Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CVS Health: Strengthening Health Through Housing

CVS Health

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mixed-Use: Green Housing and Social Enterprise

GreenMoney Journal

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Finding out Your Credit Score Won’t Hurt You

One day you look up and you realize, it’s happened, you’re an adult. You file taxes, you vote, you’re an independent member of society. The moment has come. You should find out what your credit score is.

Sustainable Development Goals

USAID Awards Tetra Tech $650 Million Contract for Land Tenure and Natural Resource Management Services

Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the Company a $650 million, multiple-award contract to develop innovative solutions to address land rights challenges around the world. Secure property rights provide a foundation for sustainable natural resource management, access to water resources, economic growth, and improved food security.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Ecocentricity Blog: The Devil Made Me Do It

Studies are accumulating that show that financial performance does not have to be sacrificed to create social good. A new crop of CEOs are passionately leading their companies in this new direction that seemed utter folly 25 years ago.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Circular Solution Helps Nestlé Save Water and Energy in Brazil

As the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé is committed to preserving resources for future generations. It aims to do so by reducing water use across its operations, using sustainably managed and renewable resources, and achieving its goal of zero waste. Ecolab’s Nalco Water business helped a Nestlé milk production plant in southeastern Brazil reduce energy use, water consumption and CO2 emissions.

Research, Reports & Publications

AccountAbility Releases Document on Key Changes Introduced in the AA1000AP (2018) and Bridge to Sustainability Reporting

AccountAbility is pleased to release a practical guidance document highlighting the key changes made to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP, 2018), as well as an overview of alignment with commonly used sustainability-related reporting standards and frameworks. The document serves to support both organisational users and assurance providers in effectively working with the AA1000AP (2018).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Keybank Provides $38.4 Million in Total Financing for the Construction of Affordable Housing in Texas

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $38.4 million in total financing for the construction of Del Valle Apartments in Austin, TX. The CDLI team provided a $9 million equity bridge loan, with a $29.4 million Freddie Mac Tax Exempt Loan (TEL) Forward Commitment component arranged by Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

A Simple Way to Make Sure You Have a Great Vacation Next Year

Yet every year, about two-thirds of Americans put everyday life behind them and set off for some R&R, according to a Gallup poll taken in December.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Far Too Few Americans are Ready for a Financial Emergency, New Survey Confirms

The majority of Americans are not setting aside enough money in emergency savings to cover a significant unexpected expense, according to a new survey from CIT Bank. That's a problem, because nearly half of American households were faced with emergency expenses in the past year.

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact Bulletin (August 2018)

On 24 September, join the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2018 to share achievements and discuss the challenges and opportunities business face in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Looking for practical guidance that can enable your company to better measure and report on your impact on the Global Goals? Check out UN Global Compact and GRI new practical guide to SDG Reporting.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Vital Farms: Making Lasting Change by Supporting Small Businesses

Back in 2007, when Matt and Catherine O’Hayer started pasture-raising hens, their thoughts were never just on the birds in their care, but in using whatever means at their disposal to affect lasting change. Directly, that meant challenging long-held assumptions in the food business – that sustainable could not mean scalable, and vice versa. That challenged Matt to pioneer an entirely new on-shelf category in the egg set – pasture-raised – and disrupt an industry that had become moribund and commoditized.

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