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Ideagen Annual Global Leadership 2030 Summit 2018

Jun 21, 2018 3:30 PM ET - Ideagen -- Where the world’s leading companies, NGOs, and public sector organizations convene to develop systemic solutions via catalytic collaboration to solve for x. Leaders and Luminaries from the world's leading brands, companies, trade...

New Sustainability Report Highlights Ecolab’s Role as a Global Catalyst for Corporate Responsibility

Jun 21, 2018 3:00 PM ET - In its new annual corporate sustainability report, Catalyst for a Better World, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) highlights how it helps customers reduce water and energy use, ensure clean hospitals, hotels and restaurants, and safely produce the world’s food and...

Scotiabank Ramps Up its Digital Services

Jun 21, 2018 11:10 AM ET - Commercial banks have been stepping up their game to ensure full customer satisfaction and convenience with minimum or no security disruptions. In that vein, Scotiabank T&T Ltd will be introducing intelligent deposit machines (IDMs) in the...

What You Need to Know About Employee Giving Fees and Selecting the Right Workplace Giving Technology and Service Provider

Jun 20, 2018 4:40 PM ET - In my 25+ year career, I’ve had the opportunity to help individuals and organizations connected to the causes they care about. As President and CEO of America’s Charities, I also have the vantage point of seeing how employee giving and volunteering...

Response to WSJ’s “Short-Termism is Harming the US Economy”

Jun 20, 2018 9:45 AM ET - In “Short-Termism is Harming the US Economy,” Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett argue that executives who target quarterly, short-term results often do so at the sacrifice of long-term strategy and results. This, in turn, harms the sustainable success...

The Green Bond Opportunity

Jun 20, 2018 9:35 AM ET - The global green bond market is growing, attracting new issuers and contributing to a low-carbon economy.

An International Dialogue With Sappi's Sustainability Leadership

Jun 19, 2018 10:20 AM ET - Sappi Limited board member and SETS Committee Chair Valli Moosa and Sappi North America’s Chief Business Sustainability Officer Jennifer Miller exchange thoughts on sustainable forestry.

MetLife Social Impact Investments Rise to $50 Billion

Jun 19, 2018 8:35 AM ET - MetLife, Inc. today announced its impact investment portfolio grew to $50 billion in 2017, an increase of 12 percent year-over-year from 2016 to 2017, and MetLife Foundation reached more than six million low-income individuals through the fourth...

Sustainable Farming: The Best Is yet to Come

Jun 19, 2018 7:55 AM ET - Farming, like all investments, carries some degree of risk. How SFP mitigates these risks is unique and key to the opportunity. Market demand for organic food is the fastest growing section in the grocery store isles. Geographically, SFP’s...

First of Its Kind Loan: Barclays’ Borrower Pays Less if Sustainability Targets Are Met

Jun 18, 2018 10:20 AM ET - In a first in the US, a company has entered into a syndicated sustainability-linked revolving loan. CMS Energy and its subsidiary, Consumers Energy, have entered into $1.4 billion revolving credit facilities from Barclays, the sole Sustainability...

Accelerating the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

Jun 18, 2018 9:30 AM ET - BNY Mellon is committed to promoting a more sustainable global economy. The company engages in numerous activities to help mitigate the effects of climate change through social investing initiatives. The 2017 CSR Report offers a closer look at how...

The $35 Billion Chocolate Giant Mars Was Once Notoriously Private. Here's Why the Company Is Now Speaking Out.

Jun 18, 2018 8:00 AM ET - "For most of our history, in fact ... for 99% of our history, we've chosen not to be in the public eye and we've really wanted our brands to engage consumers. And yet times have changed," Mars chairman Stephen Badger said...

Get Your Reporting Journey Started With the GRI Standards

Jun 15, 2018 9:00 AM ET - Introducing the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, the first global standards for sustainability reporting. This animation is a great way to learn more about the standards, which will replace the GRI G4 Guidelines on the 1st July 2018.

How Rise Companies Are Transforming Financial Services

Jun 14, 2018 9:05 AM ET - A year ago this month, Rise London moved to a bespoke new Shoreditch headquarters, becoming the largest fintech workspace in Europe. With the ink still fresh on transformative new deals with the bank, we talk with start-ups Cutover and Flux – two...

KeyBank Provides $14.2 Million in Total Financing for Preservation of Affordable Senior Housing in Buffalo

Jun 13, 2018 4:00 PM ET - KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) has provided $14.2 million in construction financing for the renovation of Riverview Manor and Piotr Stadnitski Gardens in Buffalo, NY. The project will be developed in partnership with...

Multipliers of Prosperity | Money Is More Than Math: Exploring What Comes After Security for Low-Income Americans

Jun 13, 2018 10:35 AM ET - By Commonwealth In 2016, the team from Commonwealth, a nonprofit dedicated to building financial security and opportunity, had the privilege of meeting Sharon (not her real name), one of the winners of our...

A Letter From Sappi North America President and CEO Mark Gardner

Jun 12, 2018 4:00 PM ET - Sappi North America saw many successes in 2017 despite challenging market headwinds. To our employees, customers and other partners whose dedication contributed to those successes, I thank you. Our focused strategy and continued investment in our...

The US$660 Billion Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity

Jun 12, 2018 9:00 AM ET - BSR's new report, Win-Win-Win: The Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Opportunity, shows how supply chain and trade finance mechanisms can be leveraged to create tangible cash incentives for suppliers, drive sustainable behaviors, and transform...

Reporting 3.0 Conference Launches Transformation Journey: From Mono-Capitalism to Multi-Capitalism, Integrated Accounting, and Integral Business Models

Jun 12, 2018 4:00 AM ET - Mono-capitalism, with its singular obsession on financial capital, has fueled growth in global economies and markets that ultimately threatens sustainability and broad prosperity. The resulting megatrends, such as climate change and dangerous wealth...

Pension Funds Invest Responsibly

Jun 11, 2018 9:30 AM ET - Increasingly, employees with pensions think about how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors affect their investments. BNY Mellon’s Marvin Vervaart, Asset Owner Segment Head for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and pension fund manager Gert-...

U.S. Conference of Mayors, Wells Fargo Announce 2018 CommunityWINS Grants

Jun 11, 2018 8:35 AM ET - The U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wells Fargo today announced that Mayors Robert Garcia of Long Beach, Calif.; Nan Whaley of Dayton, Ohio; and Jamael Tito Brown of Youngstown, Ohio, received top honors on behalf of nonprofits in their cities with...

Wells Fargo Now Is ‘Preferred Bank’ for Manhattan’s Hudson Yards Neighborhood

Jun 7, 2018 12:30 PM ET - Wells Fargo today announced it is a founding partner of New York’s newest neighborhood and largest private real estate development in U.S. history − Hudson Yards. As a founding partner, Wells Fargo will be the “preferred bank of Hudson Yards.” The...

CSRHub and The National Wildlife Federation Announce Partnership

Jun 7, 2018 11:15 AM ET - CSRHub is pleased to announce it has formed a partnership with The National Wildlife Federation (NWF). The NWF is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over six million supporters,...

CMS Energy Becomes First U.S. Company to Enter Sustainability-Linked Loan

Jun 7, 2018 11:05 AM ET - CMS Energy and its primary subsidiary, Consumers Energy (collectively “CMS”), announced they have entered the first syndicated sustainability-linked revolving credit facilities for a U.S. borrower. The aggregate $1.4 billion of new credit facilities...

Delivering Constructive Change through CSR

Jun 7, 2018 9:30 AM ET - It is gratifying to work for a company genuinely committed to the wellbeing of the world and its citizens. Part of my role at BNY Mellon is to help determine where we can use our resources for the most positive, tangible impact. We do this by...

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