Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Creating Pathways to Affordable Homeownership Through Community and Banking

US Bank

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

The ROI of Sustainability: A CFO's Perspective

Trane Technologies

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

AllianceBernstein - Governance Matters: Don’t Overlook Board Oversight

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2015 Provident Financial Group Corporate Responsibility Report Published

Provident Financial Group, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of responsible personal credit products to the non-standard lending market, has published its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report.

HBR’s Top Performing CEOs List - Financial Results and Sustainability—A Complex Relationship

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) recently published its 2016 list of the world’s top 100 CEOs. As in the past, HBR’s staff looked at the financial and ESG (environment, social, governance) performance of the CEOs of 1,200 large companies. They used a measure of financial performance developed by a team of Harvard academics for 80% of their score. The remaining 20% came from averaging two overall measures of corporate sustainability performance, including CSRHub.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Among Global Leaders in Addressing Climate Change

With its inclusion in CDP’s 2016 Climate “A” List, FCA has been recognized once again as a global leader for its commitment and performance in addressing climate change.Only nine percent of participating organizations were included in this year’s “A” List. The results were published on October 25, 2016 in the CDP Global Climate Change Report “Out of the starting blocks: Tracking progress on corporate climate action,” which tracks the recent progress of the world’s largest listed companies.

How Bloomberg is Driving Gender Equality and Helping Investors

It is clear from reading the headlines and checking the research that, in spite of significant efforts, progress toward gender equality in corporate America has been very slow.

Benefiting Customers, Building Communities

Responsibility is obviously a key component for conducting any business, and when it comes to the financial services industry, that approach has even more impact when it also does good things for society. For that reason, MetLife Foundation, the charitable arm of MetLife Inc., pivoted to a focus on financial inclusion in 2013.

Two Global Brands are Helping Haiti Turn Its Trash Into an Industry

Some companies are trying to directly help create new demand for recycling in Haiti. HP, which uses recycled plastic when it makes new printer cartridges, announced today that it will start buying some of that plastic from Haiti. Timberland will use recycled polyester, made from some of the same plastic, to make shoes and bags.

Do You Believe Your Work Can Benefit Through Insights Gained From Behavioral Economics?

Common Cents, supported by MetLife Foundation, is a financial research lab at Duke University that creates and tests interventions to help low-to-moderate income households increase their financial well-being.

What Must Be Done to Combat Human Trafficking - Survivors Speak Out In a U.S. Advisory Council Report

Just last week, the U.S Advisory Council on Human Trafficking released its first annual report detailing policy recommendations for various aspects of the human trafficking supply chain, the first of its kind written by survivors.

Technology, Philanthropy, and a Solid ROI with Community Foundations

Getting a solid return on investment and helping communities grow through grant making and innovation is all possible with community foundations.

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    A WELL Certified™ project has the potential to add measurable value to the health, well-being and happiness of people in the buildings. It can also...
  3. AEG's Commitment to Social Impact and Volunteerism
    AEG embraces its responsibility to enrich the lives of people in the communities around the world where we do business, and to use business to create...
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  6. Integrated Tools
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  7. Katrina 20th Anniversary
    This year marked the 20th anniversary of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Katrina, one of the worst, deadliest and most costly natural disasters to ever...
  8. ESG Recognition
    While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external...
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