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Companies Plan to Provide New Books to Elementary Schools to Celebrate New DG Store Openings
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Sofidel, a global household products company received a ESG Risk Rating of 13.6 from Morningstar Sustainalytics, ranking it first out of over 120 companies in the Household Products industry.
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O-I Sustainable Transformation Achieving Key Recognitions Mon, 02/06/2023 - 16:15 Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body O-I Glass awarded EcoVadis Gold rating Sustainalytics awards O-I ESG Regional Top-Rated performer Newsweek names O-I among America’s Most Responsible Companies 2023 PERRYSBURG, Ohio, February 6, 2023 /3BL Media/ - O-I Glass, Inc. (“O-I Glass” or “O-I”) has adopted a holistic, systems-based approach to addressing sustainability. This approach has gained recog
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T. Rowe Price Collaborates With Climate Vault to Neutralize Carbon Footprint of Employee Business Travel Wed, 10/12/2022 - 11:00 Subheader Separate giving campaign to enable the firm’s associates to calculate personal carbon footprint and neutralize it with T. Rowe Price-matched donation to Climate Vault Type of Content Article Layout Featured Media Body To neutralize its associates’ business travel emissions, the firm has begun a collaboration with Climate Vault, a nonprofit that, on T. Rowe Pr
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First ever AAA-rated RMBS securitization comprised entirely of mortgage loans originated and sold by a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). The credit rating was issued by both S&P and DBRS Morningstar.
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$283 million of residential mortgage loans backed the significantly oversubscribed ESG offering was designated as a social bond by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).
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Financing enables Change to make homeownership more affordable for loans to Black, Latino, and other underbanked prime borrowers.
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Asset managers expect nearly two-thirds of investment portfolios to contain ESG elements within a decade
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In one year, the number of asset management companies incorporating ESG principles in fixed income increased from 42% to 76%
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Asset managers found significant improvement in ESG tools, metrics, and services
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Windstream, a privately held communications and software company, today released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report, highlighting the accelerated pace and expanded scope of its ESG programs and disclosures during the past year. “I am proud of the progress that Windstream made across a range of Environmental, Social and Governance factors in 2021,” said Tony Thomas, president and CEO of Windstream. “We have more to do, but Windstream has clearly positioned itself to continue to
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DG Partners with the Kellogg Company for Second Year to Provide 100 New Books for New Store Openings
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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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DBRS Morningstar published a commentary titled, “Women at Canada’s Large Banks: Closing the Gap,” which focuses on labour force gender equity, women in leadership, and the pay gap at Canada’s big six banks. Some of the highlights of the commentary include: Female labour force participation in the finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing sectors remains strong despite disruption by the coronavirus pandemic, which caused a disproportionate number of women to leave their jobs at the ons
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Windstream President and CEO Tony Thomas today helped kick off ESG@Wake, a competition hosted by the Wake Forest University School of Business that gives students an opportunity to contribute to the University’s ongoing commitment to achieving its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals. Windstream, a privately held communications and software company, is a sponsor of ESG@Wake, underscoring the importance the company places on ESG factors. “It’s an honor to join the Wake Forest faculty
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AB is honored to have received a Morningstar ESG Commitment Level of Advanced and be recognized among other top asset management firms for our commitment to responsible investing.
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material solutions, announced today that it has been ranked #1 on Forbes’ Green Growth 50 2021 inaugural list. As part of the Green Growth 50, Forbes is highlighting large American corporations that have managed to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, while simultaneously growing earnings. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/
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Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) released today its 2021 Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s accomplishments and commitments to building a more sustainable future by developing innovative technologies, driving responsible operations, and empowering people and communities around the globe. “For more than 150 years, Wabtec has looked for ways to improve safety and make a positive impact on people and the planet,” said Rafael Santana, President and CEO of Wabtec. “Today, the scope o
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North America now leads the world in ESG adoption; No longer a phenomenon driven primarily by millennials, women, wealthy and European investors, global demand for ESG investments is accelerating among mainstream of investors
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Investors’ top reason for investing in ESG is to help support the environment; Nearly as many see it opening up new investment opportunities as concerns about performance trade-off fades
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Most investors believe that solutions to climate change and social problems is not up to government alone. Companies and private capital seen as crucial to sustainability and accountability
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Half (49%) of investors now asking for ESG to be integrated in the investment analysis process; Lack of knowledge about ESG strategies is biggest roadblock to broader adoption
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This is the second in a series of commentaries discussing the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors that could affect the ratings of banks rated by DBRS Morningstar. In this second commentary, DBRS Morningstar discusses the three governance risk factors that DBRS Morningstar considers in the ratings analysis of banks. The negative impact of mismanaged governance usually feeds through banks' profits as a result of penalties, and/or payments for compensation, and/or loss of business.
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The Index Industry Association (IIA) reports in a major survey that asset managers expect ESG investing to accelerate rapidly, but challenges remain.
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In Partnership with Kellogg Company, DG to Provide 100 New Books for New Store Openings
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Windstream, a privately held communications and software company, has received an 18.5 ESG Risk Rating, placing it in the low risk category of experiencing material financial impacts from environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors by Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company. Windstream received the second lowest risk rating among U.S.-based telecommunications providers as of February 2021. “Sustainalytics’ comprehensive ESG Risk Ratings assessment demonstrates that Windstream continues to p
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Momentum is building in the Xtrackers MSCI USA ESG Leaders Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: USSG) after it broke through the USD 3 billion in assets under management level last month. The increasing popularity of the product reflects growing investor interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETFs. The ETF tracks large- and mid-cap U.S. stocks, with similar risk and return characteristics to the MSCI USA Index, but with a weighting towards companies with the strongest ESG characteristics relat
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The Rockefeller Foundation provides $3 million in operating capital to Impact Shares, the first 501(c)(3) nonprofit exchange-traded fund platform on the market
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Twelve newly added funds provide environmental/social choices for participants
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Girls Who Invest has impacted over 700 women across its programs;
The number of internship partner firms has grown to approximately 100
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Girls Who Invest has impacted over 700 women across its programs; The
number of internship partner firms has grown to approximately 100
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Leading creative agency uses power of design to support gender equality
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Rigorous Filtering Leads to Enhanced ESG Strategies
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American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced today it has been named to the newly-launched NAACP Equity, Inclusion and Empowerment Index. “We are extremely honored to be included in the inaugural NAACP Equity, Inclusion and Empowerment Index,” said Susan Story, president and CEO of American Water. “American Water is a values-driven company, and our employees represent the communities we are privileged to serve. E
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In September, the CITGO Lemont TeamCITGO volunteer organization was awarded the Volunteer Group of the Year by the MorningStar Mission in Joliet, Ill. at its annual volunteer banquet.
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Aug 21, 2017 4:00 PM ET - The socially responsible investment sector is recording unprecedented growth since the Trump administration took office. Since January, Morningstar, a fund-tracking firm, has logged a four-times increase in the use of ESG data in its cloud platform...
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Jan 11, 2016 7:00 PM ET - To find out which money managers beat the market on a consistent basis, Barron’s, commissioned Morningstar to look for all-star outperformers. The final list of domestic stock funds—those guided by the same manager that beat the S&P 500 Index...
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CITGO Petroleum Corporation fueled good this holiday season by bringing together employees from its Arlington Heights and Lemont Terminals, as well as its Lemont Refinery, on Christmas Day to volunteer and make a difference with local homeless shelter and support organization MorningStar Mission.
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Aug 20, 2015 4:00 PM ET - The fast-moving trend to integrate ESG factors into investment decision-making just took another sharp turn upward. Morningstar, a research firm that tracks the holdings of 200,000 global managed financial products, will launch the first ESG...