ESG News For Berkeley

Old Dominion University Becomes the First-Ever Carnegie Research 1 University to Reach the SMI Top 10

Three National Optometric Student Association Members Chosen for Viewpoints on the Role Optometrists Play in Providing Access to Affordable Eye Care

An analysis of the state of quality in the voluntary carbon market gives early indications that the market is moving towards higher integrity. The report, by carbon credit ratings platform Calyx Global, integrates data on market trends with Calyx Global’s 500+ ratings to provide unique insights on how efforts to improve market integrity are faring.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240611593881/en/Source includes data from

Launches new initiatives to strengthen statewide support network and improve access to resources for all of California’s diverse communitiesReleases factsheet compiled by UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab analyzing CA vs Hate’s first year of data

Goal of $1M of in-kind services this year, includes access to Everlaw’s GenAI – EverlawAI Assistant

Positive steps taken to Empower People, Advance Communities and Society, Champion Responsible Business Practices and Invest in Sustainable Systems

Today, Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival announces the appointment of Camilla Walter as the executive director of its nonprofit entity, Third Stone. Walter brings over 10 years of experience in fund development, along with strategic planning and fundraising skills to her new role.Most recently, Walter served as the executive director of Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project, a nonprofit that includes the Real Change Newspaper known as North America’s leading street newspaper; and a vendor pro

To give back to local communities and address the growing challenge of food insecurity across the U.S., Pivot Bio, a sustainable agriculture company, is donating to six local Food Banks or Food Pantries this holiday season in the communities where its team members live and work.“The fundamental mission of our company is to support our farm partners who are working hard to feed a growing world population and help them with this challenge in new ways that positively impact the planet,” said Evan W

Established with a philanthropic investment of almost $17 million from Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell, the new center will bring together the best minds from a wide range of fields.

ComEd’s Powering the Holidays Program awards a total of $45,000 in grants to support community-based lights events

Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Awards $17,500 Grant to Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative in Charleston

Activate’s new CEO brings impressive science, business, and government experience to deliver impact at scale.

– Over 160 Organizations Team with EnChroma to Actively Promote Awareness for Color Blindness and its Effect on Learning, Work, the Arts, Nature and Daily Life –

BuildRI makes it easy for lenders to view the responsible investment profiles and ratings of alternative investment managers through an integrated digital ecosystem

BuildRI makes it easy for limited partners to view the responsible investment profiles of alternative investment managers through an integrated digital ecosystem

Amazon Literary Partnership awards nearly $1 million in grant and sponsorship funding to 93 literary nonprofits nationwideAmazon Literary Partnership is committed to supporting writing programs and nonprofit literary organizations that uplift and amplify writers and promote diversity in storytelling

Three Standout Optometry Students Recognized for Viewpoints on Advancing Eye Health in Diverse Populations

This new in-platform feature provides private markets stakeholders with a comprehensive resource of case studies that have generated positive impact, both financial and ESG-related

The award recognizes BuildESG’s emergence as a leading source of ESG insights that helps private markets and investors assess, accelerate and report on their ESG programs

Activate launches in Houston, supporting early stage science entrepreneurs in moving from idea to scalable solution

Moore, who set the course for the future of the semiconductor industry, devoted his later years to philanthropy.

Brokerage awarded grants and made cash donations to improve the lives of others

Dunkin' of DMV regional scholarship program is accepting applications through April 13

BuildESG forms strategic partnership with the ESG Data Convergence Initiative.

The BuildESG Index provides members with proprietary data, research and recommendations to benchmark the ESG performance of private equity and venture capital firms relative to peers and the BuildESG Asset Manager Maturity Framework

Leading ESG insights platform, BuildESG, launched Trust Report for small to medium-sized businesses.

Thirteen local non-profit and educational organizations to receive support for next 3-5 years following community-based decision-making processFunding represents first investments as a result of an amended development agreement between Bayer and the City of Berkeley for the next 30 years

FHLBank Pittsburgh announced that Bank of Charles Town received the 2022 FHLBank DEI Membership Award for their Banking On Diversity program.

 

The Zendesk Foundation today announced that 25 nonprofit organizations will receive a share of $US 500,000 in cash grants, as well as free Zendesk software, through the Foundation’s first global Tech for Good Impact Awards. Four nonprofits were awarded the highest grant amount of $US 50,000 each. The combination of cash grants and technology is designed to empower a range of social impact initiatives to scale operations in order to further help communities and people in need.“We believe democrat

Kintsugi, a Bay Area startup developing voice biomarker technology to detect signs of depression and anxiety from short clips of speech, has been named a 2022 Gartner Cool Vendor in AI Governance and Responsible AI – an annual award recognizing startups that are innovative, impactful, and intriguing.Kintsugi is developing machine learning algorithms that analyze short clips of free-form speech for vocal features that correlate with clinical depression and anxiety. Their API platform Kintsugi Voi

Marks the Third Consecutive Year of Committing $1 Million to Support Non-Profit Organizations Striving to Improve Food Equity and AccessProvidence, RI based Southside Community Land Trust awarded $100,000 as recipient of UNFI Foundation’s First Ever Food Equity Project Grant

Funding from Builders Initiative and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla Enable Innovative Program

New Nonprofit Cybersecurity Portfolio commits $1M+ as part of Okta’s 3-year Nonprofit Technology Initiative

BuildESG Hub Provides Digital Operating Platform and Expert Support for Program Deployment and Performance ManagementFoundational Option Package Available at No Cost for Small Businesses

At its 19th annual Unity Achievement Award presentation, the Union County Human Relations Commission (UCHRC) awarded Dr. Michael Skolnick, DMD, Founder and CEO of Abra Health (recently rebranded from The ChildSmiles Group) the 2020 Unity Award for achievement by a corporation/business. Given the restrictions on events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization had been unable to convene and publicly recognize the awardees with the usual public ceremony. On Thursday, June 9, 2022, after two l

Studies show California’s working rangelands are rapidly disappearing, yet provide significant environmental benefits.

Simpson Brings 35 Years of International Investment and Academic Expertise to Lead Franklin Templeton’s Global Stewardship, Sustainability and ESG Strategy

New character braves new trails as she champions family, kindness, and respectTo celebrate Corinne™, American Girl is supporting AAPI Youth Rising—a nonprofit led by Asian American and Pacific Islander youth and allies with a mission to turn small actions into positive change

New partnership agreement with Silva Sausage begins with a landmark production run of sausages containing Mission Barns’ proprietary cultivated fat, Mission Fat™

Grants to support food & nutrition, STEM education, health & wellness and community development

Ninth annual Green Region Program focuses on climate resilience in awarding more than $200,000 in funding

The RepRisk Academic Advisory Board, consisting of five prominent researchers, will deepen the company’s relationship with academia and advance research in ESG

The Bank Contributed $100 per 3-pointer Made During the Women’s and Men’s Pac-12 Basketball Tournaments

Program to train the next generation of domestic and international place-based social impact investing change agents

New Song “American Dream” Kicks Off GoFundMe Campaign; Highlights Access to Quality Education as a Social Justice Issue“American Dream” Now Exclusively Available on Apple Music and iTunes; Apple Music's Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden to Interview will.i.amDonate via GoFundMe: http://gfme.co/dream or text DREAM to 41411

Systematic review highlights importance of component end use, need for more research

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation today announced the election of two new trustees – John Dabiri, Ph.D., Centennial Chair Professor at Caltech and Jonathan Levin, Ph.D., dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business. These appointments build on the appointments of Hilary Krane and Ellen Ochoa in 2018 to establish continuity in board service over the coming years.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200901005205/en/John Da

Group Seeks Partner for Funding, Logistics Support in Sending Modified Sleep Apnea Devices to Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and throughout the U.S.

Partnership of Local Businesses Delivers Thousands of Meals