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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”) and Opportunity Finance Network (“OFN”) today announced the first contribution related to MSIM’s money market funds’ Impact Class shares. The contribution in the amount of $250,000 was made to OFN’s Finance Justice Fund, MSIM’s diversity and inclusion partner for the Impact Class shares. “We are pleased to join Morgan Stanley Investment Management in this innovative partnership for impact,” said Beth Lipson, Interim CEO and Chief Financial Officer of
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Alliance’s Innovation Awards fund impactful, scalable solutions supporting youth mental health
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In its third year, awards program expanding to include capacity building platform for broader group of applicants in 2024
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NationSwell Collaboratives, an initiative that connects committed actors across sectors and resources for scaled action, was recognized by Fast Company in two categories for laying the foundation for the Future of Work.
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NationSwell Summit, the premier gathering for impact practitioners from the nation’s most influential, purpose-driven organizations, will return to New York following a nearly three year hiatus. Past speakers include Salesforce CEO and co-founder Marc Benioff, former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
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Leading industry firms join GWI’s Leadership Circle demonstrating their commitment to gender diversity, equity and industry retention initiatives
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Rissman will lead the impact organization’s rapidly growing membership community of leaders at the vanguard of social, economic and environmental progress
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More than 80% of asset owners surveyed currently invest to combat climate change or plan to do so, while close to half are investing, or planning to, in gender diversity, according to the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing’s latest Sustainable Signals report.
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Colbeck Capital Management and co-Founder Jason Colodne today shared their support for Boston Children’s Hospital. The nonprofit organization has a long history of providing quality, compassionate care to children for over 150 years. With the support of the community and through donations funding critical research, the hospital has also achieved a number of major milestones including the first successful remission of leukemia in 1947. This press release features multimedia. View the full release
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Morgan Stanley announced the second cohort of winners of its Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards, an initiative that aims to identify and fund transformative mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the U.S.
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C-suite executives at Verizon, Target, Salesforce; Harvard Business School professors; and social sector activists among those chosen for top honor.
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Asad Kausar of Dabaran Inc. has joined the Marketing Committee at Chicago Zoological Society Associates.
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Colbeck Capital Management today announced their support for the nonprofit organization Nest. Nest is dedicated to fostering growth and creative engagement for creative individuals and companies to promote the tenets of gender equality and economic inclusion. The handworker community has an advocate in Nest as its programs supports artisan wellbeing and transparency to work environments the world over. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.c
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The virtual event is set for November 18.
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Five leading organizations and their founders developing breakthrough social innovations will each receive a $250,000 award and participate in a new program to advance systemic solutions to complex social justice issues.
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With support from Morgan Stanley, national nonprofit Centri Tech Foundation has selected five winners from across the United States, each taking an innovative approach to promoting social justice and inclusive economic opportunity.
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Each of the award winners will receive a $250,000 award and bespoke support aimed at accelerating their ability to scale their solution and drive systemic change.
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Awardees will take part in a nine-month-long collaborative program designed to support transformative systems-level solutions to some of America’s most complex social justice issues.
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Rating given by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
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Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (“Hudson Pacific” or the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP), a unique provider of end-to-end real estate solutions for dynamic tech and media tenants in global epicenters for these synergistic, converging and secular growth industries, today announced that its operating partnership, Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced an underwritten public offering of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.950% senior notes due 2028. The notes wi
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United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (“U. S. Steel”) today announced the closing of $290 million unsecured Arkansas Development Finance Authority environmental improvement revenue bonds, which carry a green bond designation (the “Green Bonds”). Proceeds of the bonds will be used for “eligible Green Projects” within the meaning of the Green Bond Principles of The International Capital Market Association. Separately, the Company successfully repurchased approximately $300 million of outstandi
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Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA), the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, today announced that senior management will present to the investment community and host meetings at the following conferences: 2022 J.P. Morgan Automotive Conference Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022** Location: J.P. Morgan Chase New York HQ Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Location: Virgin Hotel in Nashville, TN Morgan Stanley 10th Annual Laguna Conference Date:
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On Thursday, June 16, 2022, more than 900 people from over 100 firms from the leveraged finance and private equity communities came together for the Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma (LFFM) benefit and cocktail party. Hosted at the Museum of Modern Art, the event raised a record breaking $3 million for the Melanoma Research Alliance’s (MRA) mission to advance the world’s most innovative and promising melanoma research. “Each year, I continue to be amazed by the community’s response to this event
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Celebrating Our Asian American and Pacific Islander Community People can help by being more empathetic and championing select AAP individuals as leaders across the industry. David Wu Executive Director Head of Wealth Management Knowledge Management" typeof="foaf:Image" />Tue, 05/31/2022 - 12:00 Subheader Learn how Morgan Stanley is uniting to champion and support our growing Asian American and Pacific Islander community in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. Type of Content Article Layout Featured
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The 2022 cohort brings together five teams of innovators focused on tackling global sustainability challenges, from protecting our oceans and fighting climate change and plastic waste, to increasing educational opportunities across the African continent.
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Each of the winning teams will receive a $250,000 award and participate in a year-long program that will aid and guide them as they work to scale their systemic solutions.
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Recap of CSR stories on Business Wire
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Employees contributed over 11,000 hours to strategy development for 15 nonprofits during the 2022 Strategy Challenge program
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Program has benefited over 170 nonprofits since launch
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Chair C. Robert Kidder to Retire from Board of Directors
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Leveraging Disruption to Save the Planet Mon, 05/23/2022 - 11:00 Subheader Alums of our Multicultural Innovation Lab, an in-house accelerator for diverse-led tech startups, are finding innovative ways to curb carbon and promote sustainability. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body By now, the alarms over climate change seem to be sounding nearly every week. The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of experts convened by the United Nations, wa
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Coming Together for Children's Mental Health Tue, 05/17/2022 - 12:45 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans have pinned their hopes on schools to help children cope. The 2021-22 school year promised a chance to get “back to normal,” but the continued behavioral and emotional impacts of the last two years have changed the way many of us are thinking about “normal.” Indeed, late last year, the US Surgeon General’s Advisory on Y
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From the Ground Up: A Soil Solution Wed, 04/27/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Morgan Stanley's At Scale Podcast Hosted by Audrey Choi Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Soil plays a critical role when it comes to ecosystem services: storing carbon, growing our food supply, managing the flow of water, and supporting life, but we’ve neglected and degraded it through intensive farming, deforestation, and pollution. In this episode, we meet people in science, agriculture, and
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Amplifying Asian American Voices Thu, 04/21/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Morgan Stanley Access and Opportunities Podcast hosted by Carla Harris Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body On this episode, we’re talking about the push for more representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in entertainment. First, we hear from musician Charlene Kaye, also known as KAYE, about how the lack of Asian American artists she had to look up to growing up forced her to shy away from her identity. C
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The Sustainable Investing Challenge brings together future leaders seeking to help address today’s toughest sustainability issues through innovative financial solutions
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Should ESG Investors Own Cryptocurrency? Tue, 04/19/2022 - 11:00 Subheader The growing popularity of cryptocurrency has created a new wrinkle for investors—how to balance its potential upside against its inherent environmental and social impacts. A look at both sides of the issue. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Despite the recent exponential growth in the cryptocurrency industry, this emerging asset class leaves many open questions for investors who integrate environmental, s
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Four Ways Investors Can Act on Climate Change Fri, 04/15/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Climate change presents risks, but there are ways for investors to take part in positive change. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body By Lily TragerWealth Management, Head of Investing with Impact As scientists warn about a shifting climate, more investors are thinking about environmental risks and how they might affect their portfolios. After all, global sea levels have risen eight to nine inches since
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How to Build a Green Portfolio Mon, 04/11/2022 - 10:00 Subheader You can seek to generate positive financial returns while benefiting the environment. Here are some different ways to approach that transition. Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body BY Lily TragerWealth Management, Head of Investing with Impact Just as reducing your own carbon footprint may not be as easy or straightforward as you would like, building a green portfolio can take time and patience. There are a range of appr
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How to Tackle Climate Change in Your Portfolio Fri, 04/08/2022 - 10:00 Subheader With threats from climate change mounting, learn how you can align your investment portfolio with your vision for a more sustainable world while pursuing your financial goals. Type of Content Blog Layout Featured Media Body By Lily TragerWealth Management, Head of Investing with Impact In the U.S., polarization over the future of energy policy and recent government actions taken to diversify energy sources as a mean
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12 Women Founders Who Have Raised More Than $1M Thu, 03/31/2022 - 13:15 Subheader These alums of our in-house startup accelerator have all marked a major milestone as women entrepreneurs. Here, they reflect on their success and share advice for other women founders. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body According to recently published research, startups with all-female founding teams raised just 2.2 percent of all venture capital in the first eight months of 2021, a lower share than
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Marcus Bullock shares his journey of reintegrating into society after prison and the path that led him to founding Flikshop, a tech company that helps keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones.
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Morgan Stanley's Plastic Waste Researcher on the State of the Crisis Tue, 04/05/2022 - 10:00 Type of Content Article Layout Media Gallery Body When Morgan Stanley launched its Plastic Waste Resolution in 2019, we knew that reducing the waste problem would require an integrated approach that brought together science, industry, capital and government. After all, it’s a huge problem: plastic accounts for 85% of all marine litter—and by 2040 the world will be adding up to 37 million metric tons of p
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Investing Through the Renewable Energy Transition Tue, 03/29/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Increasing demand and significant cost reductions have changed the clean energy landscape. Learn how decarbonization efforts may present opportunities for investors. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body By Vijay ChandarInvestment Strategist, Wealth Management The signs of growing interest in clean energy are easy to spot: solar panels line rooftops, wind turbines dot open plains, and electric cars c
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Access Opportunity Podcast: Reducing Recidivism Fri, 03/25/2022 - 10:00 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Hosted by Carla Harris Marcus Bullock shares his journey of reintegrating into society after prison and the path that led him to founding Flikshop, a tech company that helps keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones. Then, Carla sits down with Marcus Glover, Managing Partner of VC firm Lockstep Ventures, to discuss how recidivism can be reduced
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Why Gender Diversity May Lead to Better Returns for Investors Mon, 03/21/2022 - 09:00 Subheader Investing in equality for women can potentially increase a company’s—and your portfolio’s—bottom line. Our expert explains. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body By Lily Trager,Wealth Management, Director of Impact Investing Despite significant strides made by women in the workforce, recent research shows that the pandemic has slowed progress. While COVID-19 has impacted all of us, it has
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Buying Black: Reinvesting in Community Fri, 03/18/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Morgan Stanley Access and Opportunities Podcast hosted by Carla Harris Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Money circulates nearly an unlimited number of times in white neighborhoods, but only once in African-American communities, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth. On this episode, we ask: how can we keep the Black dollar circulating in Black communities for longer? First, we h
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Morgan Stanley Announces Partnership With Tennis Pro Leylah Fernandez Mon, 03/07/2022 - 14:45 Subheader Leylah Fernandez to serve as brand ambassador for Morgan Stanley as part of a multiyear agreement to reach tennis fans globally and help increase access and equity for underrepresented communities in the sport of tennis Type of Content Press Release Layout Featured Media Body Morgan Stanley announced a new partnership with women’s tennis professional Leylah Fernandez to expand the reach of the
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Morgan Stanley today announced the return of the Eagles for Impact Challenge taking place at THE PLAYERS Championship, March 10-13, 2022, at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. This year, the Firm is partnering with its brand ambassadors Justin Rose and Cheyenne Woods, as well as First Tee, a youth development organization that has a 25-year history of using golf to teach lessons about life. For every eagle made during the tournament, Morgan Stanley will donate $5,000 to First Tee in sup
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Lessons From Black Entrepreneurs Fri, 03/11/2022 - 09:00 Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body While Black History Month celebrates the past accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to our shared culture, it also provides a chance to look ahead to the future of Black achievement. Earlier this month, we hosted a panel discussion with three former participants in our Multicultural Innovation Lab (MCIL), who related their experiences as Black startup founders. And while,
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The Recovery of the SHEconomy Thu, 03/03/2022 - 10:00 Subheader The pandemic inhibited women’s participation in the labor force, but setting up the right support systems can help them recover lost ground and reclaim their economic momentum. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body If you graphed women’s economic progress over recent history, you’d see their share of the U.S. labor force rose slowly, from 30% in 1950 to 47% today.1 You’d see them surpassing men in 2017 by 10 percentage
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On this episode, we hear from farmer Eddie Slaughter, who comes from a long line of Black farm owners and was determined to not let discriminatory lending practices make him the last.
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Access Opportunity Podcast: Building Black Generational Wealth Thu, 02/24/2022 - 09:00 Type of Content Multimedia with summary Layout Featured Media Body Hosted by Carla Harris On this episode, we hear from farmer Eddie Slaughter, who comes from a long line of Black farm owners and was determined to not let discriminatory lending practices make him the last. Then, Carla sits down with McKinsey partner Shelley Stewart III to discuss the pervasive inequities that have shaped Black Americans’ exper
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Advancing Racial Equity Through Your Investments Tue, 03/01/2022 - 10:00 Subheader Investors now have a variety of intentional investing approaches to pursue a more inclusive society, as well as their financial goals. Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body Building a truly inclusive society will require concerted action across governments, nonprofits, corporations and investors. We increasingly understand the benefits of advancing racial equity, but aren’t necessarily aware of the av
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A Deep Dive on the Water Crisis Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:30 Subheader The gap between the world’s renewable supply of water and demand is expected to be 40% by 2030, bringing a new urgency to addressing water scarcity. Morgan Stanley’s Sustainability Research Team looks at the causes, implications and solutions. Type of Content Blog Layout Media Gallery Body Water is the source of life—and it’s becoming increasingly scarce. By 2030, the gap between global demand and supplies of fresh water is expect
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Whether they’re cooling our cities, swallowing carbon, or protecting our neighborhoods from natural disasters...trees are much more than decorative lamp posts.
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Host Sonari Glinton finds out how changing climates and unpredictable weather will continue to impact coffee crops, create shipping delays, and raise the price of a cup of joe, and what some are doing to help create resilience in the face of these challenges.