Finance & Investment
The growing number of funds, tools, mechanisms and markets helping organizations, investors and the public put their money where their mouth is to drive sustainable change
Investors Lose Patience with Companies’ Lack of Environmental Disclosure
Investors with nearly $10 trillion in assets are targeting over 700 companies that are not transparent enough about their environmental impact, and pushing them to disclose this information through CDP. This is the first time that CDP is reporting pu... View More
SustainAccounting Launches World’s First Triple Bottom Line Certification
At the heart of the Certified TBL program is its advocacy of multicapital- and context-based Triple Bottom Line accounting, still new to most organizations but rapidly emerging as the gold standard for measurement and reporting. ... View More
SASB, CDSB Partner on How-To Guide for Climate-Related Disclosures
Sustainability standards setters release implementation guide for complying with TCFD recommendations for communicating about climate-related financial risk. ... View More
Prudential Pledges $180M to Promote Financial Wellness for Opportunity Youth
Largest private sector investment to date will prepare next generation of global workforce with education and training, build financially stable communities and help break the cycle of poverty. ... View More
The Win-Win of JUST Jobs: Higher ROE When Companies Disclose Workplace Policies
Human capital issues increasingly important area for corporate leadership, as market participants call for greater transparency. Current disclosure largely lacking on gender pay equity, diversity & inclusion, paid parental leave, and other polici... View More
ESG Evaluation Tool Sets Holistic Benchmark for Sustainability Performance
New market offering seeks to improve transparency, disclosure and private-sector engagement with rising environmental, social and governance risk concerns. ... View More
BofA Commits $300 Billion by 2030 to Low-Carbon, Sustainable Business
Bank of America’s third environmental commitment is designed to advance solutions to issues aligned with the SDGs — including sustainable energy and transportation, climate resiliency, clean water and sanitation. ... View More
Wisdom Fund Aims to Close Lending Gap for Women
CNote's new impact investment vehicle provides funding to underserved women of color and low-income women entrepreneurs across the US. ... View More
Values-Based Investment Platform COIN Offers Portfolios Aligned with SDGs
Backed by John Hancock, COIN offers customers eight Impact Areas — including Better Health, Clean Water, Gender Equality and Reducing Waste — to invest in, with as little as $50. ... View More
Mastercard, Doconomy Launch the Future of Sustainable Payments
DO is a free, easy-to-use mobile banking service that lets users track, understand and reduce their CO2 footprints through carbon offsetting. ... View More
CPG Transparency Platform Now Incentivizes Consumers to Choose Sustainable Products
Almond, a groundbreaking economic framework that aims to tackle the world of sustainable consumer goods, rewards those who make an effort to purchase sustainable products and help to combat cheap consumer goods. ... View More
Clif Bar Ag Fund to Help Organic Farmers Weather Economic Challenges
The Clif Ag Fund will help increase the economic resilience of organic farmers in Clif’s supply chain — including lower energy costs from day one. ... View More
Financial Services Lead Charge in Linking Financial Performance, Sustainability
Companies increasingly recognize the importance to their bottom line of a comprehensive sustainability strategy, which includes reporting. ... View More
New Reporting Standard Aims to Drive Finance Towards SDGs
Now, under SD VISta, projects seeking funding must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of a third-party assessor, that they advance the SDGs. ... View More
New Guide Will Empower Banks to Quickly Assess Natural Capital Risk
New step-by-step guide from Natural Capital Finance Alliance builds on launch of web-based tool, ENCORE, in November. ... View More
Less Medley, More Value: Creating a New Quality for Corporate Reporting
This week at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland, the discussion about how to implement the directives of the Paris Agreement is in full swing. ... View More
Corporate Reporting Dialogue Launches 2-Year Project to Drive Better Alignment
Today, the Corporate Reporting Dialogue — a coalition of major international corporate reporting standard setters and framework providers — announced a groundbreaking, two-year project focused on driving better alignment in the corporate reportin... View More
Future Value, Submerged Value, 'ROP' & Other Facets of the ROI of Sustainability
Last week at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’18 conference in Philadelphia, PA, over 300 delegates from brands, NGOs, strategists and practitioners across sectors gathered to share the newest credible tools and solutions for assessing the ROI of... View More
Nespresso, Starbucks, Lin-Manuel Miranda Partner to Revive Puerto Rican Coffee Sector
The Hispanic Federation, together with actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and his family, today announced the launch of a five-year initiative to revitalize Puerto Rico’s coffee sector. The founding partners include Hispanic Federation, Nespresso, The Rockef... View More
Women-Led Alternative to Top-Down Philanthropy Is Driving Change
The often-patrician act of philanthropy and the #MeToo movement may not seem like the most obvious pairing, but for Cynthia Nimmo, president and CEO of the Women’s Funding Network (WFN), they are two sides of the same coin. ... View More
