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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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CCSO gives investors exposure to a select group of companies that are dedicated to solving climate change
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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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Fund III marks one of the largest multi-stage venture capital funds investing in technologies key to the next 10-year transformation of industries from healthcare, finance, consumer, mobility, logistics & energy
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Strong investment track record with 19 Unicorns around the world
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Backed by leading multinational corporations such as Sanofi, TotalEnergies, Valeo, BNP Paribas Cardif, Groupe SEB and ADP
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Focused on enterprise software, AI, fintech, digital health, tech enabled consumer, new mobility, retail & digital energy
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Investments concentrated on UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Good Health & Well-Being), 8 (Decent Work & Economic Growth), 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), 13 (Climate)
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Chicago based V-Square Quantitative Management LLC (V-Square), a global asset management firm with sustainability at its core, announced today that it has expanded its market-leading capabilities with the launch of its second thematic ETF the V-Shares MSCI World ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition ETF (VMAT). This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220609005026/en/ Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Co-Founder and President (Left), Habib Mou
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PGIM Real Estate has appointed Christy Lockridge as the business’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, based in Chicago.
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Groasis selects Footprint’s plant-based fiber for its innovative Growboxx®
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Arid, fire-ravaged land now ripe for new trees with up to 90% less water
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Findings Reveal Consumer Frustration with Plastic Packaging and Expectation for Brands to Act
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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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Blackstone Real Estate Announces Formation of April Housing and Appoints Alice Carr as Chief Executive Officer Thu, 02/24/2022 - 15:55 Subheader New Company Furthers Blackstone’s Commitment to Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing Type of Content Press Release Layout Standard Format Body NEW YORK LOS ANGELES, February 24, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced its new portfolio company, April Housing, which will serve as a leading provider of solutions and capital for the
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Avalon Gardens is the ninth HACLA community to join Starry Connect, providing residents affordable broadband access without requiring credit checks or complex eligibility requirements to participate;
Starry’s expansion to Avalon Gardens is part of its collaboration with Microsoft's Airband Initiative, to accelerate the availability of low-cost broadband access in public housing;
Starry and Microsoft also announce intentions to refurbish the Avalon Gardens community computer lab.
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Syniverse has published its inaugural ESG Annual Report.
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Core Equity Investment with “Real Impact” as Fees and All Profits from Managing the Fund Donated to Folds of Honor Charity in Support of Military Families
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V-SQUARE announces launch of V-Shares US Leadership Diversity ETF (VDNI)
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Newmont Announces Proposed Offering of Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes
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The vacation rental platform will make a donation for every home onboarded in December
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Vision Zero strives to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all
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State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the launch of a new money market fund share class, the Opportunity Class, which will benefit philanthropic organizations whose values align with State Street’s commitment to racial equity and social justice. With the launch of the new Opportunity Class shares within State Street Global Advisors’ existing money market fund suite, the firm is answering the call from clients who are
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€500 Million Offering will support Colgate’s ambitions to drive social impact, help millions of homes, and preserve the environment
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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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Innovative investment solution marks the first ESG securitized fund in the U.S. market, establishing TCW’s leadership in ESG
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Fluence, a leading provider of energy storage products and services and digital applications for renewables and storage, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Fluence Energy, Inc. has applied to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “FLNC.” The number of shares to be offered and the price
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Greenwich LifeSciences to Partner with Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Houston
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Announcing a new charity effort within Mister's Tennessee locations.
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Global leaders in technology, financial services and consumer goods will pioneer growth of socially aware money market fund
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Green Bond Proceeds will Support Key Environmental Initiatives, Reinforcing Walmart’s Mission to Drive Collective Climate Action
Minority- and Women-Owned Firms Served as Active Bookrunners
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GiveEvolv formed to donate Evolv’s state-of-the-art weapons detection at no cost to schools in need
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Faith-based, multi-asset class impact fund marks $17.6B AUM firm’s foray into the next frontier of faith-based investing
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Sale of 16 million Technip Energies N.V. (“Technip Energies”) shares representing ca. 9% of Technip Energies’ issued and outstanding share capital through an accelerated bookbuild offering
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Upon completion of the Placement, TechnipFMC plc (“TechnipFMC”) would retain a stake of ca. 22% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Technip Energies
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OneMain Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OMF) (“OMH”), the country’s largest installment lender serving hardworking Americans with nonprime credit, announced today that its direct, wholly-owned subsidiary OneMain Finance Corporation (“OMFC”) has closed its inaugural Social Bond issuance with an aggregate principal amount of $750 million, the net proceeds of which are committed to serving credit-disadvantaged communities around the country. This transaction supports OneMain’s continued efforts to provide re
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Supplier Diversity360 Broadens Focus Beyond Ownership
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Domini Impact Investments LLC, a women-led impact investment firm, has published the Domini Funds 2020 Impact Report, which highlights how investors came together to harness the power of finance to build a better world—despite the world 2020 delivered. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210506006082/en/ Domini Impact Investments LLC, a women-led impact investment firm, publishes its 2020 Impact Report highlighting how inve
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EMQQ is today unveiling EMQQ EVOLVES, the concrete steps it is taking to create a sustainable organizational model and advance true ESG approaches.
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Mirova US Climate Ambition Equity strategy seeks to have a high positive climate impact by making investments that lead to reduced carbon emissions and increased saved emissions, while outperforming the S&P 500
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Strategy’s track record extends over four years
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Managed by Mirova, a global leader in impact investing and part of the Net Zero Asset Management initiative
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Li-Cycle to provide support to communities in the greater Rochester, New York area demonstrating the Company’s continued commitment to sustainability
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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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Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp. (“SDAC” or the “Company”), a public benefit corporation and pending B Corp, announced today the closing of its upsized initial public offering of 31,625,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The Company’s units are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “SDACU”. Each unit consists of one share of the Company’s Class A common stock and one-half
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Gabelli Funds’ Love Our Planet & People (NYSE: LOPP), an actively managed ETF focused on the “E” in ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) investing, is available to invest in beginning today. We believe that investment in renewables, batteries, water infrastructure, the recycling of plastics, and other sustainable practices is essential to the future of the planet and its people. LOPP provides investors the ability to invest in a broad range of companies across these sectors while leve
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Company designated portion of first harvest of fresh, sustainably grown tomatoes to feed Kentuckians in need
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Caliva set the pace for cannabis innovation in 2020 by launching Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter’s MONOGRAM line, expanding its delivery and retail footprint in key California markets, and entering into definitive transaction agreements with Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. (NEO: SVC.A.U, SVC.WT.U; OTCQX: SBVCF) ("SCAC"), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), to form TPCO Holding Corp. (“The Parent Company”), the largest vertically integrated cannabis platform in California
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To assist our shareholders with year-end planning, we are providing estimates of the per-share capital gains distribution expected to be paid during 2020. These estimates were prepared using capital gain amounts as of October 31, 2020. The estimates are being provided for informational purposes only and may not include all required tax adjustments. The final per-share amounts will be based on the actual number of shares outstanding on the fund’s record date which may differ significantly from th
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Pioneer Natural Resources Releases 2020 Sustainability Report, Incorporates Emission Reduction Targets
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Newly formed vertically integrated cannabis company to be named TPCO Holding Corp. (The Parent Company), will be the largest in California
Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter will join The Parent Company as Chief Visionary Officer to guide brand strategy and The Parent Company Social Equity Ventures, a corporate venture fund investing in Black-owned and minority-owned cannabis businesses
Entertainment powerhouse Roc Nation signs exclusive cannabis partnership with The Parent Company
$36.5mm in equity commitments from existing and new shareholders provides sufficient cash to satisfy closing conditions
Transaction expected to close in January 2021
Class A Units currently trade on the NEO under the symbol “SVC.A.U” and on the OTCQX under the symbol “SBVCF”
Conference call and webcast available for replay
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Introduces Innovative Strategies Designed for the Military Community
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Morgan Stanley today announced that the Firm has been honored by the 2020 Money Management Institute (MMI)/Barron’s Industry Awards, receiving honors for innovation and stellar service in three categories, including Social Justice, Digital Innovation and Wealth Manager Platform of the Year. Since its inception, the annual MMI/Barron’s Industry Awards recognizes innovation and leadership in the investment advisory solutions industry and celebrates outstanding achievement by honoring firms that ha
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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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Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases a new ESG Talks podcast episode, The Washington Insiders. This episode of ESG Talks features the perspectives of the environmental advocacy community in Washington, D.C. Courtney Taylor, a Partner at Cypress Group who focuses on environmental law and regulation, interviews the Environmental Defense Fund’s Senior Director for Strategic Planning, Elgie Holstein. Courtney and Elgie are both Washington insiders, having worked in the capital for years. Courtne
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Announces plans to light up T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G on December 6, laying foundation for the New T-Mobile’s massive network that will have capacity to deliver breakthrough connectivity initiatives to millions if merger closes as expected in 2020
Introduces Connecting Heroes Initiative, a 10-year commitment for FREE 5G access to EVERY first responder at EVERY public and non-profit state and local police, fire and EMS agency across the entire country
Unveils Project 10Million, a $10B commitment built to eradicate the homework gap for millions of children, giving FREE service to 10 million households – an unprecedented move!
Announces T-Mobile Connect, a groundbreaking prepaid solution for everyone at HALF the price of the lowest offer today – for just $15 per month!
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Twelve newly added funds provide environmental/social choices for participants
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The new $1 billion Sustainability Bond will support Starbucks ethical
coffee sourcing and its Greener Retail initiative
A portion of the funds will support a new $20 million equity
investment in responsAbility Investments AG as part of Starbucks Global
Farmer Fund that supports coffee farmers and their communities