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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment | NatureVest

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

The Nature Conservancy's Cat Burns joins Alyssa Go of RRG Capital Management to share insights on how investors are assessing, pricing, and managing water and climate risk—spotlighting the structure and approach behind the RRG Sustainable Water Impact Fund (SWIF).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Pricing Water Risk and Scaling Climate Resilience

NatureVest

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

CVS Health Foundation Invests $2.24 Million To Strengthen Community Health in Charlotte’s Historic West End

CVS Health

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Foundation Invests $240,000 in YWCA North Central Indiana to Support Women’s Education and Economic Advancement

KeyBank

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Finances the Substantial Rehabilitation of Critical Affordable Housing in Memphis, TN

KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) provided The Millenia Companies with $59.2 million in combined construction to permanent loan financing for the rehabilitation of 400 units of affordable housing at Cavalier Court Apartments and Gospel Gardens in Memphis, TN.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Women’s Entrepreneurial Empowerment in Ecuador | Erb Institute Impact Project

Earlier this year, Erb Institute student, Chris Owen, MBA/MS 2020, worked with Casa María Amor in Cuenca, Ecuador via an Erb Institute Impact Project. This video features such a project. Casa María Amor is a women’s shelter on the outskirts of Cuenca in the Andes Mountains. Chris conceived, developed and launched an Erb Impact project to help the women of Casa María Amor develop skills aimed at achieving economic independence after leaving abusive relationships.

Research, Reports & Publications

BloombergNEF Released Its Annual Climatescope Report

BloombergNEF released its annual Climatescope report at the Shanghai Future of Energy Summit last week. Climatescope evaluates the investment conditions for clean energy and climate-related investments in 103 countries. For the first time Chile takes the number one spot in the country ranking from previously China.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

5 Keys to Attracting and Keeping Socially-Mindful Employees

According to a survey of nearly 1,600 United States employees by America’s Charities, companies that build effective workplace giving and volunteering programs have a significant leg up when it comes to attracting talent

Sustainable Development Goals

BCtA News Bite November 2018

Only one month remains of 2018, but we are feeling invigorated after an eventful three months since our last News Bite and looking forward to the year ahead! Important themes for us over the past few months have been human rights, women's economic empowerment and digitalisation. Read more below about activities in these areas - and thank you to all of you who participated in and supported them. Looking forward, we're also really excited to share the findings of our State of Inclusive Business Survey - more on this below.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Enables the Rehabilitation of Affordable Seniors Housing in Puyallup, WA

KeyBank provided and arranged both construction and permanent financing to support the Senior Housing Assistant Group (SHAG) with the acquisition and rehabilitation of Sunset Garden Apartments, an affordable seniors housing property serving those aged 62 or older in Puyallup, WA.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

KeyBank Finances New Construction of Affordable Housing for Families in Arlington, WA

KeyBank provided and arranged both construction and permanent financing supporting AVS Communities’ plan to construct The Villas at Arlington, a 312-unit, mid-rise apartment complex with 17 three-story residential buildings. The property is subject to Section 42 of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and will make affordable housing options available to families earning less than 60% area median income (AMI) in Arlington, WA.

Environment

World’s Leading Forestry and Agroforestry Organizations Merge for Accelerated Impact Against Climate Change

Innovation and investments worth trillions of dollars in landscape restoration, climate adaptation and science-based policy advice will be needed if the global community is to meet the escalating threats posed by climate change.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

How Bloomberg LP Has Led the Way in Supporting Material ESG Data

Curtis Ravenel, Global Head, Sustainable Business and Finance, Bloomberg LP and SASB Foundation Board Member recently talked to SASB about Bloomberg's leadership in the space, our role in bolstering the adoption of SASB standards, the value of SASB standards in the European market, and the harmonization of SASB with the framework put forward by the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Moody's Corporation Welcomes The Asia Foundation as a Reshape Tomorrow™ Partner

Moody’s will support “Accelerate Women’s Entrepreneurship: Supporting Migrant Women-Owned Businesses,” a Shanghai-based program helping migrant women grow their businesses through a tailored training program of coaching and networking.

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