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M&T Bank Corporation Releases Inaugural ESG Report

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Futuregrowth: Allocating Capital to Renewable Energy Investments

While the debate over the use of nuclear power continues, the renewable energy sector is quietly forging ahead and independent power producers are adding much-needed capacity to the grid. Since the Department of Energy (DoE) embarked on its alternative energy drive in 2012, capital investments in renewables have totalled almost R200 billion.

South Africa has some of the best natural resources available for solar and wind power. This, together with a reputationally strong and well-run independent power procurement programme, has created opportunities for institutional investors like Futuregrowth − who is now a leading funder of the programme.

KeyBank Provides $95.2 Million for Affordable Housing Development in Auburn, WA

KeyBank’s Community Development Lending & Investing (CDLI) group announced today it has provided $95.2 million in tax exempt bond financing to construct almost 600 units of 4% LIHTC affordable apartments in Auburn, Washington, called the Villas at Auburn and the Reserve at Auburn. Upon completion, the Villas at Auburn will offer 295 units of affordable housing for families; the Reserve at Auburn will offer 297 units of affordable housing for seniors. Both projects will serve residents making 60 percent or less of the area median income.

Ecocentricity Blog: Be Careful How you Prounounce That...

Our work, and really everyone’s work, requires long-term vision, long-term commitment, and long-term relationships. Sure, our grants have an “end date.” But if we are doing our job well as philanthropists, our grants will carry on, having an impact long after the dollars are spent.

Holland America Line President Orlando Ashford Honored with Bethune-Cookman University Leadership Award

Holland America Line President Orlando Ashford was honored by Bethune-Cookman University at the fourth annual Mary McLeod Bethune Legacy Awards Gala in Daytona Beach, Florida, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2016.

Who Will Be This Year’s Most Community-Minded Companies?

Washington (Nov. 15, 2016) – For Eli Lilly and Company, community change means ensuring every student in Indianapolis has access to STEM education. For FedEx, it means having FedEx team members help teach safe motorist behaviors to create safer, more walkable communities. For KeyBank, community change manifests itself in $25 million in funding and research efforts for affordable housing communities across the country. These are just three of the 50 companies Points of Light recognized as best practice corporate citizens in 2016. Who will be among the most community-minded companies in America in 2017?

Annual Corporate “Impact Investing” Market Estimated at $2.4 Billion; One-Third of Large Companies Actively Investing

A new study released by CECP and supported by Prudential Financial, Inc. found that large corporations invest approximately US$2.4 billion each year in initiatives and ventures designed to achieve financial returns as well as a positive economic, social, or environmental impact – commonly referred to as “impact investing.” The groundbreaking pilot study, Investing with Purpose, is the first time that the corporate role in impact investing has been analyzed in depth.

When Big Companies Make Small Changes to Benefit the World

Every day both families and companies are presented with myriad choices that affect the environment and the globe as a whole. With each decision, come both rewards and consequences. A single family can decide to make environmentally friendly decisions such as freezing vegetables they can’t use, purchasing green cleaning products, or walking to dinner instead of driving. Each one of these decisions has a small but positive impact in helping our environment.

Leaders of the World’s Largest Companies Gathering to Discuss Aligning Stakeholder Needs with Core Business Strategy

Leading CEOs who are a part of CECP: The CEO Force for Good –a coalition of more than 200 corporations collectively representing $7 trillion in annual revenue – will assemble for CECP’s 12th annual Board of Boards. Noted in Forbes as one of the top three "power player" CEO gatherings, this closed-door session is a business insights and opportunity forum. CEO participants position their companies for success and forge valuable connections with peer business leaders around the topic of infusing stakeholder needs into core business strategy.

Webinar | 6 Keys to Workplace Giving Success

How do you increase participation and get everyone (top to bottom) excited about your giving and volunteering program? Using exclusive data from our Fortune 1000 clients, we created a webinar to share 6 actionable ways to unlock that engagement. Led by Benevity’s principal of Goodness Consulting Nicole Campbell, the tips in this recording will help you increase participation — and build a bigger sense of purpose that creates connection through the end of fall giving season and well beyond.

New Report Highlights Gains in Financial Inclusion, Led by India; Digitisation on the Rise

The 2016 Global Microscope on Financial Inclusion shows that essential policies for bringing financial services to low-income groups are now widespread in the developing world. Nine of the 12 financial inclusion indicators covered in the benchmarking index improved globally in 2016, building on gains which have been made during the last decade.

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