ESG Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tokyo-based banking and financial services company Mizuho Bank and Temasek-owned decarbonization solutions-focused investment platform GenZero announced today a new partnership aimed at developing transition credits to help fund the acceleration of the early retirement of coal-fired power plants.

Development 105

Development Decarbonize Banking 105

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Australian banks are in the box seat to develop and advocate for new, inventive measures that green up the nation’s single largest asset class, the housing market. The post Big banks take on greening of Australia’s $10 trillion housing stock appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Banking 230

Banking Development Smart Energy 230

Corporate Knights

JUNE 21, 2023

The 67-year-old accountant is a trailblazer: after three and a half decades in financial management (including 11 years as chief executive officer at the First Nations Finance Authority), Daniels became the first First Nations person appointed to the Bank of Canada’s board of directors in January. Directors have no input into monetary policy.

Banking 246

Banking Digitalization Development 246

3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Reaching children in their earliest years not only helps them develop the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills they need to succeed, but can also inspire lifelong enthusiasm for learning. Sponsored by PNC Bank. KEYWORDS: PNC Bank, NYSE:PNC, Big & Little Podcast, Boston Children’s Museum.

Banking 245

Banking Development 245

3BL Media

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In addition, Fifth Third Bank has deployed its Fifth Third Financial Empowerment Mobile, or eBus, to assist the people of Florida. Donors can direct their gifts to the Fifth Third Bank Disaster Relief Account; money will go to the American Red Cross. Jark, managing director of the Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank.

Banking 246

Banking Development 246

ESG Today

JANUARY 16, 2025

Energy and automation digital solutions provider Schneider Electric and the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) announced today a new partnership, with Schneider Electric becoming the first global sustainability consultants to join the PCAF accredited partnership program, aimed at supporting banks and investors to measure and report (..)

Banking 104

Banking Decarbonize Supply Chains Supply Chain 104

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

by Casey Lozar, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development Imagine financial institutions across Indian Country focusing on goals rooted in social impact investing. These institutions exist, yet many people remain unfamiliar with them.

Banking 147

Banking Impact Investing Development 147

3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2025

Bank company blog In 2013, to avoid monitoring by his manager, a truck driver at a New Jersey engineering firm purchased an illegal $50 GPS jammer that plugged into his vehicles cigarette lighter. Bank Business Access Advisor , and fellow Inland Empire native, Heli Castaneda. Originally published on U.S. Over the past two years, U.S.

Banking 147

Banking Development 147

Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Highlights EBRD lends 18 million to support construction of a sustainable office building in Vilnius Investment promotes urban regeneration of the city State-of-the-art building to target BR.

Development 188

Development Banking Climate Change 188

GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. trillion in assets.

Banking 365

Banking Chief Sustainability Officer Paris Agreement COP26 365

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We can support the development of female entrepreneurs using accelerators and incubators and recruiting more women into the tech and banking sectors.

Banking 364

Banking Development 364

Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

London-based HSBC Holdings says it will cease financing for the development of new oil and gas fields in order to tackle climate change while carving out its Canadian unit from the policy change. Price says it’s disappointing that Canadian banks have failed to do the same as HSBC with a halt to financing for new oil and gas fields.

Net Zero 317

Net Zero Banking Paris Agreement Climate Change 317

GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is banking on banks to get us over the carbon-neutral finish line by 2050. . It's important that the tools we develop be as practical and commercial as possible. "We It's important that the tools we develop be as practical and commercial as possible." . Thu, 07/09/2020 - 00:01.

Banking 403

Banking Analytics Climate Change Decarbonize 403

3BL Media

AUGUST 27, 2024

Yet when it comes to banking, many overlook the influence our choice of financial institution can have on the environment and in our communities. This is where Walden Mutual Bank comes in, offering an opportunity to make a more conscious and positive impact through everyday financial choices.

Banking 147

Banking Development 147

Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Almost 10 years ago, an article in this magazine called for more SME funding, revealing that only 1 percent of overseas development aid goes toward supporting them. However, developing that model and giving it the time to test, iterate, and scale requires long-term, patient capital.

Development 99

Development Supply Chains Supply Chain Banking 99

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

November 9, 2023 /3BL/ - Today, Truist Foundation announced a $250,000 grant to UnidosUS , the nation's largest Latine civil rights organization, to support its workforce development goal of transforming the workforce ecosystem to ensure Latines have access to quality jobs with clear pathways to prosperity. TAMPA, Fla., and Durham, N.C.

Development 264

Development Digitalization Banking 264

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Regions Bank pledged $1 million in financial support for the new center, which will be built on the site of a former downtown parking lot owned by the bank for many years before being sold to JA. Students will put classroom learning about budgeting, managing expenses, the importance of saving and the role of credit to practical use.

Banking 147

Banking Global Economy Development 147

Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2025

For decades, policymakers and energy planners have operated under a simple assumption: modern development requires a national power grid. In Kenya , off-grid solar is fuelling the continents mobile banking revolution, enabling people to power their phones and participate in the digital economy. Its a market-driven revolution.

Banking 163

Banking Digitalization Development 163

Corporate Knights

MARCH 2, 2022

Developed countries now project that they won’t meet that pledge until 2023 – three years late and still woefully short of the real need. I have worked closely with developing countries seeking help to deal with climate change. First, many of these banks have not ambitiously incorporated climate change into their programming.

Climate Change 338

Climate Change Banking Development 338

3BL Media

OCTOBER 1, 2024

banking sector, highlighting areas of improvement in the design and implementation of their climate finance target-setting and disclosures. bank performance. bank performance. The global shift towards a low-carbon economy has unlocked trillions of dollars in investment opportunities for banks. Policies like the U.S.

Banking 147

Banking Net Zero Climate Change Decarbonize 147

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

French renewables and battery developer says it has raised more than $1.1bn in new debt finance for its Australian assets, including the four-hour battery being built in Western Australia. billion in finance as green bank backs its first four hour battery appeared first on RenewEconomy. The post Neoen lands $1.1

Banking 182

Banking Development 182

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Separately, the Commonwealth’s new economic development bond bill includes a significant investment over the next decade to foster the emerging cleantech industry. Ceres joined another ELM-led effort in May to organize a letter in support of the cleantech investments in the economic development bill.

Banking 130

Banking Development 130

3BL Media

JANUARY 21, 2025

CLEVELAND, January 21, 2025 /3BL/ - KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $15.5 Moreover, the development will encompass modern amenities, enabling residents to comfortably age in place. national bank among the 25 largest to do so since the Acts passage in 1977. million construction loan, a $3.18

Banking 130

Banking Development 130

3BL Media

JULY 10, 2024

CINCINNATI, July 10, 2024 /3BL/ - Fifth Third today announced the second cohort of its Empowering Community Leaders career development growth program, aimed at fostering the next generation of nonprofit leaders in the communities the Bank serves. Executive Director Dayton, OH Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa, Inc.

Banking 264

Banking Development 264

GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

How infrastructure is banking on green banks. A new guide from the nonprofit BSR suggests ways companies can anticipate material changes to their operations, develop and test strategies to adapt — ones that will help them become part of "thriving societies." Episode 261: Sea changes, strategy shifts. Heather Clancy.

Net Zero 361

Net Zero Banking Development 361

GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2023

The Asian Development Bank has created a fund to accelerate the transition to clean energy in Indonesia and the Philippines — by helping coal plant operators get other options onto the grid more quickly.

Banking 293

Banking Development 293

3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Funding will lift up and amplify efforts that will strengthen communities through workforce training, financial education and economic development. With these grants, we are lifting up and amplifying efforts that will make our communities even stronger through workforce training, financial education and economic development.”.

Development 245

Development Banking Manufacturing 245

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

One of world's largest privately owned renewable energy developers reaches financial close on 500 MW Queensland wind project, its first in Australia. The post UK-based Cubico closes deal with banks for 500MW wind project, its first in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Banking 148

Banking Development Sustainable Investment 148

3BL Media

MARCH 12, 2025

CAURIE Senegal primarily serves rural, low-income clients, the majority of whom are women, through a village banking model. In Brazil, SOS Amazonia will use their High Impact Program award to build a cold storage seed bank, allowing the organizations nursery to purchase 30%-50% more seeds from local collectors.

Banking 130

Banking Development 130

3BL Media

OCTOBER 11, 2024

October 11, 2024 /3BL/ - The Regions Foundation announced a $150,000 grant supporting education and workforce development opportunities provided by STRIVE Birmingham. STRIVE has a unique and successful approach to workforce development. The Regions Foundation is a nonprofit that is funded primarily by Regions Bank.

Development 147

Development Banking 147

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Recent months have seen major moves on climate action by some of the world’s largest private banks, including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Looking across their investments in different sectors and regions, more banks are considering how to reduce the carbon intensity of entire portfolios over time.

Net Zero 365

Net Zero Banking Paris Agreement Decarbonize 365

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This work will be led in part by Fifth Third Community Development Corporation President Susan E. Thomas, a national leader in community development banking and development. Its first report is expected this fall. ### About Fifth Third Fifth Third is a bank that’s as long on innovation as it is on history.

Development 147

Development Banking 147

GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending.

Green Bonds 504

Green Bonds Banking Chief Sustainability Officer Waste 504

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In this webcast, Fifth Third Bank will pull back the curtain on its journey to set — and achieve — holistic sustainability goals. Then experts from ENGIE Impact will share insights and tools on how your organization can develop its own holistic sustainability strategy.

Banking 333

Banking Waste Development 333

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Traditional accounting methods do not fully capture the externalized costs of economic activities in the food and agricultural space, and this shortcoming is becoming more apparent because climate change is intensifying the focus on sustainable development. Yield per hectare is the only metric that is commonly used to measure food systems.

Climate Change 397

Climate Change Supply Chain Supply Chains Banking 397

3BL Media

MARCH 12, 2024

The list comprises supplier diversity leaders focused on increasing the presence of diverse businesses through a commitment of growth, collaboration, and development. “I Smith, senior vice president and chief inclusion officer for Fifth Third Bank. Fifth Third Bank, National Association is a federally chartered institution.

Banking 264

Banking Supply Chains Supply Chain Development 264

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Bank company blog On a stretch of land on the east side of St. Bank employees who participated in Habitat for Humanity’s 2024 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, which aimed to build 30 homes over the course of five days and bring the dream of homeownership to local residents. Bank and U.S. Bank and president of the U.S.

Banking 130

Banking Development 130