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Acre Resources
What if there was a global capital market that accelerated universal access to safe water and sanitation?
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KeyBank
KeyBank provided a $36.3 million for the new construction of Elevate at Aurora, a 137-unit family project in Aurora, CO. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $30 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit.
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Sappi North America
The Sappi group delivered historical financial performance in fiscal 2022. The group reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $1,339 million (18% of sales), up from $532 million (10% of sales) last year.
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KeyBank
KeyBank is investing $200,000 to help Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County (YWCA) expand efforts to help homeless women and families find appropriate housing and improve financial stability. YWCA has been providing…
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AllianceBernstein
Climate change is traditionally regarded as an environmental issue. But climate change also threatens human rights, with material implications for investors.
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KeyBank
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided $17.1 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity and a $24.1 million permanent loan through the Fannie Mae forward MBS Tax-Exempt Bond (MTEB) program.
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The Principal Financial Group
Principal Financial Group® has released its second Principal Sustainable Financing Report to highlight the proceeds allocated to eligible green and social assets from the issuance of the company’s $600 million sustainability bond in August 2021.
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PNC Financial Services Group
PNC Bank’s recent $8 million equity investment in Housing Impact Fund II (HIF II) is helping bring tangibility to the fund’s vision to preserve Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
Whole Planet Foundation is proud to showcase top donating brands that support microentrepreneurs in our global communities through Whole Planet Foundation. 
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GreenMoney Journal
Maine, with nearly 3,400 miles of coastline and over 2,000 coastal islands, is inextricably tied to the sea. The Gulf of Maine has long supplied Mainers with both livelihoods and food but is one of the fastest warming bodies of water on the globe.
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Pepco
To help support the development of environmental, open space and resiliency projects across the District of Columbia and Maryland communities, Pepco and Sustainable Maryland announced the nine recipients of the 2023 Sustainable Communities Grants…
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PNC Financial Services Group
Intend Indiana (Intend) and PNC Bank (PNC) announced an agreement for a $2.5 million investment that will support Intend Indiana’s multifamily housing initiative for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
Whole Foods Market suppliers are funding income-generating opportunities to help alleviate global poverty through Whole Planet Foundation’s microlending programs.
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AllianceBernstein
There’s no substitute for studying hard. But when the subject is expansive, it also helps to know what you’ll be graded on.
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KeyBank
KeyBank will present three homeownership workshops in Rochester, NY. Leslie Curry, KeyBank Community Development Loan Officer (NMLS# 407614), will offer advice and details on products and assistance programs available to homebuyers.
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GreenMoney Journal
Blue economy funds have experienced dramatic growth in the past half decade, with nearly thirty new entrants – ten or so of them in 2022 alone
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Sysco Corporation
It was all smiles as rap star and Houston fan-favorite Bun B (aka Bernard Freeman) and chef Mike Pham of Trill Burgers walked into Sysco Corporation Headquarters.
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KeyBank
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $31.7 million construction loan and KeyBanc Capital Markets provided a floating-to-fixed interest rate swap for the development of an affordable multifamily housing property in…
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Pepco
Pepco, Exelon, and the Exelon Foundation-funded Racial Equity Capital Fund (RECF), announced $2.7 million in RECF investments to four local, minority-owned businesses working in the energy, IT, workforce development, and real estate fields.
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Workiva
Thousands of people came together for Climate Week NYC 2023 last week to discuss and drive progress towards managing climate change.
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Bloomberg
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Secretariat launched a consultation on its work to further refine the definitions of its transition finance strategies and support financial institutions to forecast the impact of these strategies…
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CSRHub
We recently started working with a new source of ESG ratings—InvestVerte. This group targets investors who want to use ESG data to improve their investment returns.
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KeyBank
KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided a $8.6 million equity bridge loan and $13.1 million in 4% federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an affordable housing community in…
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Regions Bank
At a time when stock prices are slumping and inflation is soaring, farmland looks to be an appealing investment, according to a 2022 article from Barron’s.
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KeyBank
KeyBank and Operation HOPE, Inc., a national non-profit dedicated to financial empowerment for underserved communities, celebrated the beginning of a new era in homebuyer and financial education in Buffalo.
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