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		<title>Oil Disaster Threatens Atlantic Bluefin Tuna</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie Renner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Affirmative continues to work with colleagues to encourage companies that sell seafood to adopt sustainable procurement policies.]]></description>
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		<title>Well Made Campaign Fights Slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Laks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...A campaign focused on helping companies, investors, governments and advocacy groups take a leadership role in addressing trafficking and modern-day slavery among migrant worker populations]]></description>
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		<title>Top CEOs Focus on Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Laks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The understanding that sustainability is no longer a separate concern from profitability has made its way into the core decision making of mainstream corporate boardrooms.]]></description>
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		<title>Video Conferencing for a Low-Carbon Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie Renner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report finds video conferencing could replace enough business travel over the next ten years to reduce GHG emissions equivalent to the annual emissions produced by nearly 875,000 cars.]]></description>
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		<title>High Demand for Base Camp SRI New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Laks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRI in the Rockies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Growing interest in sustainable and responsible investing…]]></description>
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		<title>First Affirmative Endorses the Forest Footprint Disclosure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 20:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie Renner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FFD Project helps investors identify how an organization’s activities and supply chains contribute to deforestation…]]></description>
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		<title>Green Investing Video Interview with Steve Schueth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie Renner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Moss of Channel 9 News in Denver interviews Steve Schueth, President of First Affirmative, about green investing and the company's Denver BaseCamp conference for financial planners.]]></description>
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		<title>A Historic Step for For-Benefit Corporations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 16:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Laks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These “B Corporations” are a new class of corporation that is structured with a legal responsibility to consider the company’s material impact on employees, community and the environment ]]></description>
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		<title>The Economy: Real Progress, Yet Widespread Negativity Remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin O&#39;Keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is mounting evi­dence that the economic recovery now underway will gain momentum...]]></description>
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		<title>Big Losses Followed by Big Gains: The Math of Loss and Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin O&#39;Keefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why so many investors might still feel beaten up by the stock market during the past couple of years, in spite of the tremendous market rally of the past twelve months.]]></description>
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