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The Connection Between Biodiversity, Finance and Sustainable Prosperity
Sustainable Finance: To combat the so-called "Sixth Extinction," we must put a price tag on healthy ecosystems. The financial sector can help Approximately 10,000 new species are discovered every year. Last year, more than 18,000 new species were officially described. (Check out the Top 10 New Species List recently released by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University to see their picks for the most intriguing new species.) It's clear that there are untold numbers of unknown Earthlings out there (most seem to be located in the Amazon River basin), but what's also true is that we are living through what scientists have ...
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Green Social Enterprise from Ghana Wins UN Award
Social Enterprise: Recnowa Initiative, a unique social enterprise contributing to Ghana's green economy, has been chosen for the 2011 UNEP...
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The Hottest Trend in Microfinance: Village Savings and Loan Associations
Sustainable Finance: "Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), based in the community, are complementary to MFIs, tending to serve the...
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SEC Settlements: Justice Served or Hush Money?
Sustainable Finance: "[T]he S.E.C., of all agencies, has a duty, inherent in its statutory mission, to see that the truth emerges." -- Judge...
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The Tiny Solar Cell That Could Make a Big Difference in Sustainable Energy
Corporate Social Responsibility: As we hurl past the darkest period of the year, let's hear it for some bright news on the sustainable energy front. Th...
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Top 10 Scandals, Arrests, Lawsuits and Settlements that Rocked the Financial World in 2011
Sustainable Finance: "Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources." -- Aristotle For those who like juicy scandals...
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Cheryl Heller: An Exclusive Justmeans Q&A
Sustainable Finance: Cheryl Heller is the chair of a new MFA program launching in the fall of 2012 at the School of Visual Arts in New York...
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Exciting, Interactive Social Innovation Campaign Supporting UK's Soldiers This Christmas
Social Enterprise: The ABF's Soldiers' Charity has created a fantastic social innovation Christmas campaign to thank the U.K.'s brave ¬ser...
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Indian Social Enterprise Lighting up Village Schools
Social Enterprise: The students at the Mahalaxmi School in Nivaragi village in Karnataka, India carry a unique product in their school bag...
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Xerox Celebrates Sustainability and Social Responsibility Achievements in 2011
Corporate Social Responsibility: Xerox Corporation is feeling pretty good about itself at the end of 2011. The company is folding the year with several...
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Science and Fashion Work Together Creating Social Innovation Fabrics
Social Enterprise: Engineers in China have created a social innovation self-cleaning cotton fabric. It has a chemical coating that causes...
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Kentucky Hospital Installs Sustainable Energy
Corporate Social Responsibility: Rockcastle Regional hospital in Kentucky has installed 210 solar modules on top of its Outpatients Services Center. It...
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Celebrating Sustainability In Public Works
Corporate Social Responsibility: Two Californian civic buildings have earned a coveted B.E.S.T. in Public Works title from the American Public Works ****...
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Social Innovators Honored by the Americas Business Council
Social Enterprise: The Americas Business Council Foundation, a unique think-do-tank that seeks to find solutions to pressing social and en...
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SEED Awards 2011: The UN Honors Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship in Developing Nations
Sustainable Finance: "The SEED Award winners are true examples of what a greener economy can look like." -- Julia Marton-Lefevre, Director G...
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The Social Innovation of Pedal Power in Uganda Brings Ape Films to Life
Social Enterprise: This is a story about social innovation and the Great Apes Film Initiative, an organisation that aims to bring conserva...
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The Green Envelope Please: The 2012 FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards
Sustainable Finance: "These awards recognize the key role that sustainable finance can play in creating jobs, fighting climate change, and i...
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The 112th House of Representatives Is the Most Anti-Environment House in American History
Sustainable Finance: "The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. It's all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax." -- Rep. Mi...
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Toronto to get a Center for Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise: Toronto is all set to get a premier center for social innovation called the David Pecaut Center for Social Enterprise....
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Facebook Embraces Social Innovation and Thinks Green
Social Enterprise: Facebook is embracing social innovation and going greenyes, green! It has announced it will move away from coal and...
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Canadian Social Entrepreneur Creates an Online Platform for Social Innovators
Social Enterprise: A 25-year old Ottawa social entrepreneur, Kanika Gupta, has launched an online platform called Social Journal for young...
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