Finance
Supporting responsible business and causes with the goal of a more sustainable future.
POSTED
10-04-13
1st U.S. Impact & Sustainable Trade Mission Attracts Over 100 European Limited Partners
Watershed Capital Group along with the United States Department of Commerce concluded the first U.S./European Impact & Sustainable Private Equity Certified Trade Mission. Over 100 European Limited Partners met with the first-of-it...
POSTED
09-30-13
PULSE Merged Into B Analytics Platform
B Lab and Acumen announce today that PULSE is being incorporated into B Analytics. B Analytics is now the only fully integrated data and technology platform that enables investors to measure, benchmark, and report on the impact of their portfolios using their own...
POSTED
09-12-13
Johnson Controls Recognized Globally by Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
Johnson Controls, a global diversified company in the building and automotive industries, today announced its inclusion on both the World and North America Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2013.
This is the ninth consecutive year Johnson Controls has been named to both DJSI indi...
POSTED
09-03-13
Recognition of the Viability of Social Impact Investment and Business Models Shows Signs of Global Critical Mass as Social Enterprise Community Heads to SOCAP13
The sold out Social Capital Markets Conference 2013 (SOCAP13) kicked off today, convening a diverse audience of over 1800 attendees, from more than 45 countries who represent the growing and expanding integration of social imp...
POSTED
08-30-13
Green Transition Scoreboard® Shows Dramatic Mid-year Surge
The Green Transition Scoreboard® tally jumped from $4.1 trillion reported in February to $5.2 trillion as of July 2013. The Green Transition Scoreboard® tracks private i...
POSTED
08-21-13
Encore Wealth Advisors Becomes a Certified B-Corp
Encore Wealth Advisors, a sustainable wealth management firm, is proud to announce its certification as a B Corporation. We are thrilled to join the growing number of businesses deepening their commitment and practices of sustainability. Encore became a B Corp to further align our mission and val...
POSTED
08-13-13
Mission Markets Launches Online Crowdfunding Portal to Support Sustainable Organizations
Mission Markets, which operates a portal network for impact and sustainability investments, announced today the addition of a crowdfunding platform, Mission Crowdfund, as part of its core offerings. Crowdfunding allows peo...
POSTED
07-31-13
SASB Releases Provisional Sustainability Accounting Standards for Health Care Industry, A Key Milestone in Improving Disclosure of Material Non-Financial Information
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board™ (SASB)™, a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides sustainability accounting standards for use by publicly listed corporations in the U.S., today released its first set of
POSTED
07-31-13
Wall Street Insider Turned Environmental Campaigner, Tom Steyer, to Keynote 24th Annual SRI Conference on the Future of Investing
From fighting the Keystone Pipeline to pushing for action on climate change, perhaps no other current or former investment world figure has been more visible in 2013 than Tom Steyer, a business leader and investor who founded and served as the senior managing partner of Farallon Capital Managemen...
