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    Schneider Electric Announces the Creation of its Third Impact Fund "Schneider Energy Access Asia" Image

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    12-27-19

    Schneider Electric Announces the Creation of its Third Impact Fund "Schneider Energy Access Asia"

    Schneider Electric announced today at its Global Innovation Summit in Barcelona, October 2-3 that its partners Norfund, EDFI and Amundi have agreed to create the new impact fund named “Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia”. The fund targets the 350 million people who have no energy access mainly...

    Wells Fargo Contributes More Than $11.5 Million to Habitat for Humanity Image

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    12-18-19

    Wells Fargo Contributes More Than $11.5 Million to Habitat for Humanity

    Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is teaming with Habitat for Humanity to help families stay in their homes and neighborhoods, and to champion advocacy work that helps people meet basic shelter needs, among other initiatives.

    Wells Fargo has donated $10.7 million directly to local Habi...

    Mr. John Fraser, Former Australian Treasury Secretary, Rejoins AccountAbility Advisory Board Image

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    12-18-19

    Mr. John Fraser, Former Australian Treasury Secretary, Rejoins AccountAbility Advisory Board

    Mr. John Fraser, former Australian Treasury Secretary and Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Asset Management, has rejoined the Advisory Board of AccountAbility. Having had an extensive and notable career that included stints representing Australia at the IMF, as Australian Minister (Economic) to the...

    Record 631 Institutional Investors Managing More Than $37 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Global Climate Crisis Image

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    12-10-19

    Record 631 Institutional Investors Managing More Than $37 Trillion in Assets Urge Governments to Step up Ambition to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

    631 institutional investors managing more than $37 trillion in assets urged governments to step up efforts to tackle the global climate crisis and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, in a joint statement issued today at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP25). The 

    Aramark Announces New 2025 Sustainability Plan Image

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    12-10-19

    Aramark Announces New 2025 Sustainability Plan

    Today, Aramark, the leading U.S.-based provider of food, facilities and uniform services, announced a new 2025 sustainability plan, Be Well. Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet. 

    Be...

    Cornerstone Capital Group Launches Cornerstone Capital Access Impact Fund Image

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    12-03-19

    Cornerstone Capital Group Launches Cornerstone Capital Access Impact Fund

     Cornerstone Capital Group (“Cornerstone”), an SEC-registered investment advisor whose mission is to help investors achieve targeted impact goals without sacrificing investment performance, today announced the launch o...

    Northern Trust Asset Management Selects Eleven Firms for Minority Broker Program Image

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    11-26-19

    Northern Trust Asset Management Selects Eleven Firms for Minority Broker Program

    Northern Trust Asset Management, consistent with its long-standing commitment to ensuring diversity and inclusion within the investment industry, has selected eleven minority-owned broker-dealers for its Minority Broker Program. Started in 2007, the program consists of firms owned by minorities, ...

    New Ceres Report Calls on Corporate Boards to Oversee Sustainability Risks As Global Climate and Water Crises Worsen Image

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    11-25-19

    New Ceres Report Calls on Corporate Boards to Oversee Sustainability Risks As Global Climate and Water Crises Worsen

    A new report released today by the nonprofit organization Ceres calls on corporate boards to systematically and explicitly oversee environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in order to keep their businesses resilient in the face of growing global climate and water crises.

    As climate...

    Northern Oregon Homeownership to Get $7.1 Million Boost Image

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    11-25-19

    Northern Oregon Homeownership to Get $7.1 Million Boost

    Wells Fargo and Company (NYSE: WFC), NeighborWorks® America, and its network member Portland Housing Center today announced the NeighborhoodLIFT program will expand to the city of Portland and Multnomah County this December. With a $7.1 million philanthropic commitment by the Wells Fargo Foundati...

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