Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Lorton Community Action Center, a human service non-profit based in southeastern Fairfax County, Virginia, has served this community for more than 41 years by providing food, basic needs and self-sufficiency programs through the generous support of our community.

Be honest: Is your impact story more about what your organization gave and funded rather than what changed because of your investment? In our latest paper, you’ll learn about our five stages of outcomes measurement maturity and what you can do to advance your organization’s ability to prove your impact to your internal and external stakeholders.

Food labeling, certification and global efforts to identify slavery in the supply chain allow conscious consumers to make value-based purchasing decisions this holiday season.

Mumbai: Tata Steel in collaboration with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) organised an outreach programme today with industry experts to discuss and deliberate on how to manage risks and opportunities related to climate change. The event, held in Mumbai, was attended by eminent people across industry, finance, government and senior members from the Task Force Secretariat.

On October 11, the AIAG IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference brought together representatives from various tiers of the automotive supply chain to learn tools and strategies for tackling the compliance challenges faced by the automotive industry.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 18, 2016) — KeyBank’s Community Development Lending & Investing group (CDLI) announced it will provide $9.6 million in the form of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity to help finance Emerald Alliance IX in Cleveland, OH. Upon completion, the project will be renamed Inez Killingsworth Place and offer 66 units of permanent supportive housing plus supportive services to chronically homeless individuals making less than 30, 50 or 60 percent of the area median income.

Emerald Alliance IX is the ninth permanent supportive housing effort co-developed under the Cuyahoga County Housing First Initiative by the Cleveland Housing Network (CHN)and Emerald Development and Economic Network (EDEN).

Today, GRI launched the world’s first global standards for sustainability reporting, giving companies a common language for disclosing non-financial information. The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards will enable companies around the world to be more transparent about their impacts on the economy, the environment and society. They will also help organizations make better decisions and contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).