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Why a Perpetual Purpose Trust Model Works for Sustainable Investing Firms

Two years ago, Natural Investments became the first U.S. financial advisory firm to convert into a Perpetual Purpose Trust. This was more than a legal milestone — it was an ethics-driven decision about leadership, equity, and mission in an industry struggling to align growth

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why a Perpetual Purpose Trust Model Works for Sustainable Investing Firms

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mastercard: A Billion Connected: How We’re Empowering Even More People on the Road to Financial Health

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Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

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Fifth Third Launches Empowering Community Leaders Nonprofit Capacity Building Program

Fifth Third today announced the launch of its Empowering Community Leaders career development growth program. The 18 month-long program will provide resources and training to nonprofit leaders across Fifth Third’s 11-state footprint.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Why Land Remediation Is the Future of Carbon Offsets

In pulling carbon offsets from neutral to positive, LBX improves negatively impacted lands & helps corporations meet their carbon pledges in verifiable ways.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

KeyBank Foundation Supports Pittsburgh Promise with $500,000 Grant

The KeyBank Foundation announced it has invested $500,000 in The Pittsburgh Promise to support the organization’s vision of equipping urban youth with the tools they need to reach post-secondary success, as well as driving economic growth in the region.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Stewardship, With Purpose: By Julie Moret, Global Head of Sustainable Investing and Stewardship

Ultimately, we believe positive economic and societal change, and financial performance, is best achieved when ESG analysis is combined with active stewardship.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Brian Maddox, Community Development Financial Institutions Leader, Talks KeyBank's Commitment To Equitable Path Forward

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investments (CDLI) recently provided a $20 million term loan to Enterprise Community Loan Fund Inc. to Equitable Path Forward, for a $3.5 billion nationwide initiative to advance racial equity in real estate development.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

AB Named Environmental Fund of the Year: Global Category

AllianceBernstein has been named the winner of the Environmental Fund of the Year in the Global category at the Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards 2022.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Sustainable Investing: What Would Nature Do? What Would Nature Have Me Do?

During these times, I see a great reconnection in business and investing taking root – a joining-up of finance and the wisdom of our natural world especially in Sustainable Investing.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The Way You Invest Matters: Setting the Stage for the Next 30 Years

The first phase of the responsible investment movement has matured. We find our approach of arguing that scrutiny of the way companies respect their relationships with people and the planet adds value to the investment decision-making process.

Research, Reports & Publications

Two Socials in ESG: They Don't Jive

Social measure of ESG is a complex & key metric, companies that want to improve their social performance should split their analysis into different parts.

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Blackstone Announces $400 Million Investment in Xpansiv, the Leading Global Carbon and Environmental Commodities Exchange Platform

Blackstone announced that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners (“Blackstone”) have committed $400 million to lead a strategic investment in Xpansiv Limited (“Xpansiv”).

Latest Campaigns

Emergency Response

Document rapid interventions when crises strike: delivering therapeutic food, water, hygiene kits, and deploying mobile med

2025 Performance Report

Entergy’s 2025 performance report, “Energy for a better future” presents an overview of our company’s 2025 achievements, future plans and strategies...

AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism

AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...

Aflac Stories

Get a closer look at the people, products and stories that make Aflac the company we know today.

Halo Awards

The Halo Awards are the social impact sector’s longest-running recognition of excellence in corporate–nonprofit partnerships. For more than two...

Integrated Tools

Cascale shares updates on its efforts to align the industry on a common language to describe sustainability performance to reduce duplication and...

Retail Logistics

DP World provides end-to-end retail logistics solutions including comprehensive Purchase Order management from origin consolidation to retailer PO...

IWBI | WELL Building Standard

Our built environment can shape our habits and choices, regulate our sleep-wake cycle, drive us toward healthy and unhealthy choices, and passively...

Housing affordability

We drive solutions to enable people to open doors to a safe and affordable place to call home, the foundation for wellness, dignity, and economic...

Sustainable Products and Innovation

Ongoing research into innovative solutions enables CNH’s brands to manufacture products that respect the environment while satisfying customers’...