Nominations for Joan Bavaria Awards for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets

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Ceres is now soliciting nominations for the inaugural Joan Bavaria Awards for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets.  Ceres is joining with Trillium Asset Management Corporation to establish these awards in honor of the founder of both organizations, socially responsible investment pioneer Joan Bavaria.

Nominations for the awards are now being accepted via the Ceres website (http://www.ceres.org/bavaria_awards). The deadline for submitting nominations is February 1, 2008.  The Bavaria Awards will be presented at the Ceres 2008 Conference to be held April 29-30, 2008 in Boston.

The awards celebrate Bavaria's distinguished career and legacy in integrating social and environmental factors into the capital markets. A champion of social investing and a leader in the sustainability movement, Bavaria founded the Social Investment Forum in 1981, Trillium Asset Management in 1982, and Ceres in 1989.

Two awards will be given each year.  The Impact Award will go to an investor, company, or nonprofit group that has contributed a specific achievement resulting in lasting movement of the capital markets from a system focused on short-term profits toward one that balances financial prosperity with social and environmental health.  The Innovation Award will go to an investor, company, or nonprofit group whose recent work has the distinct potential to be a catalyst for long-term change of the same kind.

The five judges who will select this year's winners include experienced individuals at the forefront of the sustainability movement.  The panel includes: Ray Anderson, chairman and founder of Interface, Inc., the world's top manufacturer of modular carpet and a leader on corporate sustainability; Denis Hayes, president of the Bullitt Foundation and organizer of the first Earth Day; Mindy S. Lubber, president of Ceres and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk; Cheryl Smith, executive vice president of Trillium; and Ken Sylvester, assistant comptroller for pension policy of the New York City Comptroller’s Office, which oversees $70 billion in retirement fund assets.

For more information about Joan Bavaria or to submit a nomination for the awards, visit http://www.ceres.org/bavaria_awards or contact Scott Kleiman at kleiman@ceres.org or 617-247-0700 x42.

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