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

CVS Health: Strengthening Health Through Housing

CVS Health

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Mixed-Use: Green Housing and Social Enterprise

GreenMoney Journal

Environment

Top 5 Highlights of 2017 From TD's Chief Environment Officer

2017 was a transformative year for the environment, with numerous national and regional policies introduced or implemented, such as Canada's federal cap-and-trade policy; a shift in the direction of U.S. climate-action policy with the federal government sharing its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement; extreme weather events such as Hurricane Harvey and Irma, and wildfires in the west.

Energy

New Hampshire Businesses Call for Strong Clean Energy Policies to Help the State Thrive

As the legislature gears up for the 2018 session, over 50 New Hampshire businesses united in calling for the Legislature to support economic growth and business development through advancing clean energy policies. Dartmouth Hitchcock, Hannaford Supermarkets, Hypertherm, Velcro Companies, Timberland and Worthen Industries are among the businesses that signed on to a series of “Clean Energy Principles.”

Sustainable Development Goals

2017 in Review: Making the SDGs a Reality Through Sustainability Reporting

This year has been challenging for sustainability in many respects, but there have also been exciting developments in the sustainability reporting landscape. In part 2 of this short series, GRI looks back at efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals and developments with the investor community.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Funding, Preparation and Culture Keys to Securing Critical Infrastructure and Systems

Survey responses from the 2017 Strategic Directions: Natural Gas Industry Report suggest that a root cause of inadequate preparedness for risks may be insufficient funding for physical and cybersecurity initiatives. In fact, results reveal that approximately 65 percent of respondents either don’t know how much money is being earmarked or are allocating less than $1 million annually to fund security programs.

Building Sustainable and Inclusive Economies in Indo-Pacific
Working together with policymakers, regulators and enterprises, GRI raises awareness and enhances reporting capacity on key sustainability issues in the Indo-Pacific region. GRI’s programs with the Australian government contribute to building a more inclusive economy that ultimately creates a higher quality of life.

Environment

Four Mutual Fund Giants Begin to Address Climate Change Risks in Proxy Votes: How About Your Funds?

Nearly all climate scientists and every government on earth (except for one) agree that society faces profound risks from human-induced climate change. Does your mutual fund company, investment manager, or 401(k) manager agree that the risks are serious and extend to companies in their portfolios?

For an overview of risks to businesses from climate change and what they should disclose, see reports and recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), Chaired by Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City. Examples of these risks already translating into impacts include the record-breaking string of Atlantic hurricanes and wildfires in North America.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

SCC Honors Republic Services

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

New Investor Toolkit: Investor Voices on Water

Monika Freyman, Director of Investor Water Engagement shares her insights on the latest interactive web-based resource - “The Investor Water Toolkit” - a comprehensive tool that helps investors become more water aware. The Toolkit closes a critical gap for institutional investors who have long sought a how-to-guide for integrating water risks into portfolio management and decision-making.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Living on One Dollar A Day

What gift would you give for the holidays that costs $56? Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci lived on $56 for 56 days in Guatemala and filmed Living on One Dollar, a documentary that has raised over $300,000 for Whole Planet Foundation, funding 1,600 microloans for Guatemalans living in poverty.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Wells Fargo to Raise Minimum Hourly Pay Rate to $15, Target $400 Million in 2018 Philanthropic Contributions, Including Expanded Support for Small Businesses and Homeownership

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced an expansion of its ongoing investments in team members, communities, small businesses, and homeownership, pledging the following actions once tax reform is signed into law

Latest Campaigns

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...

Opportunity for All

At Trane Technologies, uplifting our communities and workforce is the key to our continued success. We focus on broadening access to education...

Aflac Stories

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

KeyBank's Community Investment

In states where Key has a presence, there are approximately 1.7 million low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. Many LMI individuals don’t have bank...

First Responder Programming

At Motorola Solutions, our customers are everyday heroes, and our philanthropic arm, the Motorola Solutions Foundation is dedicated to paying it...

Collective Action

Cascale shares updates on its efforts and initiatives geared toward activating its ecosystem to develop and scale solutions that drive collective...

Community Investment

all community engagement efforts (e.g., Teach for All, volunteerism, etc.)

GoDaddy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Diverse teams build better products — period. At GoDaddy, we make apps and services that our worldwide community of entrepreneurs can relate to. Our...

Small Business Growth

We strengthen communities and help create local jobs by investing in underserved small business owners. We fund nonprofits that are focused on...

KeyBank: Responsible Banking

Everyone’s financial journey is different. We make intentional efforts to meet the individual needs of clients and communities through a diverse range...