founded in 2004 by Hazel Henderson, author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, the EthicMark® Award recognizes socially responsible media campaigns by businesses, non-profit organizations, or individuals.
The World Business Academy executes the award with the Award’s co-sponsors, Ethical Markets Media, LLC, and the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business.
The 2010 conference, Responsible Investing in a Changing Financial Landscape, is produced by First Affirmative Financial Network in collaboration with many other organizations within the SRI industry.
“The SRI Conference is honored to be selected as the site of the 2010 EthicMark® Award presentation,” said First Affirmative President, Steve Schueth. “We look forward to a long and productive relationship with the World Business Academy and the EthicMark® Award.”
To register for the The SRI Conference, please go to http://www.sriintherockies.com/register.jsp or contact Conference Coordinator, Krystala Kalil, at 888-774-2663 / [email protected].
About First Affirmative Financial Network
First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC (www.FirstAffirmative.com) is an independent fee-only Registered Investment Advisor (SEC File #801-56587). The company, which manages about $670 million in client portfolios, offers consulting and asset management services through a nationwide network of investment professionals who specialize in serving socially conscious investors.
About the World Business Academy
The World Business Academy is a non-profit business think tank and network of business and thought leaders founded in 1986. Led by its Founding President, Rinaldo Brutoco, the Academy’s work and extensive publications address the challenge of innovation and values-driven leadership, renewable energy and climate change, sustainable business strategies, and global reconstruction.
About Ethical Markets Media, LLC
Ethical Markets Media works to reform markets and grow the green economy worldwide, providing news and perspective with the Green Transition Scoreboard®, the Transforming Finance initiative and with reports, articles, newsletters and analysis by Hazel Henderson, founder and president, on EthicalMarkets.com and Ethicalmarkets.tv.
Media Questions
Mo Shafroth for First Affirmative and The SRI Conference: 720-470-3653 / [email protected]
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