Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Nature Conservancy Expands NatureVest Team to Accelerate Rapid Growth

NatureVest

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Responsible Investments

MetLife

Research & Reports

ESG Disclosures Fit for Investors – DSM, Bloomberg & USSIF

Investor interest in ESG performance is fast becoming mainstream. ESG risks now account for four of the five top business risks according to the WEF 2018 global risks report.

Awards & Rankings

Timberland Receives Best Economic Empowerment Program Award for Work in Haiti

Timberland’s work to reintroduce cotton farming to Haiti was honored recently with the US Chamber of Commerce Citizenship Award for the Best Economic Empowerment Program. In partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance(SFA), the global outdoor lifestyle brand aims to create a new supply chain for sustainable cotton for use in its products through a program that will also contribute to reforesting Haiti and improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

Philanthropy

PayPal for Powerful Giving

At PayPal, we harness the power of technology to help connect people to the causes they care about. Watch how we continually seek new ways to increase charitable giving and engage our PayPal users to make a difference in the community.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

PayPal Leverages Platform to Strengthen Communities

We believe all companies have an important role to play in fostering strong, inclusive communities in the places where we live and work. Watch this video to learn how PayPal facilitates initiatives to create local impact in meaningful ways.

Environment

Aligning Reporting on Water: New Linkage Document for CDP and GRI

GRI and CDP have released a linkage document between the updated GRI Water and Effluents standard and the CDP Water Questionnaire that helps companies report on their water related impacts.

Philanthropy

You Make Childhood Possible Today and a Cure Possible Tomorrow

For the children who stay at The Inn, the decision to participate in an NIH clinical trial is often their last, best hope. It’s at this critical moment in a child’s treatment that The Inn community comes together to take care of the little things, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so families can focus on the big ones: keeping their sick child happy, making time for themselves, and supporting one another.

Environment

The Changing Landscape of Sustainability Transparency & Disclosure

When it comes to reporting and disclosure, sustainability leaders at beverage companies are feeling mounting pressure to meet changing reporting requirements and intensifying stakeholder expectations.

Recently, several Transparency & Disclosure Working Group members of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) came together to discuss emerging trends, metrics that matter, and what companies should do now to prepare for the next reporting evolution. Those members include: Laura Nelson of Antea Group, Jamal Booker of The Coca-Cola Company, Julie Lejard of Pernod Ricard, and Suzette Carty of Brown-Forman. To learn more about the insights they shared regarding this important topic, check out BIER's latest blog post: http://bit.ly/FutureofTransparency

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Finance Sector Discovers Social Purpose

Once again, it’s BlackRock CEO Larry Fink who has appeared as the socially responsible investment oracle. Almost a year after his “paradigm shifting” letter--a call for social purpose in the 4,000+ companies in which the $6.3 trillion fund invests--Fink has issued a definitive follow-up statement on the subject.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Brands Taking Stands | Sustainable Investing Moves the Mainstream Market with Big Numbers

We may be heading into the cold, dark days of winter, but my inbox has been glowing red-hot with a blast of news about sustainable finance. Updates are coming from every area of the category, from giant global entities to funds offering niche investment products, and services aimed at millennials and women.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sodexo Encourages College Students to Support Vermont’s Local Food Economy

Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company committed to Quality of Life, organized and hosted the first-ever Taking Root Student Symposium to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to buying locally-sourced products in Vermont and to teach college students in the state what it means to chart a career in food.

Latest Campaigns

Cascale Events

Cascale organizes and participates in a series of events, leveraging its position as a global convener of close to half the sector to bring together...

GoDaddy | Customers

GoDaddy is the world’s largest services platform for entrepreneurs around the globe. We’re on a mission to empower our worldwide community of 20+...

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

AEG Celebrates Inclusion

At AEG, we embrace inclusion and strive to create a workplace where our employees feel welcomed, valued and respected for the viewpoints, ideas...

Recognition of our Company

As the leading sports and live music company in the world, we recognize our responsibility to provide industry leadership and to conduct our business...

Community Impact

Advancing our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships, and employee volunteerism.

Aflac Stories

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

Collaboration and Partnership

Cascale shares updates on its strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders geared toward shifting the industry into one that gives back more than...

Environmental Sustainability

Cisco is working not only for a more inclusive future, but a more environmentally sustainable one as well. Environmental issues like climate change...

IWBI | Community News

We believe that people's health and wellness should be at the center of design. That’s why we’re working with industry professionals in real estate...