As Climate Risk Sweeps Into Mainstream, Some Asset Managers Still Vote Against Most Climate Shareholder Proposals

As Ceres publishes its annual ranking of asset manager proxy voting on climate-related shareholder proposals for 2019 in the table below, we hope this data is helpful to asset managers and individual investors preparing for the 2020 proxy voting season.

Whole Planet Foundation Top Supplier Donors are Helping to Alleviate Poverty in the United States and Abroad

On Wednesday, March 11, Whole Planet Foundation launches its Annual Prosperity Campaign to alleviate poverty around the globe for the world’s poorest people – mostly women – living in communities where Whole Foods Market sources products.

NRG’s CEO Talks Sustainability to Investors

Sustainability is embedded in our culture, aligned with our strategy and necessary for our long-term success.

Comprehensive ESG Backed by World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund

A report from Norges Bank Investment Management has called for businesses to improve metrics to ensure they disclose ‘relevant, quantitative and comparable information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues’.

Pushing Beyond the Ordinary in Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility—the practice of companies holding themselves accountable to serve a social purpose and make a positive impact—was not always the main focus of business leaders

3-minute CEO, Marie Dzanis

"We need to be committed to understanding what the marketplace is and how we can creatively source and support talent to make us a better investment community,”

Whole Planet Foundation Field Officer Award for Asia and the Pacific: Highlights from Vietnam

This blog spotlights stories from Whole Planet Foundation partners in Vietnam, however these winners are recognized alongside Ms. Elisabeth Kaisamy from SPBD Fiji and Ms. Mimkosha Kumari Shahi from NULBSL in Nepal who are also grand prize winners.

University of Ottawa AI Initiative Investigates Inclusion, Regulation

Dr. Martin-Bariteau and a team of researchers will examine challenging issues as part of a new AI & Society Initiative at the University of Ottawa supported with a $750,000 donation over four years from Scotiabank.

Transparency That Drives Impact – Where Next for GRI

GRI continues to deliver the most effective global sustainability standards, while it is focused on doing even more to support companies to provide high quality, accessible and impactful reporting.

Digital Green: Providing for Those Who Provide for Others

Smallholder farmers produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food. But they also make up 80 percent of the world’s poorest people, which means they often lack the resources to grow their businesses. Digital Green, a Cisco social investment...

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