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The Nature Conservancy Expands NatureVest Team to Accelerate Rapid Growth

As demand grows for market-based solutions that address climate change, biodiversity loss and growing fiscal pressures facing many countries, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is expanding its impact investing and nature finance team, NatureVest.

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The Nature Conservancy Expands NatureVest Team to Accelerate Rapid Growth

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How Innovative Sovereign Financing Is Supporting Conservation, Climate and Communities in The Bahamas

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MetLife 2025 Sustainability Report: Responsible Investments

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Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index Reveals Global Progress

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.

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Barclays Partners with Unreasonable Group to Support Entrepreneurs

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

AI & Technology

Bank of Nova Scotia Unveils ‘Digital Factories’ to Boost Online and Mobile Capabilities

Bank of Nova Scotia has launched “digital factories” in five countries in a bid to attract top tech talent and speed up the development of online and mobile banking solutions.

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VisionFund International, Microfinance Network – Social Performance Report

VisionFund International, World Vision's network of over 30 microfinance institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, presents its 2016 Social Performance Report.

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