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GM Earns Global Leadership in Water Conservation
GM Earns Global Leadership in Water Conservation
Published on October 24, 2017
About a 2 minute read

Managing company water in a sustainable way can drive both business and community value. CDP, a nonprofit global environmental disclosure platform, listed GM on its Water A-List for effective water management practices implemented around the world. C... View More

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Community Updates
Visa Launches Foundation With Inaugural Grant to Women’s World Banking
Visa Launches Foundation With Inaugural Grant to Women’s World Banking
Published on October 24, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Visa (NYSE:V) today marked the launch of the newly-incorporated Visa Foundation, which has been established as part of Visa’s larger social impact strategy that will prioritize the growth of micro and small enterprises around the world, enabling in... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Making Large-Scale Energy Efficiency Easier (and More Affordable)
Making Large-Scale Energy Efficiency Easier (and More Affordable)
Published on October 16, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Energy efficiency is a simple, quick and cost-effective method to reduce both costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That’s why companies are scaling up their energy-efficiency projects in an effort to achieve greater results. And it’s importa... View More

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Supply Chain
Report: Corporate Performance Falls Short on Supply Chain Due Diligence for Conflict Materials
Report: Corporate Performance Falls Short on Supply Chain Due Diligence for Conflict Materials
Published on October 13, 2017
About a 3 minute read

The Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN), a project of the nonprofit organization As You Sow dedicated to ending human rights abuses associated with raw materials, has released a new report analyzing 206 companies’ due diligence regarding the use of ... View More

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Finance & Investment
Bank-Fintech Partnership Offers New Funding Opportunities for Sustainably Minded Startups
Bank-Fintech Partnership Offers New Funding Opportunities for Sustainably Minded Startups
Published on October 11, 2017
About a 3 minute read

P2Binvestor (P2Bi), a leading marketplace lending platform that offers crowdsourced, asset-secured lines of credit to growing companies with big ambitions, is catalyzing the growth of mission-aligned business with the launch of a first-of-its kind ba... View More

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Finance & Investment
Salesforce Launches $50M Impact Investment Fund to Catalyze Positive Social Change
Salesforce Launches $50M Impact Investment Fund to Catalyze Positive Social Change
Published on October 9, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Salesforce Ventures, the corporate investment arm of Salesforce, a global leader in customer relationship management (CRM), has launched a $50 million impact investment fund to accelerate the growth of companies using Salesforce technology to address... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Making the Impossible Possible: Learning Authenticity for Conscious Leadership
Making the Impossible Possible: Learning Authenticity for Conscious Leadership
Published on October 6, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Today’s companies are being tasked with the impossible: How can we make money for our shareholders, pay our employees well, and positively impact the environment and society as a whole? The purpose of a business used to be specifically to increase ... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
More Than 60% of FTSE 100 Companies Not Reporting Climate Risks
More Than 60% of FTSE 100 Companies Not Reporting Climate Risks
Published on October 2, 2017
About a 5 minute read

Despite growing investor demand for information surrounding businesses’ social and environmental performance, a new report from Carbon Clear has revealed that 61 FTSE 100 companies are not assessing or not disclosing climate risk in their annual re... View More

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Finance & Investment
Singularity University Accelerator Aims to Set Impact Entrepreneurs Up for Long-Term Success
Singularity University Accelerator Aims to Set Impact Entrepreneurs Up for Long-Term Success
Published on September 29, 2017
About a 2 minute read

With the backing of a group of impact investors, Singularity University, a global community with a mission to educate, inspire and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address the world’s most pressing challenges, has launched SU Ve... View More

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Finance & Investment
Fairphone Secures €6.5M to Take Fair, Conflict-Free Electronics Mainstream
Fairphone Secures €6.5M to Take Fair, Conflict-Free Electronics Mainstream
Published on September 27, 2017
About a 3 minute read

Fairphone, a social enterprise and modular smartphone producer spurring a paradigm shift in the technology industry, has secured €6.5 million to scale up its mission to make fair, responsible electronics mainstream. The investment will enable Fairp... View More

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Innovation & TechnologyInnovation & Technology
Discovery Leverages Vitality Shared-Value Insurance to Make 10M People Healthier by 2018
Discovery Leverages Vitality Shared-Value Insurance to Make 10M People Healthier by 2018
Published on September 20, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Earlier this week, financial services group Discovery outlined the growth in scale and impact of its Vitality Shared-Value Insurance model. Since launching Vitality 20 years ago, Discovery has invested considerably in building a platform that serves ... View More

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Community Updates
Report Details Economic Benefits of Bank of America’s $125 Billion Environmental Business Initiative
Report Details Economic Benefits of Bank of America’s $125 Billion Environmental Business Initiative
Published on September 18, 2017
About a 4 minute read

Today, Bank of America released “Banking on a Low-Carbon Economy: The Economic Impacts of Bank of America’s $125 Billion Environmental Business Initiative.” The report, based on analysis conducted by consulting firm EY, examines the economic i... View More

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Organizational GovernanceOrganizational Governance
Businesses Overlooking $447B in Financial Value from Strong Environmental Performance
Businesses Overlooking $447B in Financial Value from Strong Environmental Performance
Published on September 13, 2017
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Four in 10 telecomms and consumer goods companies reporting to CDP fail to capture or report any financial value from strong environmental performance, according to new research released Wednesday by Accenture, CDP Hermes Investment Management. ... View More

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Organizational Governance
MARS Commits $1B to New Sustainability Plan, Launches Climate-Focused Campaign
MARS Commits $1B to New Sustainability Plan, Launches Climate-Focused Campaign
Published on September 6, 2017
About a 4 minute read

While it has widely been accepted that business-as-usual practices are not synonymous with a sustainable future, business still needs a nudge in the right direction, according to MARS CEO Grant F. Reid, who has called out the need for transformationa... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
'Our Responsibility for the Long Game': An Excerpt from ‘The Clean Money Revolution’
'Our Responsibility for the Long Game': An Excerpt from ‘The Clean Money Revolution’
Published on September 6, 2017
About a 8 minute read

We need a financial plan for achieving a safe world in the next thirty years. This period will be crucial as social and ecological externalities come home to roost. We need a rapid reinvention of capitalism, finance, and wealth management. We need to... View More

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Marketing & CommunicationsMarketing & Communications
Report: North America Lags Behind Europe, Asia in Sustainability Reporting
Report: North America Lags Behind Europe, Asia in Sustainability Reporting
Published on September 6, 2017
About a 3 minute read

The Centre for Sustainability Excellence (CSE) has released its second annual Sustainability Reporting Trends in North America report, highlighting trends from 551 companies in Canada and the United States during the 2015-2016 period. The report revi... View More

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New Metrics
Integral Success Measurement for True Future Value Creation
Integral Success Measurement for True Future Value Creation
Published on September 1, 2017
About a 12 minute read

Part Six in a 10-Part Series by Reporting 3.0. See previous parts below. ... View More

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Circular EconomyCircular Economy
Trending: Supermarkets Roll Out New Initiatives to Future-Fit Global Food Systems
Trending: Supermarkets Roll Out New Initiatives to Future-Fit Global Food Systems
Published on August 22, 2017
About a 5 minute read

Supermarkets across the globe are doing their part to future fit the food system by rolling out new initiatives and products that aim to tackle food waste and CO2 emissions. ... View More

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New Metrics
US Cities Plagued by Poor Performance on SDGs
US Cities Plagued by Poor Performance on SDGs
Published on August 21, 2017
About a 3 minute read

US cities still have a long way to go towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the first-ever US Cities SDG Index, which ranks the 100 most populous metropolitan areas in the US based on their performance on the SDGs. ... View More

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Finance & Investment
What Questions Should Investors Be Asking to Understand If a Company Is Really Socially Sound?
What Questions Should Investors Be Asking to Understand If a Company Is Really Socially Sound?
Published on August 16, 2017
About a 5 minute read

As socially progressive investors, we perform our own due diligence when we consider a company and its ethical, moral and social standing before it is added to our portfolio. Investors must ensure that they properly vet their investments on a large s... View More

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