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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Social Impact: Delivering Financial Security and Expanding Financial Access

3BL Media

INVESTING WITH IMPACT In 2023, Northwestern Mutual added $75 million to our Impact Investment Fund, bringing the total to $175 million. At the National Urban League’s annual conference, we led workshops for small business owners and presented to 900+ guests at the conference gala.

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MetLife and MetLife Foundation Make a $30 Million Multi-Year Commitment To Support Upstate New York

3BL Media

(NYSE: MET) and MetLife Foundation announced a $30 million multi-year commitment to support Upstate New York, which includes pledges of $5 million in funding and impact investments by the Foundation and $25 million in impact investments by MetLife. Marnie LaVigne, President and CEO of Launch NY. “We

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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems

James Militzer

A deeper collaboration is needed — one that recognizes the limits of public investment and the increasing appetite among private investors to engage in fast-growing EMDEs, especially in impact investing , ESG and other purpose-driven investing sectors.

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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights

Stanford Social Innovation

As the 2023 Brazzaville gathering illustrated, stakeholders are more likely to find overlaps in their priorities when they have the time and space to look one another in the eye, learn about one another as individuals, and collaborate in workshop settings on potential solutions.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation

A few others have started workshop series for students centered around the mitigation of eco-anxiety, with some also offering counseling through existing institutional systems. Others interned in a variety of roles at climate-oriented startups, with companies ranging from impact investment marketplaces to AI-informed crop health.

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Advancing Racial Equity Through Business Practices and Products

B the Change

As they continue their company’s work to become anti-racist, these B Corps moved forward this year in that journey: Common Interests helps its clients put their money to work in alignment with their values through impact investing and holistic financial planning. Read more and watch the full online workshop here.

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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

All companies have received funding from Innovate UKs Sustainable Innovation Fund and are now seeking venture capital to scale their business and impact.