Socially Responsible Investing

Providing Financial Solutions for Uganda’s Unbanked Communities

Fintech social enterprise Innovate More Uganda has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to provide access to digital financial management services to 168,000 low income Ugandans, along with complementary digital finance and mobile banking training, by 2023.

Socially Responsible Investing

Climate Change Matters to Investors and Leaders

A rising number of portfolio managers is using environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens to select candidates for investment.

Socially Responsible Investing

Video | Weleda is #FundingHerFuture through Whole Planet Foundation

Weleda is a second-year member of Whole Planet Foundation’s annual $50,000 Fund, alleviating global poverty through microcredit.

Socially Responsible Investing

Supplier Alliance for Microcredit Partners are Funding Her Future

Amplifying this year’s Prosperity Campaign, suppliers to Whole Foods Market in our top giving levels are donating $1.05 million to fund 31,550 opportunities for low-income entrepreneurs around the world to change their own lives.

Socially Responsible Investing

Papyrus-Recycled Paper Greetings Is #FundingHer Future Through Whole Planet Foundation

In the spirit of #FundHerFuture, the generosity of David and the Papyrus-Recycled Paper Greetings generosity has created 43,000 opportunities for women entrepreneurs and their family members to live a better life through entrepreneurship.

Socially Responsible Investing

Homeownership in Washington, D.C., and Prince George’s County, Maryland, to Get $7.1 Million Boost

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), NeighborWorks® America, MANNA, Inc. and Community Housing Partners today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT® program will launch for Washington, D.C., and Prince George’s County, Maryland, with a $7.1 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost local homeownership.

Socially Responsible Investing

Whole Planet Foundation Gives "Field Officer Award: Africa and the Middle East"

To kick off 2019, The Whole Planet Foundation team would like to thank our network of microfinance institutions, the implementing partners who administer the microloans Whole Planet Foundation funds.

Events

American Express Backs the Community of Puerto Rico

The company is proud to back global brand ambassador, Lin-Manuel Miranda, as he reprises his role of Alexander Hamilton in a special, limited-run of the award-winning musical Hamilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, all in support of the arts. Lin-Manuel has committed to donating proceeds from the production and its partnerships to the Flamboyan Arts Fund, in partnership with the Flamboyan Foundation.

Socially Responsible Investing

Water and Sanitation Finance in Indonesia

Back in 2014 when Whole Planet Foundation's partner in Indonesia, KOMIDA, found that 40% of their own clients lacked a toilet, they wanted to address sanitation specifically as part of their social mission.

Socially Responsible Investing

New York City Establishes Affordable Housing Fund with $2 Million Grant from Wells Fargo Foundation

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) announced today the City’s Neighborhood Pillars Program with a $2 million commitment from the Wells Fargo Foundation. As part of Housing New York 2.0, the mayor’s plan to finance 300,000 affordable homes by 2026, the Neighborhood Pillars Program will help finance acquisition and rehabilitation of existing rent-stabilized and unregulated buildings to preserve affordability in neighborhoods across the city.

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Kingfisher Around the World

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