Citizens' Environmental Sustainability Expert Heads to Budapest to Lecture on Environmental and Occupational Health and Socially Responsible Investing.Business Editors PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004 Citizens Advisers today announced Vesela Veleva, Sc.D. will be lecturing before graduate students and faculty, at Central European University's (CEU CEU Continuing Education Unit CEU Central European University CEU College of Eastern Utah (Price, UT) CEU Centro Escolar University (Manila, Philippines) CEU Centro Escolar University ) Department of Environmental Sciences & Policy, February 13-19, 2004. In addition to lecturing on environmental and occupational health, Dr. Veleva also will introduce participants to the field of Socially Responsible Investing Socially responsible investing describes an investment strategy which combines the intentions to maximize both financial return and social good. In general, socially responsible investors favor corporate practices which are environmentally responsible, support workplace diversity, (SRI). Her presentation includes a brief history of SRI and its major components. Citizens' investment approach and screening criteria also will be discussed along with how SRI can serve as a driver for social change and sustainability. "CEU is highly regarded. I'm looking forward to addressing the role of SRI in an environmental context," said Ms. Veleva. "We are very pleased to have Dr. Veleva conduct a seminar on socially responsible investing," said Ruben Mnatsakanian, Ph.D., department head of the university's Environmental Sciences and Policy department. "Socially responsible investing is a new and important topic and we are delighted to have a representative from one of the leading SRI firms in the U.S. come and present," Mnatsakanian continued. Dr. Vesela Veleva is a social research analyst at Citizens Advisers and has over 12 years experience in the environmental and sustainability field. She holds a doctorate in Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production from the University of Massachusetts Lowell UMass Lowell was named the University of Lowell from 1975 to 1991, and was created from the merger of the Lowell Technological Institute and Lowell State College in 1975. These colleges in turn were originally named the Lowell Textile School, founded in 1895 to train technicians and . Central European University CEU was established in 1991 with campuses in Prague, Czech Republic, and Budapest, Hungary, after an idea of several Central European intellectuals received financial support from George Soros. (CEU) is an internationally recognized institution of post-graduate education in social sciences and humanities. With campuses located in Budapest, Hungary and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY, CEU operates pursuant to an absolute charter from the Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. of the State of New York. The official language of instruction is English. George Soros George Soros Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930, George Soros is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest investors. A famous hedge fund manager, Soros managed the Quantum Fund, a fund that achieved an average annual return of 30% from 1970-2000. , well known multi-billionaire and philanthropist, offered funding and support to establish the university. About Citizens Advisers As a leader in socially responsible investing (SRI), Citizens' mission is to generate superior returns by investing in companies that are fundamentally strong and socially responsible. Citizens offers individual and institutional investors a wide array of investment options, including domestic and international equity, fixed-income and money market products. |
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