Socially Responsible Investing

The Capital Farmers Actually Need

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Socially Responsible Investing

Unpacking Social Value: IWBI’s Sustainable Finance Leader Profile of the UN Global Compact Network USA

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

Events

Final Days to Save on #USCCFcircular Summit Registration!

We're in the FINAL days of Early Bird pricing to attend the fourth annual Sustainability and Circular Economy Summit May 9—10 in Washington, D.C.! Register before March 30 to get the lowest rates.

Environment

USISPF Announces Launch of CEO Water Alliance on World Water Day

The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), along with Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, today launched their CEO Water Alliance (CEWA) Initiative in New Delhi, which aims to bring together CEOs and other stakeholders to address the water crisis in India and create proactive measures that will promote sustainable usage of water.

Socially Responsible Investing

Weleda is Powering Her Potential through Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation is proud to welcome Weleda, a new $50,000 donor to our cause of global poverty alleviation. Weleda's generosity this year will fund approximately 275 microloans and 1,500 opportunities for microentrepreneurs and their family members to live a better life through microcredit.

Socially Responsible Investing

Making Waves: the Strategic Investor Initiative's CEO Investor Forum

The third CEO Investor Forum, held on February 26 in New York City, has received a lot of attention in the media as the effort to end short-termism on Wall Street gains increasing traction. Responsible Investor and the Financial Times wrote pre-event sneak peeks and Business Insider wrote five articles coming out of the CEO Investor Forum. Read the newsletter to learn more.

Philanthropy

VIDEO | Papyrus-Recycled Greetings is Powering Her Potential Through Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation is proud to share that Papyrus-Recycled Greetings, the founding member of the $100,000 Fund, has donated a total of $500,000 to fund 5,800 microloans and create 29,000 opportunities for microentrepreneurs and their family members to pull themselves out of poverty.

Socially Responsible Investing

CSRHub CEO Highlights Difficulty of Performing Well Across ESG Spectrum

Cynthia Figge, co-founder and CEO of CSRHub, joined Nareit for a video interview at Nareit’s 2018 ESG Forum in Seattle.

Figge described CSRHub, which she co-founded in 2007, as the “largest aggregation of ESG metrics worldwide.” CSRHub rates 17,000 companies on ESG measures and aggregates data from more than 500 sources, she noted.

Socially Responsible Investing

Case Study: Creating Positive Business Impacts for Exporters and Investors Through CSR

Export Development Canada helps Canadian companies look for business opportunities abroad, and uses sustainability data to do this. Read more about the different aspects CSR reporting plays for EDC's work.

Corporate Responsibility

Blackbaud & Leading Experts Team up to Release New eBook on the Future of CSR

This new ebook, “CSR 2020: Experts Look Ahead,” examines not only all the ways in which CSR has been evolving, but what companies will need to do in the next few years as expectations continue to increase.

Events

Sustainable Brands Seeks Entrepreneurs for Startup Business Competition

Sustainable Brands® recently opened submissions for its internationally recognized startup business competition Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO). Co-sponsored by Makersite and the RISN Incubator at Arizona State University, the competition will culminate at SB’18 Vancouver, June 4-7, with venture finalists presenting their early operational plans to business leaders and investors in the Sustainable Brands community.

Corporate Responsibility

Unilever's CEO Says That in 9 Years, No Investor Has Asked Him the Questions He's Waiting to Hear

Unilever CEO Paul Polman spoke at CECP's CEO Investor Forum in February about the need for prioritizing long-term value. While he's seen progress over the last decade, he has yet to have an investor ask him on an earnings call about topics like sustainability or diversity.

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