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Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

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Gaining Ground: State of Private Investment in Nature, 2026, a new report from Forest Trends and The Nature Conservancy, offers the most comprehensive analysis to date on global private capital flows to nature. The findings point to a field that has expanded significantly ...

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Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

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Expanding Opportunity in Cleveland: KeyBank and MetroHealth in Action

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The Capital Farmers Actually Need

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Inclusion & Opportunity

Introducing the Corporate Racial Equity Advantage

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 08:30

Introducing the Corporate Racial Equity Advantage, the first comprehensive tool to guide companies in assessing and actively promoting equity in every aspect of their business operations and strategy.

AI & Technology

Cargill and the International Cocoa Initiative on a Journey to Improve the Lives of Children

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 12:15

Cargill, one of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies, and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), a leader in child protection in cocoa growing, have partnered to expand their joint actions on child labour in Côte d’Ivoire. Scaling up a relationship that has been ongoing since 2002, the two organizations are now establishing a monitoring system in Cargill’s cocoa supply chain to identify and protect children, especially those involved in child labour.

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Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index Reveals Global Progress

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 03:30

Bloomberg today announced the 2017 Financial Services Gender-Equality Index (BFGEI), providing investors and organizations with unique insight into the statistics, policies, product offerings and external engagement driving 52 firms’ commitment to building gender-equal workplaces. Bloomberg also introduced a Fixed Income Gender-Equality Index, representing investment grade debt issued by the 2017 BFGEI member firms.

AI & Technology

Barclays Partners with Unreasonable Group to Support Entrepreneurs

Mon, 02/13/2017 - 14:05

The bank’s joint programme is part of its Shared Growth Ambition strategy to improve lives while providing returns to shareholders. Tom Idle reports…

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Wells Fargo’s 50th Lift Program to Boost Las Vegas Valley Homeownership

Wed, 02/08/2017 - 14:30

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks® America and its network member Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program is expanding to Las Vegas Valley with a $5.55 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost homeownership.

Philanthropy

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant from Wells Fargo for Major Low-Income Solar Expansion

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 13:15

GRID Alternatives, America’s largest nonprofit solar developer, today announced the Wells Fargo Foundation has committed to a four-year, $2 million grant to expand low-income solar access. The grant builds on more than $4 million Wells Fargo has invested in GRID Alternatives since 2008, catalyzing the national expansion of GRID’s work bringing solar power and job training to disadvantaged communities.

AI & Technology

From Whiteboards to Neighborhoods, Smart Street Systems Engage Citizens

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 13:30

Once considered the purview of Jetsons-era futurescapes, smart street systems have made the transition from science fiction to real city council planning agendas. Sensor-laden Wi-Fi kiosks, smart streetlights, EV charging stations and integrated urban mobility systems are generating rising interest as cities demand greater connectivity, resource efficiency, enhanced public safety and more effective municipal service delivery.

Corporate Responsibility

A Quick Look at Brand Finance’s 2017 Banking League Table

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 10:40

Brand Finance has recently released its analysis of the brand strength for the world’s 500 top banks. This annual review uses Brand Finance’s royalty relief methodology to estimate how much of a bank’s market value derives from its brand assets.

Philanthropy

HUD Neighborhood Award Acknowledges Value of District-Scale Regeneration

Mon, 02/06/2017 - 16:00

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded two EcoDistricts partners with Choice Neighborhood Implementation grants in December 2016. Denver, Colorado’s Sun Valley Ecodistrict and St. Louis, Missouri’s Near North Side neighborhood each received nearly $30 million. The two historically marginalized communities have purposefully taken a district-scale approach to develop highly inclusive, stakeholder-driven development plans.

Inclusion & Opportunity

Meet the Kick Ass Team of Women Taking on Complex Patents in Tech

Tue, 02/21/2017 - 07:45

What happens when three bright and motivated women put their heads together to brainstorm new approaches to challenging problems? Major creativity and production.

Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

Private Investment in Nature Grows Fivefold Over the Past Decade, Gaining Momentum With Major Investors

Expanding Opportunity in Cleveland: KeyBank and MetroHealth in Action

The Capital Farmers Actually Need

Introducing the Corporate Racial Equity Advantage

Cargill and the International Cocoa Initiative on a Journey to Improve the Lives of Children

Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index Reveals Global Progress

Barclays Partners with Unreasonable Group to Support Entrepreneurs

Wells Fargo’s 50th Lift Program to Boost Las Vegas Valley Homeownership

GRID Alternatives Receives Grant from Wells Fargo for Major Low-Income Solar Expansion

From Whiteboards to Neighborhoods, Smart Street Systems Engage Citizens

A Quick Look at Brand Finance’s 2017 Banking League Table

HUD Neighborhood Award Acknowledges Value of District-Scale Regeneration

Meet the Kick Ass Team of Women Taking on Complex Patents in Tech

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