Ceres
Our Mission: Ceres is transforming the economy to build a just and sustainable future for people and the planet.
Ceres is a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Through our powerful networks and global collaborations of investors, companies, and nonprofits, we drive action and inspire equitable market-based and policy solutions throughout the economy to build a just and sustainable future. For more information, visit ceres.org and follow @CeresNews.
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04-02-20
Announcing Ceres 2020 Digital Program for April and May!
Earlier in March, we announced that the Ceres 2020 in New York in-person event was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, we’ve been working hard to reimagine how we can deliver the content we planned that aims to address the challenges investors, companies and policymakers alike ...
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03-27-20
Coronavirus, Climate Change, and Our Community
Originally published on Forbes
As the world struggles to contain a rapidly spreading pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people are fighting for their ...
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03-26-20
CCLA’s Helen Wildsmith Awarded 2020 Joan Bavaria Award for Her Leadership on Sustainability
Pioneering advocate for responsible investment and climate action Helen Wildsmith has been awarded the prestigious 2020 Joan Bavaria Award for Building Sustainability into the Capital Markets, the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres and...
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03-23-20
Ahead of World Water Day, Ceres Launches New Effort to Catalyze Capital Markets to Value Water As a Financial Risk
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03-13-20
Investors and Companies Urge States to Adopt Transportation and Climate Initiative, a ‘once-in-a-generation Opportunity’
A diverse group of investors, companies, trade associations, institutions, and organizations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are urging the region’s governors today to band together and create a clean transportation future that enables economic growth.
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03-10-20
Ceres 2020 in New York is Canceled; Going Digital
After extensive deliberation and with great sadness, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the Ceres 2020 in New York in-person convening due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
While we cannot predict exactly how the situation with the coronavirus will unf...
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02-28-20
Feeding Ourselves Thirsty: Tracking Food Company Progress Toward a Water-Smart Future
For food companies, water management is a business imperative like never before. And as risks of water scarcity and pollution steadily increase, corporate leaders must evaluate the most effective ways to water-proof their business.
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02-03-20
Major Pacific Coast Companies and Institutions Call for Expansion of Cap-and-Invest Programs
More than 20 major companies, healthcare systems and large energy consumers on the Pacific Coast declared their support today for expanding cap-and-invest programs to scale up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the region.
Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft, Providenc...
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01-30-20
Investors Press Fast Food Giants to Move Faster and Bolder on Climate and Water Risk Management, One Year Into $11 Trillion Engagement
Investor coalition nearly doubles in a year from $6.5 to more than $11.4 trillion of combined assets under management.
Among six companies, two have publicly committed to science-based climate targets, two
