4 Steps to Sustainable Investing

Thu, 02/11/2021 - 13:10

These four steps can guide a dynamic sustainable investing strategy for the long term.

Moody's - Sustainable Bond Issuance to Hit a Record $650 Billion in 2021

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 09:45

Global issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds – or sustainable bonds, collectively – will hit a record of $650 billion in 2021, a 32% increase over the $491 billion issued in 2020, Moody's Investors Service projects in a new report.

Limited Partner Buy-In Is Key for Making Diversity a Priority

Fri, 03/05/2021 - 10:35

LPs inhabit a unique position to encourage VCs to invest in more diverse-founded companies.

Uneven Progress: How Attitudes and Actions Are Evolving and What Continues to Hold the VC Industry Back

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 09:35

Traditional VCs are less likely to prioritize or take action toward investing in multicultural-founded companies when compared to women or multicultural VCs.

Frankly Speaking With Franchisees: Turning Obstacles to Opportunities

Mon, 02/15/2021 - 13:30

Yum! reached out to three franchisees in the United States to get their perspectives on the race and social justice events of 2020 and entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities.

Corner Shops

Mon, 02/08/2021 - 14:35

Today, as we glimpse the dawn of a new year, thousands of specialized containers are being carefully loaded onto United aircraft, each one meticulously packed with doses of the lifesaving vaccine for Covid-19...

Turning Intention Into Action

Wed, 02/03/2021 - 08:40

VCs are taking important initial steps to implement changes around increasing diversity and are discussing ways to make additional changes that will help close the funding gap.

Shifting Attitudes and the Impact of Racial Injustice Conversations

Tue, 02/02/2021 - 09:40

This year, more VC firms assigned greater value to the investment opportunity that multicultural-founded companies present, and say that they are more likely to invest in multicultural- and women-founded companies in the coming year.

Navigating COVID-19 in Bhutan: Providing Additional Capital to RENEW Microfinance Private Limited

Thu, 02/04/2021 - 09:50

CIT Leads $69 Million Financing for Solar Portfolio

Fri, 01/22/2021 - 11:05

CIT Group Inc. recently announced that its Power and Energy business led a $69 million financing for a portfolio of solar facilities owned and operated by Strata Solar LLC, a leading integrated solar and storage energy service provider based in NC.