Sustainable Development Goals

New Project Reveals Science Behind Trump Voters' America

Through its Field Guide to a Regenerative Economy collaborative storytelling project, Capital Institute, the think-tank founded by former JPMorgan banker and Regenerative Capitalism architect John Fullerton, is launching Regenerating Tottenville, a project that reveals the science behind the revitalization of communities of Americans who self-identify as voiceless and forgotten.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Fair Trade USA’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide

We put together this Mother’s Day Gift Guide, composed of some of our favorite Fair Trade Certified™ products. Mom will enjoy any one of these gift options, and will also love knowing that her present empowers and supports mothers and families around the world.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Nine Investor Insights on Transparency and Disclosure

We've accumulated investor insights regarding sustainability transparency and disclosure in our new report, Nine Top Investor Takeaways from BIER. Key areas of emphasis include the importance of materiality, the future of reporting, and potential reporting fatigue. To learn more, download the full report.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo Announces Small Business Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is introducing the Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®: Neighborhood Renovation Program Contest, designed to help improve eligible small businesses in designated neighborhoods in five cities – Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami and Minneapolis – through a physical location or storefront makeover. Wells Fargo is launching the program in collaboration with Rebuilding Together, a premier nonprofit organization focused on rebuilding communities.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sappi North America Releases 2016 Sustainability Report

Sappi North America, a leading producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the release of its 2016 Sustainability Report. The report showcases Sappi’s industry leading sustainability performance.

Energy

Long-Term Planning Critical to Harnessing Distributed Energy Resources

As more and more customers begin exercising more control over how and where their energy is produced, utilities have a responsibility to make the appropriate infrastructure investments that will optimize smart grid benefits for all stakeholders.

Research, Reports & Publications

EY EMEIA Financial Services Releases its 2016 Sustainability Report: 'Our Sustainability Journey'

EY continues its sustainability journey with its latest report exploring the six material issues the financial services industry is facing, and reflects on their journey with their clients, people and communities.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Funds New Partner in Ghana

In April 2017, Whole Planet Foundation signed a contract with a new microfinance partner in greater Accra called ID Ghana. To gain insight into the bustling Makola market in Accra, it may be helpful to read this 2015 article in the New Yorker profiling Ghanaian business owners.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Nordic Stock Exchanges recommend GRI Standards

Already 35 exchanges and market regulators globally reference GRI’s sustainability reporting framework. In March, Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic stock exchanges joined this group, as they released an ESG guide for listed companies to better comply with investor demands on non-financial disclosure, referencing GRI as the best practice in sustainability reporting throughout the guide.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainability Leaders Issue Call-to-Action to CEOs

Today, the UN Global Compact, together with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), calls on CEOs to ensure their corporate pension plans mirror their own sustainability values. The new report Aligning Values: Why corporate pension plans should mirror their sponsors, the outlines five actions CEOs can take to ensure their plan invests responsibly.

Latest Campaigns

Growth Through Sustainability

Trane Technologies is a global climate innovator with a clear purpose to boldly challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. See how embedding...

Drawdown Georgia

Informed by Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, Drawdown Georgia is the first state-centered effort to crowdsolve...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Investment

all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)