Bringing together companies, investors and exchanges from across the world, GRI and the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) co-hosted a round-table discussion to create a better understanding of how ESG reporting can be made more effective.

Non-profits often don’t have processes for inquiring about the risks they face, prioritizing those risks, and how to responding to them. For most, risk management begins and ends with insurance, their only safety net.

Russia’s Amway Charity Foundation recently presented the results of its highly popular “Mompreneur” program at the prestigious 2017 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

In the first of our regular stories about Barclays colleagues helping their communities, Digital Eagle Shweta Walia explains why she joined a programme to train 2,100 Marie Curie nurses to use computer tablets, freeing them to spend more time caring…

New recommendations released today by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, or TCFD, will play a critical role in improving climate-related financial disclosures, providing investors with the important information they need to…

KeyBank’s Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) team will provide a total of $7.3 million in financing to Liberty Affordable Housing, Inc. to support the new construction of 37 energy efficient affordable housing units for seniors…

Farm land is still a new asset class for most investment portfolios. It is important therefore to get started on the right foot. We realized early on that we needed to educate our investors and advisors on the basic economics of our business. As…

Presented at the Conference’s 85th annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., the awards recognize nonprofits and cities for leadership in driving neighborhood stabilization, economic development and job creation efforts. An independent panel of judges…

Public-private partnerships (P3s) are most commonly known for funding large-scale water infrastructure projects that a utility can’t support through traditional funding. However, other key attributes in the P3 model are often overlooked. In a P3,…

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a total of $500,000 in donations to four local nonprofits to help revitalize El Paso neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT® program.

There are many social and environmental reasons why we are doing this. Climate Change. Nutrition. Community. There are also financial reasons. If we are going to do what needs to be done in the soil, then we are going to need to put aside some of…

KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) provided $8.4 million in total financing for the quick acquisition of Brookwood Apartments, a 90-unit low-income apartment community in Roxboro, NC, located approximately 50 miles north…

The Wells Fargo Foundation grant will be used by LSS to launch GetLifted, an innovative effort focused on creating financial wellness and responsibly reducing debt among residents in the North Side of Minneapolis and East Side of St. Paul. The goal…

Today the Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab) at the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) with founding Lab partner JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) announced eight financial services innovators as the winners of its third competition,…

Starting in June, GRI and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) are launching a new program, ‘Sustainable Trade and Investment through Reporting’ in the Indo-Pacific (STIR Indo-Pacific). The program will target five developing…

For professionals in the capital markets, and in the corporate sector, G&A Institute and Global Change Associates are teamed to present a one-day professional training program, hosted by Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY, in…

KeyBank Community Development Lending & Investment to provide $16.3 million in financing to Christopher Community, Inc. for the construction of apartments for seniors with disabilities near Syracuse, NY.

Corporate environmental, social and governance practices (ESG) have the potential to impact a company’s financial performance, both positively and negatively. Corporate data on ESG practices has also been used by institutional investors and fund…

Marking a major milestone in the establishment of the Guinness brewery in Relay, Maryland, the Diageo Beer Company USA, is proud to announce the appointment of Peter Wiens as inaugural brewmaster. Boosting an impressive resume of brewing…

Ester Julia Álzate is a working class, 60-year-old mother and grandmother from Yumbo, a small, industrial city and municipality in western Colombia. She has a 28-year-old daughter, a 21-year-old son, and a five-year-old granddaughter. For the past…

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), and Citi Community Development kicked off an initiative today to provide training and technical assistance for four leading local housing counseling agencies and expand access to Department of Housing and…

Nestlé Waters North America today announced it is investing $6 million as part of a shared effort among business, government and community partners to fund comprehensive recycling infrastructure and programs in cities across the United States.