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CleanerSolutions Database Ethical banking An ethical bank, also known as a social, alternative, civic, or sustainable bank, is a bank concerned with the social and environmental impacts of its investments and loans. Ethical banks are part of a larger societal movement, called "Banktivism," which calls for a move towards more social and environmental responsibility in the financial sector. This movement includes: ethical investment, socially responsible investment, corporate social responsibility, and is also related to such movements as the fair trade movement, ethical consumerism, etc. The most notable association for ethical banking is the Global Alliance for Banking on Values. History[edit] Historically banks have been viewed solely as financial institutions, which should concern themselves with all things financial. Potential for banks to create environmentally and socially conscious business practices[edit] Some businesses externalize costs onto the environment and society. Ethical initiatives[edit] Discussion[edit]

Governance Metrics International FTSE KLD 400 Social Index This FTSE KLD 400 Social Index was launched in 1990 and is designed to help socially conscious investors weigh social and environmental factors in their investment choices. The eligible universe for the KLD400 is the 3,000 largest U.S. companies (by float-adjusted market capitalization) in the U.S. equity market. KLD selects the eligible universe index on April 15 (or closest business day) of each year. KLD defines U.S. equity as follows: U.S. headquarters Primary market listing is the NYSE or NASDAQ Companies with non-U.S. incorporation for tax or regulatory purposes are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. KLD follows the rules of the FTSE AWD USA Index. The following types of equities are not eligible for the KLD400:

Solar Photovoltaic Research, Analysis & Consulting | PHOTON Consulting Kylo Browser The ethical partnership ltd 2.5D 2.5D ("two-and-a-half-dimensional"), ¾ perspective and pseudo-3D are terms, mainly in the video game industry, used to describe either 2D graphical projections and similar techniques used to cause a series of images (or scenes) to simulate the appearance of being three-dimensional (3D) when in fact they are not, or gameplay in an otherwise three-dimensional video game that is restricted to a two-dimensional plane. Common in video games, these projections have also been useful in geographic visualization (GVIS) to help understand visual-cognitive spatial representations or 3D visualization.[1] The terms ¾ perspective and ¾ view trace their origins to portraiture and facial recognition, where they are used to describe a view of a person's face which is partway between a frontal view and a side view.[2] Computer graphics[edit] Axonometric & oblique projection[edit] Lincity tiles 2D axonometric graphical elements to create a 2.5D game environment. Anatomy of an axonometric sprite. Mode 7[edit]

Flattr - Social micropayments Investors - GTSO Resources New joint venture partner GTSO finalizes joint venture agreement with Chilerecicla, a top recycling company in Latin America, to expand its current operations in Chile to surrounding countries in Latin America. This new joint venture Chilerecicla E-Waste is a major step for GTSO Resources to expand its operations globally in an explosive region such as South America. Chilerecicla provides comprehensive management service and consultancy for the recycling of e-waste all over Chile and is rapidly expanding into other countries across Latin America. The corporate philosophy is to develop and promote sustainable business practices in companies producing or selling electronic equipment as well as proper disposal of e-waste for reuse. US and Global regulations supports urban mining future In 2010 only 27% of e-waste was recycled within the US and some 20 to 50 million metric tonnes of e-waste are generated worldwide every year. Learn more about traditional and urban mining now.

Researchers Discover Twitter-Controlled Bitcoin Bot F-Secure has discovered a bot that commands Twitter accounts to help in the generation of Bitcoins. Security firm F-Secure has discovered a bot that compromises Twitter accounts to help in the generation of Bitcoins. Bitcoin is a decentralized virtual currency that was formed by programmers in 2009, and is generated by programming computers to calculate highly complex math problems. The more computing power you have, the faster you can create Bitcoins; this is why Bitcoin rigs often look like massive sculptures of connected servers. According to an F-Secure blog post, the Twitter-based command below generates a bot that can control the Twitter user's computer and add it to a bitcoin mining rig. Last month Symantec blogged about the potential of creating botnets used to mine bitcoins, without the computer owner ever knowing. Bitcoin has found fans in libertarians, hackers of all shades, computer programmers, and more. For more, see "Which Bitcoin Exchange Can You Trust?"