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Enthusiasm for SRI Is Driving Changes In Wealth Management Units
At The Economist’s Impact Investing conference last week, Andy Sieg, the new leader of Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch Wealth Management said the “herd”—a moniker for the firm's network of more than 15,000 advisors—has never been as interested in socially responsible investing as it is now.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Still Helping Nonprofits Finance Solar Power Systems, But With A Simpler Funding Model
When readers last encountered CollectiveSun three years ago, the San Diego-based social enterprise had recently launched. Its mission: to help small nonprofits finance solar projects. Since that time, the goal hasn’t changed, but the financing model has.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- solar
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Report: Education, employable skills top CSR spends among Indian IT, financial services companies
A majority of information technology (IT) and financial service sector companies in India are investing in education and employable skills, when it comes to the mandatory spend on corporate social responsibility (CSR), says a report by Nasscom Foundation.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Australia initiative aims to help non-profits prepare for impact investment
The Impact Investment Ready initiative, launched Tuesday by Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia, will support not for profits with Discovery Grants, as well as for-purpose organisations with Growth Grants. Philanthropy Australia’s Chris Wootton, who manages the Discovery Grant arm of the program, said impact investment was a significant opportunity for not-for-profit organisations to secure funding.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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As Impact Investing Grows, It Moves Toward Defining Moment
Impact investing is in the midst of explosive growth as more investors look for ways to become involved. More investment capital flowing into impact investing strategies means more opportunities to make positive social and environmental change. Yet, while growth unlocks new and exciting possibilities, it also fuels long-lingering questions.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Unilever CEO Paul Polman’s Plan to Save the World
Step out of the frigid drizzle into Unilever’s factory outside Liverpool in northern England, and the brightly lit, automated assembly line gleams in stark contrast to the gloom outside. Thousands of bottles shoot down a conveyor belt with a click-clack sound, in a streak of bright purple. Look more closely, and there is an important detail. The new bottle is squatter than the older, taller style on another assembly line, with a smaller dispenser and a label explaining that this version of Comfort brand fabric conditioner is good for 38 washes, rather than the 33 of the last-generation package. The message is clear: Customers need to help save one of earth’s most precious resources—water.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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ImpactAssets Releases Annual IA 50 Impact Investment Fund Showcase
ImpactAssets has released its 2016 impact investing showcase, the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a free online resource for investors and financial advisors. The sixth annual list provides a diversified overview of fund managers representing private debt and equity investments that deliver social and environmental impact as well as financial returns.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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Bank of America to Further Integrate Impact Investing Into Goals-Based Approach to Serving Clients
Bank of America today announced that it is enhancing how it engages with clients interested in pursuing positive environmental and social outcomes through impact investing. For several years, client-facing professionals from the company’s Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, U.S. Trust and Merrill Edge businesses have been winning and deepening relationships through goals-based conversations.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America