3BL Media

MARCH 8, 2024

SWORDS, Ireland, March 8, 2024 /3BL/ - Trane Technologies (NYSE:TT), a global climate innovator, is pleased to announce Dr. Becky Bryant has been recognized as a 2024 Women MAKE Awards Honoree. This research is a cornerstone for the company’s 2030 Sustainability Commitments and advances it toward an ambitious 2050 net-zero carbon target.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

November 29, 2023 /3BL/ - The world won’t meet its sustainability goals without addressing gender issues – and sustainability standards and similar systems have an important role to play. There is also a clear business case for tackling gender inequities.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

KEYWORDS: foundations, philanthropy, social justice, racial equity, Black Lives Matter, Surdna Foundation, healthy environment, inclusive economies, Culture, Woke corporations, Jobs, economic opportunity, intellectual capital, social capital, financial capital, financial system, BIPOC, Communities, impact investing, social enterprises, climate change, (..)

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Conflict in Sudan is a Gender Conflict In November 2023, UN experts expressed alarm at the escalation of sexual violence during Sudan’s conflict. Action Against Hunger advocates for an end to gender-based violence. Action Against Hunger’s team in Sudan is assisting survivors of gender-based violence through a mobile hotline.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 30, 2022

The glass ceiling at Canada’s greenest companies is getting pretty thin, and the women at the top have their sights set on climate change. “I I personally don’t know of any senior leaders in Canada that don’t think [climate change] is a risk, and I couldn’t say that five years ago,” says Laura Zizzo, CEO of Manifest Climate.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending.

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3BL Media

MARCH 20, 2024

Despite the urgent need, funding for programs that help provide safe water and sanitation to at-risk communities is severely short. The inconsistent and unreliable funding for WASH programs is a chronic pattern, however, and it has grim results. Inadequate WASH funding is directly linked to malnutrition and disease.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 24, 2021

By Sarah Casey, Portfolio Director, Climate Council. Applying a climate lens to investing is, today, not an unfamiliar notion. Investing with a gender lens, however, is something less familiar but is an increasingly important consideration. The report uncovered some stark realities and inequities, including that only 2.3%

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced today that it has reached $282 million in commitments for the Mirova Gigaton Fund, its blended finance debt fund aimed at accelerating the clean energy transition in emerging markets, reaching more than half of the fund’s $500 million target a year after launching.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 16, 2024

Issues like warming temperatures or gender equity gaps may sound complex and difficult to understand. Launched by the nonprofit organization Girl Rising , the Future Rising fellowship selects 10 leaders annually between the ages of 17 and 25 who are working on gender equity and climate justice issues interchangeably.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 22, 2023

But it’s not here yet – which is why Corporate Knights is publishing its second annual dashboard measuring the transition-readiness of Canada’s largest investors: its giant pension funds. The new report analyzes 14 funds, which represent more than 50% of Canada’s total pension fund assets. trillion, versus just 7% of $2.1

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

Investors make the case for gender-inclusive climate finance on International Women’s Day. Both the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Clean Investment Funds (CIF) have incorporated gender into their governing instruments and have a gender policy and action plan in place. in 2022 from 22.6%

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Exhibit 1: Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Impact Framework – SDG Mapping Source: Morningstar Sustainalytics These aggregated themes help inventory of recent activity within the global sustainable funds space, highlighting how investors target SDG-aligned themes in today’s shifting economic and geopolitical climate.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

ImpactAlpha, February 9 – A women-led, women-backed investment fund in Dakar, Senegal is getting an environmental bonus from the women entrepreneurs it supports. The post Mapping the climate edge for gender investors – and vice versa appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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3BL Media

MARCH 26, 2024

This blog features Cisco’s partnership with Living Goods, One Acre Fund, Solar Sister, and Trickle Up, highlighting the amazing work these organizations are doing to advance economic empowerment, especially for women, globally. Today, One Acre Fund is the world’s leading organization serving African smallholders.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As many governments around the world cut foreign aid budgets, an Action Against Hunger analysis found that only 47% of hunger funding needs through the UN humanitarian system are met, leaving a 2023 hunger funding gap of 53%. Action Against Hunger, with support from donors, aims to step in and fill these gaps and save lives. “It

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Hosted at CENTREPIECE at Melbourne Park, the summit will drive action on the climate crisis, gender inequity, innovations in health systems and fighting food insecurity, as Australia hosts ASEAN leaders in Melbourne.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FedEx sponsored Climate-KIC and EIT Digital’s Sustainable Cities Climate Impact Challenge in 2023. The following story and video were created by the EIT Climate-KIC team. Korhonen is leading an initiative that promotes social inclusion, gender equality and supports local bicycle repair businesses.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Air Canada Invests Nearly $7 Million in Climate Solutions Provider Carbon Engineering. COP27: Breakthrough on Funding Repair of Climate Damage, Frustration on Fighting Climate Change. EU Commission Unveils €380 Million in Funding for Climate, Biodiversity & Clean Energy Projects. California Announces $3.6

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While linking corporate debt to sustainability targets sounds like a great way of incentivizing companies to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) improvements, a lack of standardized rules has quickly opened the door to greenwashing, with some companies using the funds to continue business as usual with little ESG impact. .

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3BL Media

JUNE 22, 2022

Zvilo will focus on supporting agricultural SMEs, ensuring that at least 20% of funding will be towards sustainable agriculture to increase resource efficiency through developing and upgrading the agro-business value chain. Zvilo will support food security and safety by ensuring that at least 20% of funding goes towards ISO-certified SMEs.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

Company expands relationship with Coralus to address economic gender gap, unequal access to credit. Coralus provides financial support to these businesses, or "Ventures," and crowdfunds capital from "Activators" who fund the loan pool and play an active role in evaluating and selecting the Ventures. DESCRIPTION: PITTSBURGH, Aug.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In developing markets, where many communities will feel some of the worst effects of climate change, ensuring a just transition is critical. Greater value may be unlocked by lending to growing markets (such as minority-led businesses) or investing in social impact investment funds, which often outperform traditional funds.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

27: Opportunities at the intersection of gender and climate. The post The Brief: Ten-figure net-zero funds, lending to Black businesses, alt-payday lending, solar irrigation in Africa, Caprock’s Nick Flores walks the talk appeared first on Impact Alpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Agents of Impact Call No.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We need vastly more diversity in age, gender, race, geography and from industry outsiders. However, there are encouraging signs as initiatives such as Anheuser-Busch InBev’s 100+ Accelerator and Microsoft’s $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund invest in innovative water and sustainability solutions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 5, 2024

2024 policy also recommends votes against nominating committees at boards without a 40% minimum ethnic diversity and 50% gender balance. They are also available for individual investors through Iconik and for pass-through voting by holders of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds via Tumelo.

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3BL Media

JUNE 10, 2022

This year, the to-do list for the leaders of seven of the world’s economic and political heavyweights is long — from ending the COVID-19 pandemic, to averting an impending global food crisis, to taking meaningful action on climate change. Although the Leaders’ Summit in Elmau is the highlight, the G7 presidency extends over the entire year.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 12, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Social inequality in our world is growing and is exacerbated by challenges such as climate change and pandemics. Focus is on new answers for challenges related to the UN sustainable development goals around nutrition, health, gender equality and access to water, in alignment with our vision of Health for All, Hunger for None.

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James Militzer

MARCH 8, 2023

In the 12 years that Musialela has worked as a “farm business advisor” (FBA), training other farmers on modern agricultural techniques and selling them supplies, she says the climate has changed significantly. According to UN Women, the climate crisis isn’t “gender neutral.”

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3BL Media

MARCH 19, 2024

In the era of the “poly-crisis” in which as many as 130 million people are displaced due to conflict and human rights violations, and climate change is worsening ongoing hunger crises, everyday health challenges such as heart disease and diabetes continue to require routine care from trained community-based health care workers.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

the 106-year-old Australian recycling giant, points out that in conversations about climate and carbon, topics like renewable-energy investments and offshore wind farms tend to attract the lion’s share of the attention paid to problems and solutions. The iron and steel business is a major contributor to the climate crisis.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Kering, owner of luxury brands including Gucci, Saint Laurent, and Bottega Veneta, and Natural cosmetics and well-being products manufacturer and retailer L’OCCITANE Group announced today the launch of Climate Fund for Nature, aimed at supporting high-quality projects dedicated to nature protection and restoration.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

11 – Bill Gates has been investing for years in breakthrough technology to help thwart climate change, from solar upstart Heliogen to alternative protein maker Impossible Foods to the Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund. Partly for that reason, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stayed away from climate as a program area.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Notably, women are disproportionately affected, making gender-inclusive technologies a must. Innovative Financing for Clean Energy Peter George, Partner and Co-Investment Director of Spark+ Africa Fund, delved into the financial side of Africa's energy transition.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Blended finance approach required to entice private investors as importance of land use in tackling biodiversity, climate crisis “becoming clear”. The newly launched Mirova Sustainable Land Fund 2 ( MSLF2) has the goal of raising €350 million (US$377.8 He also underscored the importance of the gender component of the fund. “If

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

ESG, as we’ve noted , has been one of investing’s bright spots in 2020, with tens of billions of dollars flowing into ESG-themed funds every quarter. According to Morningstar, ESG funds reached the $1 trillion milestone sometime during the second quarter of the year. Tower of Babel. investors, for their part, are catching up.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 29, 2022

In order to meet the Government of Canada’s 50% challenge to reach board gender diversity by 2030, we will need to double the pace this decade at which we add non-male directors to boards. We have pension funds bulging with $4 trillion, and our Big Five banks have total assets approaching $6 trillion.

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