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A Brazilian manufacturer of a native fabric from the Amazon, a chain of Mexican coffee shops specializing in organic coffee, and a producer of solar coffee dryers in Costa Rica have won the 2002 New Ventures business competition.
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Smaller businesses that have embraced CSR have found that there are some useful lessons to be learned by larger companies. By Alex Blyth
by Emily Rabin
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An increasing number of schools and nonprofit groups are collecting empty ink cartridges from computer printers for recycling. But the trend is being driven by more than environmental friendliness. There is a surprising amount of money in those hunks of plastic, some of which ends up paying for things like school computers and famine relief.
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Domini Social Investments, manager of the Domini Social Equity Fund, has asked its California shareholders to contact California Governor Gray Davis urging him to sign a bill recently passed by the California legislature that would make California the first state in the nation to curb automotive emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
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SRI World Group has published a new guide aimed at helping investors choose economically sound and socially and environmentally responsible investments.
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When pulp and paper mills in Gorham and Berlin, NH shut down last summer, 800-plus workers lost their jobs. And it appeared the mills and their contaminated properties would be abandoned, too, when the parent company declared bankruptcy. Large volumes of dangerous chemicals would also have been left behind if the mills had been permanently abandoned.
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The banking sector has responded far more slowly than other sectors to the new challenges that sustainability presents. The role of banks in contributing toward sustainable development is, however, potentially enormous. By Marcel Jeucken
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Look past climate treaties, clean-water laws, and environmental regulators. The real way to clean up the planet is through nimble entrepreneurs.
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Britain's Co-Operative Bank reported a record annual profit yesterday and said it was reaping the rewards of ethical investment.
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Fifty-nine manufacturers in Washington are participating in a new program that provides free technical assistance aimed at reducing the amount of hazardous waste and waste water they produce.
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Is the real world too complex for the nostrums of ethical investors? Maybe it's time for a more sophisticated view of corporate responsibility. By Jon Entine.
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Off the cuff and behind the scenes with Gregg Yorkison -- of the environmentally focused investment firm C.Y.G -- on environmentally responsible investing, promising environmental technologies, and securing investors. By Kelley Kreitz.
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Domini Social Investments LLC, manager of the Domini Social Equity Fund, the nation's oldest and largest socially responsible index fund, has been selected to manage the socially responsible account within the City of New York Deferred Compensation Plan, containing assets in excess of $190 million.
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Calvert Group Ltd., an investment company that manages socially responsible mutual funds, will provide additional options to participants in Pennsylvania’s new investment-based college savings plan.
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A report released last week by the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for a Sustainable Economy says the U.S. can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy security while strengthening the overall economy.
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Before Tuesday, September 11, an energy policy rooted in conservation, efficiency and use of renewable sources was strongly desirable. After Tuesday, September 11, such a policy became absolutely imperative.
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New York Gov. George Pataki honored four companies Monday for their efforts to reduce pollution at its source and promote cleaner air, land, and water in New York State.
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A small Utah company brews award-winning beers such as Cutthroat Pale Ale and Kings Peak Porter, and now it's doing it with power generated by the strong winds of Wyoming.