PNC Bank’s recent $8 million equity investment in Housing Impact Fund II (HIF II) is helping bring tangibility to the fund’s vision to preserve Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Whole Planet Foundation is proud to showcase top donating brands that support microentrepreneurs in our global communities through Whole Planet Foundation. 

Maine, with nearly 3,400 miles of coastline and over 2,000 coastal islands, is inextricably tied to the sea. The Gulf of Maine has long supplied Mainers with both livelihoods and food but is one of the fastest warming bodies of water on the globe.

To help support the development of environmental, open space and resiliency projects across the District of Columbia and Maryland communities, Pepco and Sustainable Maryland announced the nine recipients of the 2023 Sustainable Communities Grants…

Intend Indiana (Intend) and PNC Bank (PNC) announced an agreement for a $2.5 million investment that will support Intend Indiana’s multifamily housing initiative for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

Whole Foods Market suppliers are funding income-generating opportunities to help alleviate global poverty through Whole Planet Foundation’s microlending programs.

There’s no substitute for studying hard. But when the subject is expansive, it also helps to know what you’ll be graded on.

KeyBank will present three homeownership workshops in Rochester, NY. Leslie Curry, KeyBank Community Development Loan Officer (NMLS# 407614), will offer advice and details on products and assistance programs available to homebuyers.

Blue economy funds have experienced dramatic growth in the past half decade, with nearly thirty new entrants – ten or so of them in 2022 alone

It was all smiles as rap star and Houston fan-favorite Bun B (aka Bernard Freeman) and chef Mike Pham of Trill Burgers walked into Sysco Corporation Headquarters.

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $31.7 million construction loan and KeyBanc Capital Markets provided a floating-to-fixed interest rate swap for the development of an affordable multifamily housing property in…

Pepco, Exelon, and the Exelon Foundation-funded Racial Equity Capital Fund (RECF), announced $2.7 million in RECF investments to four local, minority-owned businesses working in the energy, IT, workforce development, and real estate fields.

Thousands of people came together for Climate Week NYC 2023 last week to discuss and drive progress towards managing climate change.

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Secretariat launched a consultation on its work to further refine the definitions of its transition finance strategies and support financial institutions to forecast the impact of these strategies…

We recently started working with a new source of ESG ratings—InvestVerte. This group targets investors who want to use ESG data to improve their investment returns.

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided a $8.6 million equity bridge loan and $13.1 million in 4% federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for the acquisition and rehabilitation of an affordable housing community in…

At a time when stock prices are slumping and inflation is soaring, farmland looks to be an appealing investment, according to a 2022 article from Barron’s.

KeyBank and Operation HOPE, Inc., a national non-profit dedicated to financial empowerment for underserved communities, celebrated the beginning of a new era in homebuyer and financial education in Buffalo.

Fiduciary Trust International created this series to explore the diverse array of clean-energy-oriented business models and technologies that we anticipate will attract investors.

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) and KeyBanc Capital Markets provided $71.8 million construction and permanent 501(c)(3) bond financing utilizing a combination of direct bank debt and Fannie Mae M.TEBs for Greenfield…

We can expedite climate action by harnessing the expertise of finance professionals and data analysts alongside enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

AccountAbility CEO Mr. Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser will lead a virtual panel – Building Better Boards, taking place during Climate Week NYC 2023.

From the dense Amazon jungle to wide stretches of Malaysian palm oil plantations, agricultural practices have been stripping the world of vital forests for decades.

What is double materiality? Our latest blog post offers a high-level primer on this important financial reporting principle.

Through a multi-year pilot partnership with New Acre Project, TC Energy has helped farmers and ranchers produce nature-based climate solutions on 135 acres of marginal farmland to increase biodiversity, improve watershed health and mitigate the…