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

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How High-Integrity Credit Projects Deliver Impacts Beyond Carbon

How can buyers and sellers of carbon credits ensure the projects they choose will have the desired impacts and climate outcomes? ... View More

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Report: Investors Must Shift Priorities to Effectively Tackle Plastic Pollution

The Circulate Initiative’s latest Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker reveals investment amounts not only fall short of financing needs across the plastic lifecycle, too many are focused on reactive — vs proactive — solutions. ... View More

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Arbor Day Impact Fund: A New Engine for Innovation in the Climate Fight

By fostering connections between startups and established environmental leaders, we can further amplify the effectiveness of each innovation and create waves of impact. ... View More

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Antonioli: Carbon Markets Must Center on Long-Term, Sustainable Development Impacts

Former Verra CEO David Antonioli believes the carbon market is missing a golden opportunity to design and deploy carbon finance as a powerful transitional tool toward a zero-carbon economy. He outlines his vision in a new, six-part report. ... View More

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US’ Outdated Composting Infrastructure Offers Golden Investment Opportunity

New report from the Composting Consortium provides landscape analysis of existing compost infrastructure, markets and business models; and blended-finance opportunities to scale organics circularity. ... View More

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Companies Mitigating Climate Change Reduce Their Cost of Capital

New research shows that when companies disclose their environmental impact — and take meaningful action to mitigate it — they earn investor trust. ... View More

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From Funding to Action: Empowering Farmers Through RCPP

The USDA's $1.5B investment in the RCPP will advance climate-smart agriculture in the US while expanding the number, reach and variety of conservation programs. Realizing the full potential of this funding requires intentional action and collaboratio... View More

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Efforts to Scale Regenerative Ag Bearing Fruit Around the World

This week in regenerative-ag news, Heineken, innocent Drinks and Rainforest Alliance all revealed progress in scaling practices that increase resilience in food and beverage supply chains around the world. ... View More

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Big Lessons for Sustainable Finance from Financial Economic Crime

The two fields may seem wildly different; however, when it comes to conducting client due diligence and collecting data, there are clear lessons sustainable finance professionals can learn from their counterparts in financial economic crime. ... View More

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Education, Business, Community Initiatives Elevating Young Changemakers

Two rich panel discussions at SB Brand-Led Culture Change featured insights from organizations across the business landscape on how to maximize impact and opportunities for the next generation of diverse, young talent. ... View More

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5 Retail Giants Partner on VC to Scale Sustainable Innovation

W23 Global is the first retailer-led venture fund to seek entrepreneurs and early-stage ventures offering solutions to a range of common sustainability challenges. ... View More

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First 3 Carbon-Offset Programs Deemed Trustworthy by Integrity Council

In what it’s calling a new chapter of trust and standardization for the voluntary carbon market, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market gives three carbon-crediting programs its seal of approval. ... View More

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New Report Helps Companies Stop Bankrolling Climate Change

'Carbon Bankroll 2.0' illuminates the huge, untapped climate impact of the US financial system — how it is undermining leading companies’ climate action, and why companies’ financial management may be their greatest lever for climate progress... View More

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Shrinkflation: Drawbacks for the Environment, Consumer Trust

In times of inflation, consider whether shrinking a product for a short-term win could cause long-term brand damage — first, determine if it’s the best option and include a robust assessment of the environmental impacts. ... View More

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Private Investors Want Funds, Pension Plans to Actively Address Climate Change

In a new GlobeScan survey of 5K retail investors in 10 countries, all express similarly high levels of support for investment funds becoming more active in the climate space. ... View More

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Earthshot Prize ‘Launchpad’ to Link Investors with Climate Innovators

New matchmaking platform highlights game-changing solutions from the Earthshot Prize nominations process and connects them with like-minded investors and philanthropists. ... View More

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3 Ways to Tailor Your Programs to Invest in Girls

Here, Shanna Marzilli — President & CEO of Plan International USA — outlines three key areas that every skills-training program should incorporate to build a better, more equal, future working world. ... View More

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Major Companies, Investors Still Blind to Their Role in Deforestation

Global Canopy’s 10th annual Forest 500 report reveals that, despite some pockets of progress, voluntary private sector action has failed to generate meaningful progress on commodity-driven deforestation. ... View More

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First-of-its-Kind Fund Aims to Catalyze Equitable Access to Reuse and Refill Solutions

The $1M fund aims to finance deployment of reuse and refill infrastructure — particularly in FMCG, food service and delivery, grocery, e-commerce and retail — to combat global plastic pollution. ... View More

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Social-Impact Investing: 5 Lessons from a Successful First Venture

How T. Rowe Price brought capital to under-resourced communities and ensured it had the desired impacts, while inspiring pride and creativity among corporate associates. ... View More

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