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Reduced 18.2% Scope 1 & 2 emissions on FY22 baseline, exceeding the FY25 reduction target of 12.6%Sourced 76% of electricity from renewables, beating its 2025 target of 50%Saved over 540 million litres of water through water saving initiatives, 50% more than last yearReleased first voluntary disclosure under BRSR, aligning with global and national sustainability benchmarksCelebrates 15th year of impact, powers 2% of India’s electricity needs, offsetting 0.6% of India’s carbon emissions

Sembrando Vida is more than a program: it is a commitment to social well-being and environmental sustainability in rural communities in Mexico.

The BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (BTG Pactual TIG), Conservation International, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have won Environmental Finance’s 2025 award for “Sustainability-Linked Loan of the Year – Other” for the IFC’s loan package supporting BTG Pactual TIG’s Latin American reforestation strategy, for which Conservation International serves as impact adviser. This award recognizes the innovative financing model that ties financial incentives to sustainability outc

Transition Industries LLC, based in Houston, TX, today announced its 2025 goals towards upholding its commitment to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The company’s Human Rights Policy, which also applies to the Pacifico Mexinol project, a 6,145 MT per day ultra-low carbon methanol production facility in the Ahome Municipality of Sinaloa, Mexico, commits to annual assessments and action plans to mitigate potential human rights risks and continued engageme

Transition Industries announced this week that it is furthering its commitment to support the long-term socioeconomic development in the Ahome Municipality of Sinaloa, Mexico where its Pacifico Mexinol project, a 6,145 MT per day ultra-low carbon methanol production facility, is expected to be in operation in 2028. Transition Industries has signed a cooperation agreement with the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) to engage local academic leaders in economic research studies.Dr. Cesar Parra,

ReNew becomes one of the pioneers among Indian companies to align with the EU taxonomy, reporting 97.79% of capital expenditure aligned with this classificationFirst Annual Integrated Report aligns with the International Integrated Reporting Council Framework as ReNew goes above and beyond to set new standards on ESGReNew sourced 41% of electricity through clean sources across all operations, making quick strides in its journey to reach 50% by FY 2025, as per the company’s stated targetThe report includes achievements such as 40% gender diversity at the Board level and 358 million liters of water saved, which was a ~13% increase YoY

FICO partners with Ukrainian credit bureau to launch innovative credit score for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

Ten women-owned or -led startups from around the world to receive capacity-building training and specialized mentorship to scale their digital solutions to help build an enabling eco-system for women entrepreneurs

@WE_Accelerator is working to create an enabling digital innovation eco-system for women entrepreneurs to ensure countries reap the benefits of the digital transformation.

Kroll announced today Patience Marime-Ball will be a Senior Advisor to Kroll’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Advisory Services Committee.

Proceeds from Landmark $90 Million Loan to Finance Low-Income Mortgages for Women-Led Households and Women-Owned Enterprises

The new Prudential DEI Portfolio will invest in early-stage private equity firms with diverse ownership

Premier event fosters dialogue among international executives on diversity and inclusion, ESG, compensation, and other critical issues facing corporate boards

Announces commitment to become Founding Partner of The Prosperity ProjectTM

Mandate for multi-billion dollar COVAX Facility demonstrates Citi’s continued commitment to pandemic relief

HSBC Global Asset Management and Pollination Group , enter into a joint venture agreement to create the world’s largest natural capital manager

Recognized as the 2020 Best Bank for Sustainable Finance by Euromoney, HSBC will convene global in-house and external experts from leading organizations to share innovations in sustainable finance

The PVH Foundation, PVH's dedicated philanthropic fund, announces additional $1M - for a total of $2M+ - to support frontline medical workers, fight against food insecurity, supply chain and industry relief, and community resiliency.

Initiative to support digital technology innovation for social good in start-ups across Southeast Asia

Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire

RENAC and IFC partner to green the banking sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

Didi Chuxing ("DiDi"), the world’s leading mobile transportation platform, and IFC, a sister organization of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group ("WBG") signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to drive gender equality, digital financial inclusion, green finance and cross-border cooperation in emerging markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180427005795/en/ Jean Liu, Pres

TriLinc Global Impact Fund has approved a new term loan sub-advisor for business expansion and socioeconomic development in Emerging Europe, broadening its existing term loan and trade finance investment capabilities in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.