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SheIS and Major Sports Leagues Aim to Create A Community of 1 Million Fans of Women's Sports In 2019 through New SheIS Challenge

 Jan 2019

New York, NY (January 7, 2019)--SheIS, the women’s sports nonprofit comprised of a historic Collective of distinguished leagues, athletes, and business leaders from across the sports world, is challenging the public to help their mission to grow awareness and support of women sports ...

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Fitch Ratings Launches ESG Relevance Scores to Show Impact of ESG on Credit

 Jan 2019

London, 07 January 2019 - Fitch Ratings today announced the launch of a new integrated scoring system that shows how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors impact individual credit rating decisions. 

The new ESG Relevance Scores, which have been produced by Fitch's analytical teams, transparently and ...

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Social, Ethical, Ecological Investing - Approaches and Pitfalls

 Dec 2018

Vienna, December 19, 2018 - When it comes to investing, ever more people aim not only for a financial return, but for combining profit with making a positive contribution to climate and environmental protection, ethical or social issues. Those investors favour sustainable or ethical-ecological financial products ...

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New Analysis: Absence of National Policy Continues to Put U.S.-based Companies and People at Risk of Climate Change in Key States

 Dec 2018

December 12, 2018, New York — A new analysis of CDP disclosure data shows that some of the largest U.S.-based corporations view climate change as an increasing risk to their bottom line and reputation among consumers and investors. It highlights business readiness for a ...

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ITC and GroFin launch SheTrades Invest for women entrepreneurs

SheTrades Invest to offer impact capital to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises across 14 countries

 Dec 2018

Geneva, December 12, 2018 – The International Trade Centre (ITC) and GroFin, a development finance company operating across Africa and the Middle East, today announced the launch of SheTrades Invest, an initiative to increase investment in women-owned businesses in 14 countries across these regions. 

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Egypt: Shifting Public Funds from Infrastructure to Investing in People

 Dec 2018

Cairo, December 11th, 2018 – Egypt has an opportunity to capitalize on current reforms by enabling more private investment in infrastructure and freeing up public funds for investments in people’s education, health and social protection. This is according to a new World Bank report launched ...

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Regions and cities support boost for sustainable financial investments

​Around €180 billion of additional investments are needed annually to achieve the EU's energy and climate 2030 targets

 Dec 2018

December 7, 2018 - Moving towards a low-carbon economy and achieving a carbon neutral Europe by 2050 is a massive investment opportunity that will generate growth and jobs. Through the adoption of an opinion on Financing Sustainable Growth at the 5-6 December plenary session, EU' assembly ...

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Investors call on world leaders to address climate change ‘ambition gap’

Record breaking number of global investors call on governments to accelerate action on climate change

 Dec 2018

KATOWICE, POLAND, 10 DECEMBER – Global investors today called on governments around the world to step up action to address climate change. 415 investors, with $32 trillion in assets-under-management, are behind the call-to-action as signatories of the 2018 Global Investor Statement to Governments on Climate Change ...

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UK growth at risk if it is not sustainable, Government is warned

 Dec 2018


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December 3, 2018 - The UK Government could place its long-term economic prosperity at risk if it does not place action on climate change and sustainability at the heart of its growth strategy, according to a new report published today (3 December 2018 ...

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