Bold Investments Changing the Future of Social Good

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 11:15

Sustainable Brands and Pixelis Announce Pan-European Conference Partnership

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 10:00

Sustainable Brands® recently announced a strategic partnership with Pixelis, a branding agency based in Paris, France committed to design, innovation and sustainability. Sustainable Brands has partnered with Pixelis to produce the pan-European conference, SB’18 Paris, in April of 2019.

UBS Focused on Achieving Sustainable Performance

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 05:00

Putting Our Feminism Into Our Finances

Thu, 04/12/2018 - 08:15

Now is the time to invest with a gender lens. From our consumer activity to our investment portfolio, it is time to align our assets with our goals for gender equity. Each one of our dollars has an impact in the world, from our banking decisions, to our bond and public equity holdings. Let us continue to put our feminism into our finances to ensure that our money is having the impact we are hoping to see in the world. Read about how to do just that...

MetLife Foundation and Verb Launch Competition to Improve Financial Health in the U.S.

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 11:00

MetLife Foundation and Verb announced today the launch of Inclusion Plus in the United States as part of a global competition for entrepreneurs, nonprofits and other social impact organizations focused on addressing the financial health needs of low- to moderate-income people.

CECP’s Strategic Investor Initiative Brings CEO Investor Forum and Effort to End Corporate “Short-Termism” to West Coast

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 13:15

CECP: The CEO Force for Good announced that its Strategic Investor Initiative (SII) will host the CEOs of PG&E Corporation and Wells Fargo at a CEO Investor Forum on April 19, 2018, at NASDAQ in San Francisco, CA. This invitation-only event is SII’s fourth CEO Investor Forum and the first to be held on the West Coast. Investors and media interested in attending should register through SII’s web site. Registration closes this week.

GRI and Colombo Stock Exchange in Partnership for Better ESG Reporting

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 13:05

The Colombia Stock Exchange and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) will work together to provide guidance to listed companies on ESG disclosures in Sri Lanka. GRI will also facilitate regional peer-to-peer learning with other stock exchanges and capacity building for CSE staff through workshops, seminars and training.

Aprende más sobre Lutheran World Relief ayuda a pequeños agricultores de cacao y cooperativas de Centroamérica

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 17:45

Lutheran World Relief ayuda a pequeños agricultores de cacao y cooperativas de Centroamérica a construir negocios sostenibles, generando un mapa de Sabores Aprende más sobre ellos en Cacao Movil.

Learn More About Lutheran World Relief's Work to Help Small Cocoa Farmers and Cooperatives in Central America

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 17:50

Lutheran World Relief helps small cocoa farmers and cooperatives in Central America to build sustainable businesses, generating a map of flavors learn more about them in Cacao Movil.

Three Quarters of Mid-sized UK Businesses Investing in Green Initiatives Benefit Commercially

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 08:40

As green issues continue to make big headlines, four fifths (82%) of mid-sized UK businesses have taken action on environmental sustainability. However, less than half (40%) indicated that they expect the amount they will invest in this area to increase over the next five years and only a similar amount (39%) view environmentally responsible programmes as ‘extremely important’.