Impact investing possesses enormous potential to direct much-needed capital to the most pressing issues our society faces, including education, affordable housing, job creation, and training – all of which are often more acutely felt in urban environments.

Teenagers everywhere have attitude.

This was the initial thought that crossed my mind as I approached this year’s Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit, the tenth annual conference presented by Making Cents International. However, these thoughts were quickly replaced by the acknowledgement that youth are more than the promise of the future. They are powerful individuals. Indeed, they are a force, and it is our collective challenge to ensure that they are a force for good.

Enactment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA) in June marked the first substantial change to United States chemical regulation since the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed in 1976.

As these new LCSA provisions are implemented by the EPA, chemical manufacturers will need to adjust internal standards and risk management guidelines regarding the way individual chemicals are manufactured, processed and used. Antea Group is committed to assisting our clients in evaluating LCSA reforms and meeting associated regulatory obligations, and we have prepared this white paper to help make sense of the true impact and import of the new regulations, and look at recent developments now that the dust has settled a bit.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has an unwavering commitment to promoting health equity around the globe. Through our grants and partnerships, we are helping many low and middle income countries build capacity to further progress toward prevention and control of cancer and other non-communicable diseases, ultimately helping them to drive progress toward the visionary global goal of reducing deaths from chronic disease in 25 percent by 2025.

Today we’ve got Carolina on our minds.

Our solar team is pleased to announce that our first solar farm in the Tar Heel state — the MC-1 solar project in Williamston, North Carolina — is now online and operational.

Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life Services, partnered with the United States Marine Corps last weekend for its annual Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Kids Run, an annual lead-up activity to the largest marathon in the world that doesn't offer prize money. Sodexo, which has a track record in improving the health and wellbeing of customers all ages, has sponsored the event since 2003.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a total of $500,000 in donations for seven local nonprofits will help revitalize San Antonio neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program.

Creating new ways to power the world, and save it all at once! We're thinking #FiveYearsOut about Power Management.

The franchise business model has been around for decades and generally allows entrepreneurs to purchase an agreement or license to market a product or service while using the trademark of a larger company. Of the 6,500 restaurants in the Wendy’s system, only about 400 are currently owned by The Wendy’s Company. The majority are owned and operated by Wendy’s franchisees: small business owners who are working hard to grow the economy, create jobs, and give something back to their local communities.