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A recent paper by Jonathan Morduch of the Financial Access Initiative and coauthors Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilova takes a look at the behavioral underpinnings of microfinance. The authors find that women with hyperbolic discount preferences -- i.e., individuals who have a tendency to give… Continue

I just read about this and wanted to share in case you missed it on PRNewswire.

Changes are coming! During 2009 proxy season, investors pushed climate change on top of companies' agendas, including a first-ever majority vote (51.2 percent) with IDACORP, an electric utility in Idaho, asking it to establish greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals.… Continue

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating agencies are struggling to balance the need to standardize CSR ratings with the need to differentiate their ratings from competitors'.
SocialFunds.com -- A growing body o… Continue

2008 Right Livelihood Awards honour champions of independent journalism, peace-building and social justice

The 2008 Right Livelihood Award of SEK 2 million is shared between four recipients:

Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan, and their organisation LAFTI (Land for the Tillers' Freedom) (India), who receive an Award "for two long lifetimes of work dedicated to realising in practice the Gandhian vision of social justice and sustainab… Continue

I found this very interesting article written by Craig Moss.

Craig Moss is Director of Corporate Programs and Training, at Social Accountability International (SAI). As Corporate Programs Director, Mr. Moss develops and manages programs to assist companies with continuous improvement in their supply chain.

" The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field has been searching for simple ways to measure the social compliance of companies and their

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