First Exclusively Green Investment Bank
July 13, 2009 by admin
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Greentech Capital Advisors, LLC, the only dedicated alternative energy and cleantech focused investment bank, today formally launched the firm, announcing a unique and significant set of capabilities and senior professionals. The firm’s singular focus on the alternative energy space, a dynamic and expanding sector driven by climate change, fills... [Read more...]
SC Malaysia Nurtures the Nation’s Brightest
July 10, 2009 by admin
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The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) gave out scholarships yesterday to nine of the brightest students in Malaysia. This scholarship award is part of ongoing SC efforts to develop the Malaysian capital market talent pool, and will enable these new scholars to pursue their studies in key fields. The nine deserving recipients of the scholarships are... [Read more...]
Prime Minister’s CSR Awards
July 9, 2009 by admin
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The Prime Minister’s CSR Awards, launched by the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development in 2007, aims to recognise companies that have made a difference to the communities in which they operate through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes. [Read more...] Read More →
Making Government Data Useable
July 8, 2009 by admin
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CorpWatch.org, with support from the Sunlight Foundation, announces release of the CrocTail application and open CorpWatch API. CrocTail provides an interface for browsing information about several hundred thousand U.S. publicly traded corporations and their many foreign and domestic subsidiaries. Information from company Securities and Exchange... [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Community Impact
July 7, 2009 by admin
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ThosMicrosoft has unveiled an online resource that showcases the company’s impact on local communities globally. The new tool named Microsoft Local Impact Map (www.microsoft.com/LocalImpactMap) chronicles over 350 case studies and a wealth of data that demonstrate how Microsoft’s partnerships and technology are positively impacting over... [Read more...]
Social Enterprise: Using Microcredit to Help to Lift the Poor Out of Poverty Yet Still Post Dramatic Growth
Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge Microentrepreneur (centre) and family Many institutions around the world are turning to microfinance both as a strategy to help lift the poor out of the poverty trap and to make a decent return on investment. While the business gains from lending money to those who earn only about one or two dollars a day may seem... [Read more...]
The Corporate Social Responsibility & Governance Conference 2009
By Chironjit Das The Corporate Social Responsibility & Governance Conference 2009 was held at Crown Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 11 and 12 March 2009. Some progress has been made in Malaysia in terms of incorporating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in businesses through the government granting tax incentives, the setting up of Putrajaya... [Read more...]
