Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2022

based Bboxx launched in 2010 to provide pay-as-you-go solar products to low-income African households without electricity. The post Commercial bank loan helps Bboxx expand off-grid solar in Kenya appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, January 26 — U.K.-based A $15 million.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2024

While many companies, particularly in the fossil fuel and banking sectors, resist any major departure from their lucrative business-as-usual path, the leaders are doubling down on sustainability. C, SBTi 6 15 Banco do Brasil SA Brasília, Brazil Banks $ 1,106,800 17% 9:1 50% 29% 0% A- 1.5°C, C, SBTi 67 39 HP Inc Palo Alto, U.S.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2022

Between 2010 and 2021, private equity firms invested at least $1.1 The 80,000-member BCGEU is hoping to bring attention to the issue by filing shareholder resolutions this spring with Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investment management companies, and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the country’s largest bank.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 29, 2022

SOURCE: Regions Bank. Regions Bank recently held its annual Share the Good campaign, with a back-to-school theme. Teams across the bank’s footprint collected and donated school supplies, made financial contributions and volunteered – all to ensure that students, teachers and parents have a great start to the new school year.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

While EVs still come with a price premium up-front, the costs of their batteries have fallen by more than 90 % since 2010. Done right, the energy transition won’t just be good for the climate or the economy – it’ll also be good for our bank accounts. Some expect them to reach price parity within five years without subsidies.

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Just Capital

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Bank of America Chief Human Resources Officer, Sheri Bronstein. As the year winds down, we turned to the leader on the Workers stakeholder in our 2023 Rankings – Bank of America – for insight into its workforce investment strategy, which includes the industry-leading move to recently raise its minimum wage. Here in the U.S.,

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Eskala Panama takes minority equity positions in the Village Banks that it sets up in low-income, rural, and indigenous communities and it also lends them loan capital for microbusiness loans. Fundación Paraguaya had supported three projects in Paraguay, providing $1,701,000 in grant funding between 2010 and 2020. Panama with Eskala.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2021

Helle Bank Jorgensen. Eleven years ago, in 2010, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s COP15, developed countries committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020, to address the needs of developing countries. Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking? Thu, 07/15/2021 - 00:01.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Wells Fargo, the Bank of Doing, teamed up with Miami HEAT legend Udonis Haslem to surprise the Henderson family with new kitchen appliances and an outdoor living space. About Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo ranked No.

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

What Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have managed to achieve is incredible, and the work of the Whole Planet Foundation continues to inspire me.”. That challenged Matt to pioneer an entirely new on-shelf category in the egg set – pasture-raised – and disrupt an industry that had become moribund and commoditized.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bank company blog San Francisco’s Mission District is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and has been a hub for Latino and immigrant communities for decades. Bank Community Affairs Manager Leena Paxinos said. Bank and the U.S. Bank Foundation over the years has helped the organization operate and grow its programming.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 15, 2023

Food Banks Canada’s 2022 Hunger Count reports a 35% increase in visits since 2019. Sadly, 33% of food bank users are children, while 18% are single parents. The French Federation of Food Banks found that every morning, 2,700 supermarkets send food that would otherwise be wasted to 80 warehouses, rescuing 46,000 tons a year.

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3BL Media

APRIL 29, 2022

The reputation of banking, for a long time, has always been about money,” said Bernita Bailey, Greater Washington market president. Since 2010, we’ve worked with EVERFI , an education technology company, to deliver these lessons to more than 2,700 schools and 1.5 One way teammates live out our purpose is by volunteering.

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3BL Media

JULY 31, 2023

Juan Gonzalez , KeyBank’s Central Indiana Market President and Business Banking Sales Leader, has been named to the second annual Indiana 250 list. Gonzalez joined KeyBank in 2010 and is deeply involved in the community through local events and board memberships. “I

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3BL Media

MARCH 23, 2022

We began reporting progress on our climate journey in 2010 by adding a section in our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report and responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) climate change questionnaire. Learn more in the Bank's @FSB_TCFD report: [link]. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:FITB, Fifth Third Bank, tcfd.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2022

An incentive program run through Germany’s state-owned development bank calibrates subsidies, grants and interest rates for building and renovation projects to their energy efficiency.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Elected by the board of directors in July 2010, Fanning became president of Southern Company in August 2010, a role he held until March 2023. He assumed the additional responsibilities of chairman and CEO in December 2010. Tom Fanning has been a great leader who has left an indelible mark on Southern Company.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

By Candace Higginbotham Leroy Abrahams, head of Community Engagement at Regions, welcomed the attendees of the third annual Regions Bank CDFI Convening by outlining shared priorities for the leaders in the room. “We They can do things midsize and large banks can’t do.” The annual CDFI Convening is a good example.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 5, 2023

Bank has partnered with GRID Alternatives since 2010, supporting job training programs while providing access to renewable solar energy in communities facing poverty and restricted access to secondary education. Bank company blog. Bank has been a partner since 2010 providing roughly $900,000 in financial support.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 30, 2024

Data compiled by the International Energy Agency in 2010 illustrated the global carbon-footprint imbalance with a striking image: at the time, a single American refrigerator consumed three times more energy than the average African used in a year. trillion in community green bonds in 2022, according to the African Development Bank Group.

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3BL Media

APRIL 18, 2022

Getting to know Regions Bank’s Natural Resources and Real Estate business. SOURCE: Regions Bank. In recognition of Earth Day, Regions is sharing a series of articles that highlight how teams and associates across the bank are contributing to our commitment to operate in environmentally sound ways that make life better for all.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Operational sustainability, the reduction of Fifth Third’s environmental and carbon footprint, has been key to our environmental sustainability program since its inception in 2010. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:FITB, Fifth Third Bank, Fifth Third ESG report. Read more about their goals here: [link].

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2024

Bank company blog For more than a decade, Jen Loller and her mom, Jo Maravilla, have jointly run a thriving outdoor wedding venue business while also juggling the joys and logistical challenges of a multi-generational family. Bank began 15 years ago with predecessor company Union Bank. Originally published on U.S.

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Humans produce about 2 billion tons of solid waste each year, according to the World Bank, and only about one-fifth of all that waste is recycled or composted. The amount of waste produced by the average American — on average, the world’s most wasteful consumer — tripled between 1960 and 2010.

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3BL Media

MAY 17, 2022

Opening Remarks: Christine Shambach | Head of Mergers & Acquisitions PNC Bank. Shambach joined PNC in 2010 as a member of PNC’s Mergers and Acquisitions team, where she was responsible for leading the execution of PNC’s acquisition and divestiture transactions, including the acquisition of RBC Bank (USA), the U.S.

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3BL Media

JUNE 16, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Since 2010, Truist Financial Foundations has empowered more than 1.5 In the 2010-2011 school year, the program was delivered to more than 6,600 students. SOURCE: Truist. million high school students with robust, digital financial education lessons. About the Program.

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ESG Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Founded in 2010, Dresden-based Sunfire produces industrial electrolyzers aimed at addressing a key clean energy challenge of providing renewable hydrogen and syngas as climate-neutral substitutes for fossil energy. Sunfire also has access to approximately €200 million from previously approved, undrawn grant funding to support its growth.

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Banking Manufacturing Development 104

3BL Media

JUNE 7, 2022

Opening Remarks: Vicki Henn | Chief Human Resources Officer, PNC Bank. Moderator: Kristen Baird Adams | Chief of Staff, Office of the Regional Presidents, PNC Bank. Baird Adams is a member of In Counsel With Women and the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010. Closing Remarks: Josh Stewart | Head of Talent Acquisition, PNC Bank.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

“The pandemic highlighted in a new way that a quality and affordable place to call home, especially during times of crisis, is critical to the safety and security of families,” said Mary Mack, CEO of Consumer and Small Business Banking for Wells Fargo and a Habitat for Humanity International board member.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While the ranking, first conducted in 2010 , has historically considered the diversity of faculty and the proportion of its research devoted to sustainability issues, this year’s methodology goes back to basics, asking a simple question: what is being taught?

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3BL Media

MARCH 6, 2024

March 6, 2024 /3BL/ - Wells Fargo, together with Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit climate technology investor, and the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC), a leading nonprofit green bank, have joined forces to launch a new debt financing program, called the Capital Access for Climate Innovators.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Fifth Third recognizes the importance of the transition to renewable energy and has been increasing its use of renewable power since 2010. This project was facilitated through a virtual power purchase agreement signed by the Bank. SOURCE: Fifth Third Bancorp. KEYWORDS: NASDAQ:FITB, Fifth Third Bancorp, ESG Report.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Since 2010, we’ve advised hundreds of African businesses that are supportive of, or owned and/or led by, women. When a female small business owner like Joy walks into a commercial bank in an African country, the odds are already stacked against her. Finally, commercial banks exist to make a profit.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Launched in 2010, and supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT InnoEnergy is one of the largest climate tech and renewable energy tech investors, backing innovations across areas including energy storage, transport and mobility, renewables, and sustainable buildings and cities.

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James Militzer

MAY 2, 2024

But in spite of this growth — and the success of government programs in boosting access to basic banking services — structural problems abound, and access to quality financial services remains a privilege of the few. As a result, India’s fintechs have learned how to partner and work closely with its banks and NBFCs.

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3BL Media

MARCH 14, 2022

Since 2010, the city’s population has increased from 420,000 to 500,000. We wanted to make sure we’re not only providing them with the financial needs they have, but also help with the everyday needs their clients have,” said Adriana Lawton, Truist vice president of not-for-profit and government banking. SOURCE: Truist.

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3BL Media

JUNE 14, 2022

Since 2010, Whole Planet Foundation, a Whole Foods Market nonprofit, has worked to alleviate poverty in Polynesia and Melanesia where Whole Foods Market sources products like Yellow Fin and Big Eye Tuna. , highlighting products and entrepreneurs who have participated in the accelerator.

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