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KeVita, a PepsiCo. brand, has joined the Supplier Alliance for Microcredit, pledging $50,000 in 2019 to alleviate global poverty through Whole Planet Foundation.
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“We bring an economic reason for forests to be,” he says. “I think that’s a very compelling story. [Forests are] not just places we’re going to take the dog for a walk or go hunting, but they have an economic reason.”
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Hain Celestial has been supporting Whole Planet Foundation since 2008 and has donated half a million dollars to our efforts to alleviate poverty through microcredit.
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Since Traditional Medicinals started their support of Whole Planet Foundation in 2008, they have donated over $300,000 to empower women through microcredit and have pledged $50,000 as a Supplier Alliance for Microcredit member in 2019 to alleviate…
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Goldcorp
In this series, we introduce you to the winners of Goldcorp’s Global Excellence Awards 2019. The Awards were launched in 2014 and are held every year to celebrate excellence and recognize achievements and successes made by individuals and teams…
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Comerica Bank
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TriplePundit
Whole Planet Foundation focuses on microloans, which the organization has designed for ease of access; the way in which this program works is critical because acquiring seed money is a formidable task for anyone in poverty. TriplePundit’s Tina Casey…
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Renew Life has joined the 2019 Supplier Alliance for Microcredit, pledging $50,000 to alleviate global poverty through Whole Planet Foundation.
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High Brew Coffee has been proudly supporting Whole Planet Foundation since 2007, donating $25,000 to date and pledging $50,000 as a Supplier Alliance for Microcredit member in 2019 to alleviate global poverty.
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GRI
New guidance on sustainability reporting for listed companies in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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GRI
A future where disclosure of the taxes paid by businesses is common international practice is one step closer, following widespread and trans-national support received through a GRI consultation on creating a new reporting standard for corporate tax.
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Weleda is a second-year member of Whole Planet Foundation’s annual $50,000 Fund, alleviating global poverty through microcredit.
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GRI
Global Reporting Initiative are delighted that we can now offer the latest GRI Standards in Spanish. Organizations who report in Spanish can download GRI 303: Agua y efluentes 2018 and GRI 403: Salud y seguridad en el trabajo 2018 on the GRI website.
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GreenMoney Journal
Often, the most compelling impact investments are made, not found. That phrase describes how foundations and impact investors use “catalytic capital” to support social and environmental progress. These patient, flexible, “catalytic” investments take…
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Numi supports people through initiatives like Whole Planet Foundation and Together for H2OPE, a Numi Foundation nonprofit program bringing clean water and sanitation education to its family communities.
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Ceres
Thirty years ago, a massive Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil into the pristine Prince William sound off Alaska’s coast, affecting 1,300 miles of coastline. It was the worst oil spill in the history of the United…
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Seventh Generation has donated $550,000 to alleviate poverty through microcredit with us and has pledged $50,000 in 2018. Their giving over time has created approximately 16,800 microloans and more than 96,900 opportunities for microentrepreneurs…
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Chobani joined the Foundation’s mission to alleviate poverty last year, and they have pledged $50,000 as a 2019 Supplier Alliance for Microcredit member to alleviate global poverty.
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TriplePundit
The collaboration between the Walmart Foundation and the nonprofit organization FoodCorps illustrates how companies can lend both their financial firepower and their expertise to help nonprofits scale up their missions.
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BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon today announced the launch of a range of reporting tools that will enable clients to track their portfolio investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) principles. The new…
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In 2015, The Kresge Foundation committed to deploy by 2020 a $350 million pool of social investments (loans, guarantees and equity) to strengthen opportunities for low-income people in America’s cities.
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Whole Foods Market Foundation
Every quarter Whole Planet Foundation aggregates field metrics from our microfinance partners who are disbursing and collecting microcredit loans to people living in poverty. With a small loan – the current average first size is $178 - an…
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Business Call to Action (BCtA)
Fintech social enterprise Innovate More Uganda has joined Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a commitment to provide access to digital financial management services to 168,000 low income Ugandans, along with complementary digital finance and mobile…
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Xylem Inc.
Xylem Inc. has announced execution of its new $800 million Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. With this transaction, Xylem has replaced its five-year $600 million revolving credit facility, while adding a sustainability-linked pricing…
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GreenMoney Journal
Impact investing has emerged as a major force in philanthropy. Last year GIIN conducted a survey showing that the estimated value of the impact investing sector doubled between 2017 and 2018, increasing from $114B to $228B. There’s a growing demand…
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