October 2014 – Investing in Your Own Community

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Back to October 2014 Issue   1800Recycling.com, an interactive website dedicated to enhancing and democratizing the consumer recycling experience, has announced a new partnership with the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry. The partnership will help educate 1800Recycling’s users about scrap recycling and will provide them access to ISRI’s

Transaction follows earlier purchase of Justmeans.com and consolidates independent CSR-related news distribution services 3BL Media, the leading news distribution and content marketing platform for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability information, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of CSRwire. This acquisition completes the consolidation of independent CSR and sustainability news distribution services, following

Back to October 2014 Issue   The first two quarters of 2014 show the Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) at $5.7 trillion in private investments and commitments since 2007. This confirms the green economy is on track to reach $10 trillion in investments by 2020 to effectively scale innovations and reduce costs in green technologies as

Back to October 2014 Issue   The movement to divest from fossil fuel companies, led principally by 350.org, has been growing rapidly. More and more, investors want to rid their portfolios of coal, oil and gas companies, and invest in more sustainable companies. Green Century’s fossil fuel free Equity Fund (http://greencentury.com/our-funds/equity-fund ) surpassed $100 million

Back to October 2014 Issue By Barbara Strickland and Matt Gaulding Venture Greenhouse 2.0 relaunched in San Rafael, CA in July 2014 to welcome its first cohort of 11 entrepreneurs representing various industries. Venture Greenhouse 2.0 is a Marin County-based business accelerator, helping entrepreneurs from the greater San Francisco Bay Area launch and scale their

Back to October 2014 Issue   The Buckminster Fuller Institute ( http://bfi.org ) is pleased to announce the Semi-Finalists for the 2014 Fuller Challenge. Named “Socially Responsible Design’s Highest Award”, the Fuller Challenge invites scientists, designers, architects, activists, entrepreneurs, artists and planners from all over the world to submit their innovative solutions to some of

Back to October 2014 Issue by David Levine, Co-founder/CEO, and Richard Eidlin, Public Policy Director American Sustainable Business Council       Great opportunities lie ahead for America: strong consumer buying power from a workforce that is productively employed in meaningful work, financial stability, accessible health care, food security, and a clean and healthy environment.

by Steve Schueth and George Gay, First Affirmative Financial Network       How time flies! When your work is in service to humanity; when your business has a higher purpose; when you are on the “bleeding edge” of birthing and growing a new industry; when at the end of almost every day you feel

By Cece Derringer, Homewise Director of Resource Development and Communications   A new survey published in May 2014 by the Global Impact Investing Network and J.P. Morgan offers clear evidence of the impressive growth of impact investing. The survey, the authors’ fourth annual report on the state of impact investing, queried leading fund managers, foundations,