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Fifth Third Boosts Investment in Detroit Minority Depository Institution

Fifth Third Community Development Corp. is investing an additional $2.5 million in First Independence Bank. The move makes Fifth Third the largest investor in the minority depository institution and community development financial institution.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Fifth Third Boosts Investment in Detroit Minority Depository Institution

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

M&T Bank Corporation Releases Inaugural ESG Report

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Inclusion & Opportunity

Franklin Templeton Part of Corporate Call to Action That Announced New Commitments to Improve Economic and Racial Equity in Financial Services Industry and the Economy

Franklin Templeton

Inclusion & Opportunity

Duke Energy Progress Extends Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion to Financial Sector

Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), has successfully closed a $700 million debt offering with the help of seven diverse and minority-owned financial firms.

AI & Technology

Meet Gramhal: A Second Runner-Up of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020

Now that the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2020 winners have been officially announced, you’ll want to learn more about each winning team and the story behind each innovation. In its fourth year, this online competition awards cash prizes...

Inclusion & Opportunity

How Financial Empowerment Creates Hope: My Never Stand Still Conversation with John Hope Bryant

John told me, “I’m convinced people don’t need a hand out, they want a hand up.” A hand out is a one-time quick fix, while a hand up focuses on changing the system to create widespread, long-term impact.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Online or In-Person, Junior Achievement Equips Tomorrow's Leaders with Financial Education

A global provider of marketing, loyalty and payment solutions, Alliance Data is also a strong advocate for financial education, actively supported JA for years, not just in central Ohio where the Company is headquartered, but throughout the U.S.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New W-GDP Partnership With the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and Qualcomm® Uses Mobile and Online Learning to Bring Entrepreneurship Skills to Over 15,000 Women in Vietnam & Indonesia

The Women Entrepreneurs Amplifying Ventures and Economics (WEAVE) program will leverage Qualcomm-enabled digital technology to support and empower 15,000 women entrepreneurs running small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Does Such A Thing Exist? Solidarity Microfinance for Women in the United States

While most of us generally consider the United States to be a “rich” country by global standards, and while this is true by several measures, many people in the U.S. still live in poverty.

AI & Technology

Lessons in Expanding Digital Payments to Remote Communities in Mexico and Colombia

Don Silvio Gómez lives with his family in the village of El Triunfo, near the small city of Pitalito in southwest Colombia. At age 74, he has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to growing coffee. He never imagined that one day it would be...

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Scotiabank Reaffirms Commitment to Inclusion For Every Future

At the inaugural BlackNorth Initiative Summit, Scotiabank reaffirmed its commitment to combatting racism and discrimination of all forms to enable better futures for its employees, customers and communities at large.

Education & Workforce Development

Financial Education Helps Build Stronger Communities

Financial education helps build stronger communities. This is why Fifth Third Bank has invested over the years in various financial education programs to meet the needs of all age groups, from elementary school students to adults.

Responsible Production & the Circular Economy

Impact Case Study: Mountain Hazelnuts

About 70 percent of Bhutan’s population lives in rural areas, with most depending on subsistence agriculture, with an average farm size of 1.7 hectares. With much of Bhutan too steep, too high or too cold to farm, only 8 percent of land is cultivable

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At Motorola Solutions, creating a safer, more equitable world is at the heart of our mission. We unite our core corporate values with the...

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We actively integrate sustainability into the product development process and look at all phases of the product life cycle for opportunities to...