News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the finance industry.
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02-21-17
Grameen America, a leading nonprofit microfinance organization, today announced a collaboration with Citi and Mastercard to introduce a number of financial technology solutions that will greatly enhance the organization’s ability to promote digital financial access and inclusion for more than 86,...
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02-15-17
Seventy-five percent of teens say learning more about money management is
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02-13-17
American Century Investments and Greenwich Associates conducted a study on the views of institutional investors and financial intermediaries about the growing interest in impact investing.
Between late 2015 and early 2016, Greenwich Associates surveyed a total of 277 institutional investor...
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02-07-17
VisionFund International, World Vision's network of over 30 microfinance institutions across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, presents its 2016 Social Performance Report.
In 2016, VisionFund lent $USD729 million to 1.2 million clients around the world, sustaining 2,400,000 j...
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01-30-17
Northern Trust Asset Management, collaborating with GRESB, the global sustainability benchmark for real assets, has launched a unique sustainable real estate index. A Dutch-domiciled pooled fund passively managed to this new index has also been launched.
The industry-first index is exclusi...
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01-11-17
OppenheimerFunds employees supported the local community during this week’s Distribution Symposium in Atlanta. In coordination with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, conference attendees assembled and donated 300 College Bound Care packages that will include school supplies and dorm ro...
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12-19-16
ANZ has released its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Review, which reports on how it is tackling its most material sustainability issues.
2016 sustainability performance highlights
Achievements aligned with the three focus areas of ANZ’s Corporate Sustainability Fr...
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12-08-16
Sustainable Insight Capital Management, a registered investment manager based in New York, is proud to announce that it has become a B Corporation. It joins 1,800+ Certified B Corporations using the “power of business to benefit the greater good”.
SICM exceeded B Corp's rigorous standards ...
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12-01-16
Forest Green launches a Mobile Business Carbon Transaction Platform to empower businesses and consumers to eliminate their carbon footprint by linking the velocity of transaction to the restoration of the natural world.
The Platform allows businesses to o...
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11-28-16
Today, American Express published its first comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility Report since 2008. The report highlights the company’s efforts to create social, environmental and economic value for its stakeholders as well as operate ethically and responsibly.
“At American Expres...