MAKING CONNECTIONS.Learn how to use the economic power you have as a consumer to create a better world! Connections is the quarterly newsletter for members of the Co-op America Co-op America is a nonprofit membership organization based in the United States. It promotes ethical consumerism, dedicated to harnessing the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to promote social justice and environmental sustainability through helping Business Network and the Social Investment Forum. The 12-page newsletter is full of bite-sized chunks of information and contacts in 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, . Did you know that parents can get special CDs to help with day care expenses? That Green Seal certifies more than 80 products as environmentally sustainable? Or that the Pesticide pesticide, biological, physical, or chemical agent used to kill plants or animals that are harmful to people; in practice, the term pesticide is often applied only to chemical agents. Action Network publishes an Organic Cotton Directory listing more than 200 businesses? The newsletter is free to members of either group. CONTACT: Coop America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. , 1612 K Street NW, #600, Washington, DC 20006/(202)872-5307. |
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