3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2024

This is why a commitment to sustainability and social impact is at the core of our business. Check out five key takeaways from our 2023 Sustainability and Social Impact report: Delivering financial security for 167 Years We’ve been helping people to find financial security since 1857. billion in 2024.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The global impact investment market is estimated to be worth US $1.16 trillion, but less than 2% of these investments are channeled to Africa’s health markets. I believe this is a pivotal moment to invest in Africa — and impact investors are well-positioned to do so. Photo courtesy of IMF Photo/James Oatway.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 31, 2023

31 – The fall is conference season for impact investing and sustainable finance. The post Urgency and optimism on the 2023 impact investing conference circuit appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. ImpactAlpha has you covered. Our editors and reporters.

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Impact Investing 59

3BL Media

APRIL 29, 2024

50M+ donated to fight childhood cancer and support children and families since 2012 $60M+ invested in Milwaukee-area students over 25+ years 4,600+ students mentored by Northwestern Mutual employees in 2023 $3.5M in record-setting dividends to policyowners expected in 2024 Learn more about Northwestern Mutual’s commitment and impact.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

After muted early expectations, impact label under the UK’s green fund rules has outperformed expectations, amid the impact investing market’s global growth trend. There is still an opportunity for SDR to capitalise on impact and drive more capital into having a positive impact on the real world and society.”

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Impact Investing 64

3BL Media

APRIL 17, 2024

MILWAUKEE, April 17, 2024 /3BL/ - Northwestern Mutual, a leading financial services company, today announced the release of its 2023 Sustainability and Social Impact Report: A Better Tomorrow.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 4, 2023

October 4, 2023 /3BL/ - Today, the Working Capital Fund (WCF), the only venture capital fund focused on building equitable supply chains, has published its 2022 Annual Report.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Impact Investing 147

3BL Media

APRIL 30, 2024

Originally published on bloomberg.com NEW YORK, April 30, 2024 /3BL/ - Bloomberg today published its 2023 Impact Report , which outlines how the company continues to address climate change through its operations, philanthropy and collaborations with partners and industry peers. Read the full letter here.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Design Thinking Misses the Mark by Anne-Laure Fayard & Sarah Fathallah SSIR ’s top story of 2023 examines why design thinking, a topic SSIR has covered often , has failed to create significant and sustainable solutions to complex social issues. We look forward to many more inspiring and insightful conversations in 2024!

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Impact Investing 136

Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2024

Vital Capital’s Head of Impact, Tamar Pashtan, talks about driving transformative change and delivering market-rate returns in emerging markets – particularly sub-Saharan Africa. billion, according to the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) 2023 report. Effectively, we’re creating our own deal flow.”

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

By: Lyons O’Keeffe, ESG Director at IQ-EQ Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and other social responsibility concerns will continue their growing influence in 2023. The SEC is watching and the scrutiny is impacting behavior In 2022, the SEC recovered an all-time record of $6.4B

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

Barclays announced a series of new senior appointments to its Sustainable and Sustainable and Impact Investment Banking (SIB) team, including Arnoud Boksteijn as Managing Director, Cindy Quan as a Director and Head of Americas ESG Advisory, and Bogdan Oprea as a Director.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

“The SBA has been important in supporting impact asset managers like us in creating quality jobs and has developed new programmes to get capital into underserved markets in the US.” As of Q4 2023, HCAP’s fourth fund has invested across 17 companies, with 72% of the capital deployed towards traditionally underserved businesses.

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3BL Media

MAY 6, 2024

Bloomberg published its 2023 Impact Report , which outlines how the company continues to address climate change through its operations, philanthropy and collaborations with partners and industry peers. A selection of highlights from the 2023 Impact Report include: Environmental Impact Reducing emissions in line with a 1.5°C

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Net Zero CDP Analytics Impact Investing 147

3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2022

During a main stage session at the Finance Focus Day at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), the investors will announce the formation of Nature Action 100 — which is set to formally launch in 2023.

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Causeartist: Sustainable Technology

JANUARY 4, 2023

As the name suggests, these Sustainability events, Social Entrepreneurship events and Impact Investing events were created with the aim of bringing together individuals and organizations to discuss ways to create positive social change. …

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Impact Investing 57

Impact Alpha

APRIL 30, 2024

The post Blended finance rebounds in 2023 with focus on climate and bigger deals appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Blended finance is back. The use of catalytic capital to de-risk renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, small business lending and health and education in.

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Impact Investing 115

James Militzer

JANUARY 8, 2024

First Place Repairing Electronics: A Circular Economy Solution for Reducing E-Waste and Building Resilience in Rural Africa In our top-voted article of 2023, Sofia Ollvid at SolarAid explores a SolarAid program that is training technicians in Africa to repair solar devices, offering a promising solution to the problem of electronic waste.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today plans to adopt the “Sustainability Focus” label introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) for three funds within its UK domiciled equity fund range.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The FCA’s SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers. The firm added that it aims to adopt an SDR sustainability label for two of its fixed income funds in the future.

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ESG Today

MARCH 19, 2025

The new strategy is being rolled out with two mandates, totaling 475 million (USD$518 million) already secured, from global pension asset manager APG, and pension, insurance and investment services provider TIAA, one of the the worlds largest institutional investors.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 14, 2024

Investors’ management, measurement and monitoring of impact investing strategies has been steadily improving. BlueMark identified significant improvement in how impact investors approached due diligence, with 65% conducting pre-investment assessments of impact-related risks and 42% establishing impact targets at the time of investment.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 9, 2025

The FCAs SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers.

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B the Change

APRIL 16, 2023

Top 10 Business Sustainability Topics of 2023 Sustainable Innovation 1. Can they leverage “global initiatives in responsible investing to inform companies about opportunities to access capital?” Get Started: How to Finance Your Sustainability Strategy describes how to access impact investing and green bonds.

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3BL Media

JUNE 26, 2024

The 2023 Sustainability Report details how MetLife brings its purpose to life to make progress against its commitments by: Exceeding its commitment to drive $1 billion in investments that advance diversity years ahead of its 2030 target, with more than $1.4 billion invested between 2021 and 2023. Securing more than $58.5

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

Originally published in Northwestern Mutual 2023 Sustainability and Social Impact Report Driven by our mission to improve lives through financial security, we’ve helped millions of Americans reduce financial vulnerability and plan and manage for a lifetime of financial needs and goals.

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Environmental Finance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Impact investments in the UK have grown at a compound rate of 10.1% billion at the end of 2023, according to a new study by the Impact Investing Institute. since 2020, rising to £76.8

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Impact Investing 40

3BL Media

APRIL 1, 2024

million in charitable giving deployed to support home lending, small business and community revitalization efforts nationwide in 2023. million in charitable giving deployed to support home lending, small business and community revitalization efforts nationwide in 2023. In 2023, PNC provided $13.2 In 2023, PNC provided $4.7

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ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

The FCAs SDR requirements were introduced by the regulator in November 2023 , aimed at helping investors assess the sustainability attributes of investment products, and to avoid greenwashing risk, to portfolio managers. We are appreciative of the FCAs ongoing collaboration.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 27, 2025

The new fund builds on a similar strategy to BlackRocks BGF Brown to Green Materials Fund launched for European investors in 2023. The launch marks the first UK domiciled mutual fund to use the new Sustainability Improvers label introduced by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

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ESG Today

APRIL 24, 2025

According to the firms, in addition to the anchor fund commitment, the new partnership will also support Ardabelles business building and expansion efforts, with the firm gaining access to TPGs global ecosystem, including its deep expertise in climate and impact investing. Ardabelle is the first European GP to be backed by TPG NEXT.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In Europe, regulators have gone even further, establishing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation , which comes into force on January 1, 2023, requiring funds to categorize themselves as light green (Article 8), dark green (Article 9) or conventional funds (Article 6), based on the degree to which investments support sustainability.?

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 18, 2023

ImpactAlpha, August 18 — Impact investing are on the hunt for impact talent ahead of a busy fall. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: August 18, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Just this week: US East.

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Impact Investing 52

Impact Alpha

MARCH 17, 2023

ImpactAlpha, March 17 — Employers in the fast-growing global impact investing market are hunting for talents. From impact associates and analysts to impact. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: March 17, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Investing 52

Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

ImpactAlpha, February 24 — Opportunities in impact investing are global. Check out this week’s roundup of impact jobs. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: February 24, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Need proof? Global locations i2i.

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Impact Investing 52

Impact Alpha

JUNE 2, 2023

ImpactAlpha, May 26 — Impact fund managers and investors are looking for new talent. This week’s opportunities: In New York: Domini Impact Investments has an. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: June 2, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Investing 52

James Militzer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Over the next five years, a third of impact investors plan to increase allocations to sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s 2023 GIINSIGHT series, which is based on data captured from 308 impact investors globally. Photo courtesy Clement Eastwood.

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