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Smithfield Foods Donates $15,000 to Help Build Outdoor Amphitheater

Whole Kids Foundation Awards Bee Hive Grants to Two Washington, D.C...

Abbott Named One of the Top Companies for Responsible Business on the JUST 100 List by Forbes and JUST Capital

Dec 14, 2018 5:20 PM ET - Abbott was recently named one of America's Most JUST Companies by Forbes magazine and JUST Capital. The list recognizes the top 100 companies in the U.S. leading the way for responsible, sustainable business...

Smithfield Foods Adds 250 Jobs in North Carolina With New Distribution Center

Dec 14, 2018 3:00 PM ET - Smithfield Foods, Inc. is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new distribution center in Tar Heel, North Carolina, which will create approximately 250 new jobs in the state. Smithfield invested more than $100 million into the over 500,000-...

Mayors of Leading Cities in North America Join Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Summit New York 2019

Dec 13, 2018 2:15 PM ET - Leading US mayors join CEOs and business leaders from North America’s most innovative, responsible brands to discuss how to lead the change to a sustainable future through investments, collaboration and innovation at Ethical Corporation’s...

GRI Reporting’s Impact on ESG Ratings

Dec 13, 2018 11:25 AM ET - Two years ago, the sustainability business community elected me to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council (SC). Thank you, it has been an honor to represent you. I recently traveled to Amsterdam to attend the Annual General...

What's the Case for WMD's and Responsible Investing?

Dec 12, 2018 12:40 PM ET - WMD's. Not weapons of mass destruction but women, millennials and diversity. Jean Case, Case Foundation CEO, says it's an economic and innovation imperative to focus on such communities left on the sidelines of responsible investment...

Giving Smallholder Farms the Help They Need, with Fertilizer as Capital

Dec 12, 2018 8:15 AM ET - R. Jay Sehgal, EVP of the Sehgal Foundation, discusses how the foundation and The Mosaic Company are helping smallholder farmers fight food insecurity by offering education on sustainable practices.

What’s the Risk? It’s Time to Find Out.

Dec 12, 2018 8:00 AM ET - Resilience is an organization’s ability to adapt to risks and threats that challenge its viability. It’s also an imperative in the face of an increasingly broad and unpredictable risk landscape. This is especially true when it comes to energy and...

Nuveen President Jose Minaya on Sustainability in APAC

Dec 11, 2018 9:30 AM ET - On December 5, Bloomberg kicked off New York’s first-ever Sustainable Finance Week, with the goal of helping investors realize returns while investing in sustainable practices.

From Problems to Profits: Investors Eye Asia's Environmental Issues

Dec 10, 2018 1:25 PM ET - Ramy Inocencio sits down with the CEO Amit Bouri, the head of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) during New York's first Sustainable Finance Week and Bloomberg's inaugural Global Responsible Investing Forum to discuss how investors...

Forbes and JUST Capital Rank IBM No. 5 in America's Top Corporate Citizens

Dec 10, 2018 11:00 AM ET - IBM ranked as the industry leader and number 5 in America's top corporate citizens...

It's Time to Invest in Her - 2019 the Year of Investing in Women

Dec 10, 2018 10:05 AM ET - Learn how eradicating gender inequality could help unleash perhaps the greatest period of economic growth in the history of the planet.

“Matter to a Million” Global Giving Partnership Celebrates Five Years, $21M in Loans

Dec 10, 2018 9:35 AM ET - Imagine turning a $25 loan into more than $21 million, impacting more than 1 million people globally, in just five years. No, this isn’t the latest Shark Tank pitch. It is the outcome of Hewlett Packard Company’s Matter to a Million employee-...

Ecolab Foundation Commits $5 Million to Support Sustainability Research and Education at the University of Minnesota

Dec 7, 2018 4:15 PM ET - Ecolab Chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker, Jr., and University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler announced a $5 million gift from the Ecolab Foundation to the University-wide Driven campaign, in support of environmental sustainability research and...

Climate Change Moves From Risk to Reward

Dec 7, 2018 3:25 PM ET - Financial players and their investors have much to gain from the shift toward greater sustainability. These investments offer a dual benefit: they lower emissions, speeding the transition to a low-carbon economy, and they can make (or save) money...

From “Disclose” to “Disclose What Matters”: The Growing Role of Investors in Sustainability Reporting

Dec 7, 2018 9:35 AM ET - Investors have a growing role in sustainability reporting. Their actions are key to encouraging reporters to move towards disclosing what matters. They have an interest in better performance along with other stakeholders, as it brings higher returns...

KeyBank Partners With Related Companies and Provides $87 Million in Financing for the Revitalization of Two Affordable Housing Developments in Cincinnati

Dec 7, 2018 8:00 AM ET - KeyBank Real Estate Capital and KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) have provided a total of $87 million in financing to Related Companies, for the acquisition and rehabilitation of more than 400 affordable housing units in...

New Year’s Resolutions: Gen Z And Millennials Get Smart About Saving

Dec 6, 2018 11:05 AM ET - A new survey is upending common perceptions that younger people can be less focused on saving for the future. ...

Business Guide for Engaging Employees in Holiday Giving

Dec 5, 2018 5:20 PM ET - Still thinking about rallying your company’s employees around a donation drive to support the community this holiday season? It’s not too late!

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

Dec 5, 2018 4:00 PM ET - 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...

BloombergNEF Released Its Annual Climatescope Report

Dec 5, 2018 11:30 AM ET - 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...

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

Dec 5, 2018 10:45 AM ET - 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...

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

Dec 5, 2018 7:55 AM ET - 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.

BCtA News Bite November 2018

Dec 4, 2018 12:05 PM ET - 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...

5 Keys to Attracting and Keeping Socially-Mindful Employees

Dec 4, 2018 11:05 AM ET - 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

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

Dec 4, 2018 10:15 AM ET - 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...

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