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In 2007, Community Foundations of Canada began working with responsible investment experts to encourage and support the work of its members in the field of responsible investment. That work has led to an impressive collection of resources, made available here, for those who are interested in learning more about responsible investing from a foundation perspective. Special thanks to our pilot program advisors. Canada Education and Training on Responsible Investing for Canadian Foundations and Endowments: An Inventory and Needs Analysis Betsy Martin and Coro Strandberg for The Social Investment Organization, 2009 Sustainable ...
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Xtierra Inc. (CVE:XAG) is a Toronto-based company that has focused its attention on the Mexican states of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi, which are the center for Mexican precious and base metal production. Xtierra’s key properties are the Bilbao, Laguna, and the Pinos projects. Pacific Road Resource Funds, comprising two Australian-based and one international private equity funds, have an option to provide up to US$32.5 million of project construction capital for the Bilbao and Laguna projects. Near term production opportunities – targeting production in 2012 or sooner Drilling at Pinos ... Read More
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The government of Alberta, Canada and oil industry influence groups are investing in a PR campaign to counter the perception that oil sands mining is environmentally disastrous and worsens global warming pollution. Much of their effort is being spurred by the prospect of cleaner-fuel mandates across the United States, environmental groups say, which would shift incentives to low-carbon fuels. "I think that the oil industry is concerned," said Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of international programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). And they may well have reason to be troubled, observers note, as California moves ...
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