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With Roots in Tar Sands Oil, Alberta’s Separatist Movement Linked to Cross-Border Privacy Breach

Government investigators say Alberta’s controversial separatist movement is behind a major voter privacy breach, with roots that stretch across the border to influential U.S. Republicans.

Tina Casey

June 5

USS Abraham Lincoln Conducts Flight Operations for Iran War

Finance

Brands Taking Stands

Iran War Casts a Shadow on U.S. Conservatives’ Push to Prop Up Coal

Attempts to defend an economically outdated and unwieldy source of power look even more misguided as war underscores the urgent need to invest in domestic energy resources that are buffered from global volatility.

Tina Casey

March 11

People speak to an agent at a yellow MoMo Mobile Money kiosk in Rwanda.

Finance

A Zero-Fee Mobile Banking Model is Redefining Financial Inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire

As Côte d'Ivoire’s banking system struggles to reach millions of residents, fintech startup Wave is redefining how people save and spend money across West Africa via a simple smartphone app with no transaction fees.

Abdullahi Jimoh

November 10, 2025

A financial coach at Redwood Credit Union sits at their desk speaking with a member.

Finance

Americans Are More Money-Stressed Than Ever. Credit Unions Are Stepping Up to Help.

The mental toll of financial stress has serious impacts on people across the country. Credit unions are in the position to help in ways commercial banks can’t or won’t.

Gary E. Frank

October 23, 2025

A wooden crate full of peppers, avocados and scallions.

Finance

Small Farmers Are More Squeezed Than Ever. A California Grant Program Offers a Lifeline.

A recent report shows that the state’s farm-to-school grant program has been effective at supporting economically disadvantaged farmers in the face of mounting federal cuts.

Frida Garza

October 20, 2025

Washington State's green and white Wenatchee ferry boat arrives at a doc for its renovation.

Finance

Washington’s Cap-and-Invest Program Supports Climate Projects as Federal Funding Fades

Almost three years in, Washington State's cap-and-invest program has raised over $3 billion from major polluters. It's already funding projects like ferry electrification.

Mary Riddle

September 22, 2025

A tree poking over the top of the rainforest canopy at sunset.

Finance

The Rise of Mega-Scale Forest Carbon Credit Programs

As deforestation rapidly erases habitats and emits carbon, fast action is needed to reverse it. Jurisdictional forest protection programs are expanding, but are they enough?

Debunking the New Debanking Executive Order: It’s Complicated

Debanking is normally a straightforward matter of de-risking. In today’s hyper-partisan environment, its under fire as a politically-motivated practice.

Tina Casey

August 20, 2025

Several Black Women Build homeowners hold up planter boxes they made from recycled wood and smile at the camera.

Finance

‘We Have To Insert Ourselves’: For Black Women, Seeds of Wealth Start With Homeownership

Baltimore-based nonprofit Black Women Build is helping women purchase homes by connecting them to funding, resources, DIY skills and community.

Eden Turner

August 14, 2025

A LA fire survivor writes a postcard to California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara at an Extreme Weather Survivors and the Eaton Fire Survivors Network event in California. (Image courtesy of Extreme Weather Survivors.)

Finance

After Months of Delays, Los Angeles Communities Take on Big Insurance

“Delay, deny and underpay” is the calling card survivors and activists are using for the insurance industry after the Los Angeles wildfires.

Riya Anne Polcastro

August 7, 2025

A worker at a PCX Markets project partner in Indonesia in the midst of the plastic recycling process. (Image courtesy of PCX Markets.)

Finance

Plastic Credits Have a Bad Rep, PCX Hopes to Change That

Every year, millions of tons of plastic leaks into the environment, with only 9 percent ever getting recycled. A new initiative funds plastic cleanup and recycling efforts, providing companies with a verified source of recycled plastic.

Andrew Kaminsky

August 1, 2025

Evergreen Laundry Cooperative runs two facilities in Cleveland's Glenville and Collinwood neighborhoods

Finance

The Cleveland Cooperative Turning Laundry Into Community Wealth-Building

The Evergreen Laundry Cooperative uses a unique operating model to ensure a reliable supply of business, allowing it to offer stable jobs that come with shared profits and equity to the community it operates in.

Rasha Rehman

July 29, 2025

Duolingo is one of many large U.S. companies founded by immigrants. (Image courtesy of Duolingo.)

Finance

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Lead 46% of the Fortune 500, and That's Not All

Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or their children. In her new book, Neri Karra Sillaman, who studies business longevity at Oxford University, unpacks what immigrant entrepreneurs do differently that makes their businesses successful and how they help drive the U.S. economy.

EV Charging and the New Waffle House Index

Waffle House plans to install EV charging stations at dozens of restaurants. It's a bold step for the beloved Southern-style chain, offering a strong indication that vehicle electrification has broad appeal regardless of the politics of the moment.

Tina Casey

June 11, 2025

Finance

Will Tariffs Spur Investment in Canada’s Secondhand Clothing Industry?

Increased tariffs between the United States and Canada could have a significant impact on an unexpected industry: secondhand clothing. That should be a catalyst for industry innovation and government support, argues Irshad Alimohamed, director of the secondhand wholesale company Sinaitex.

Nicole Froio

May 12, 2025

Finance

New ASU Venture Studio Sets Student-Athletes Up for Entrepreneurship Off the Court

The time and effort student-athletes put into their sport can keep them from applying for internships, starting businesses or preparing for a career after college. With that in mind, a program launching this fall at Arizona State University is designed to support student-athletes on their entrepreneurial journeys.

With Federal Climate Finance in Limbo, the Power is in Our Pockets

Climate finance isn't only the work of bankers, politicians and white-collar folks. It's everyone's business, says Trenton Allen, CEO and founder of Sustainable Capital Advisors. "We're not voiceless," he said in our new video series. "We have agency."

Mary Mazzoni

April 30, 2025

Finance

New Opportunities for the U.S. Green Hydrogen Industry

To meet its decarbonization goals, the European Union needs to reset its domestic green hydrogen production goals and increase the amount it imports, according to a new report. That opens up export opportunities for several countries.

Tina Casey

April 28, 2025

Finance

The Narrative Holding Nonprofits Back: Social Current Aims to Address Misconceptions

Nonprofits in the United States are buckling under financial strain. Part of the sector's chronic underfunding problem comes down to public perception and misconceptions, argues Social Current CEO Jody Levison-Johnson. The organization's new initiative is bringing nonprofits together to change that.

Mary Riddle

April 8, 2025

Finance

To Continue Leading, The U.S. Solar Industry Needs Federal Support

The United States spent 20 years repositioning itself as a leader in solar manufacturing and innovation, but the industry is constantly reinventing itself. Federal support is still necessary for the U.S. to maintain its status and the benefits that come with domestic solar manufacturing.

The Global Green Bond Market Already Shows Signs of Surviving U.S. Pullback

Shifting climate and energy policies in the United States led to shrinking green bond activity, but other nations are stepping up to fill the gap and help emerging markets meet their climate goals.

For Outer Banks Businesses, Retaining Workers Means Investing in Housing

North Carolina's Outer Banks is struggling to sustain the tourism boom it built off of its long-standing vacation rental home industry amid an affordable housing crisis and other unintended impacts. As the region looks for long-term solutions, local businesses are buying employee housing.

Taylor Haelterman

March 31, 2025

Finance

Credit Unions Have a Public Awareness Problem, And This Coalition Wants to Solve It

Credit unions put their communities first, but they haven't always done the best job sharing that story with the public. Made up of 12 credit unions from 10 U.S. states, the Backbone coalition aims to change that.

Gary E. Frank

March 27, 2025

Finance

Sustainable Retirement Investments Exist, And You Can Make the Switch

People say they want their retirement investments to align with their values, but a lack of education and options often limit adoption of sustainable funds. Employers and employees can take action to change that, says the corporate social responsibility nonprofit As You Sow.

Goldman Sachs Makes $500 Million Appeal for Biodiversity Preservation

The new biodiversity bond fund created by Goldman Sachs Asset Management last week demonstrates how business leaders can continue to pursue global climate goals, regardless of federal social and environmental policy changes in the United States.

The Rise of Climate Intuition: Financial Professionals Weigh the Cost of Risks Ahead

Financial institutions are turning investor attention to the impact of extreme weather events as they balance the cost of decarbonization with the risks of unchecked climate change.

Tina Casey

February 19, 2025

Finance

Beyond Federal Funding, What's Next for U.S. Climate Investments?

Federal funding freezes put the future of the largest climate investment in U.S. history into question, but leaders remain optimistic they can find additional funding flows to continue with their work.

Largest State-Based Green Bank in the US Invests $60 Million in EV Charging Stations

The largest state-based green bank in the United States just completed its first ever loan for public EV charging stations, providing the startup Revel with enough financing to triple the number of chargers it has installed to date.

State-Based Solutions: The New Minnesota Green Bank

Minnesota's new green bank, the Climate Innovation Finance Authority, is ready to lend millions of dollars to support clean energy projects where private-sector financing is lagging behind need, opportunity or both.

Beyond California, the U.S. is on the Brink of an Insurance Crisis Tied to Climate Change

Thousands of Californians were dropped by their homeowner's insurers months before the recent wildfires burned their homes to the ground. Their stories are only part of an insidious and growing insurance crisis across the United States that experts say is tied to climate change.

While Los Angeles Burns, Judge Says It's Illegal for Investors to Consider Climate Risk

Even as the wreckage of the California fires unfolds before our eyes, a string of worrying litigation aims to block private companies from measuring and managing climate risk.

Mary Mazzoni

January 15, 2025

Finance

How Philanthropists Can Help Keep the Climate Movement on Track

Philanthropy can have an outsized impact on pushing forward change. Despite uncertainty about the future of federal action on climate change, philanthropists continue to fund climate action, and public sentiment seems to be behind them.

Amy Brown

January 6, 2025

Finance

This Bank Was Founded to Combat Climate Change, and It’s Growing Fast

In 2021, Climate First Bank launched as an alternative to the large financial institutions pumping trillions of dollars into the fossil fuel industry. Now, it has more than $850 million in assets. CEO Ken LaRoe attributes the rapid growth to its mission to center people, the planet and profit.

Gary E. Frank

December 19, 2024

Finance

Who Funded Over 200,000 Affordable Housing Units and Small Businesses Last Year?

Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) have leveraged billions of dollars for investment in communities that are underserved by mainstream financial institutions. They focus on offering affordable financial services, loans for entrepreneurs, investments in affordable housing, and backing for development projects that create jobs.

Gary E. Frank

December 13, 2024

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Finance

These Behavioral Science Strategies Can Help Financial Providers Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap

Simple interventions based in behavioral science can help to close the racial wealth gap by establishing trust with underserved customers. In a series of experiments, Kahini Shah and Shaye-Ann Hopkins of Duke University aimed to see if interventions proven to work in healthcare could also help more people engage with financial products.

Kahini Shah and Shaye-Ann Hopkins

December 12, 2024

Finance

Brands Taking Stands

From Climate Finance to the 'Most Important Policy Documents' of the Century: An Update from COP29

At the United Nations' annual climate conference (COP29), delegates are challenged to adopt a new climate finance target and submit what one leader calls "the most important policy documents of this century."

Mary Mazzoni

November 20, 2024

Finance

There's a Simple Solution for the Big Discrepancies in the World Bank’s Climate Finance Claims

An Oxfam International audit of the World Bank's climate financing found that the money the bank claims it disbursed could be off by as much as $41.3 billion. Experts say more detailed bookeeping could make all the difference.

Riya Anne Polcastro

November 12, 2024

Sustainable Capital Advisors supported coalition members for Pennsylvania’s application for the national Solar for All competition funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund which secured $156 million to expand equitable green energy development across the state. (Image: ActionVance/Unsplash)

Finance

Building Climate and Financial Resilience in Cities: A Dual Imperative

Climate change is challenging cities' financial resilience, and the impact is often overlooked. Sustainable Capital Advisors created a three-step framework to help them manage climate-related financial risks and seize opportunities for sustainable growth during a historic moment in climate funding.

Trenton Allen and Matina Granieri

October 31, 2024

Finance

How Funding Open Source Data Can Help Save the Ocean and Mitigate Climate Change

Nonprofits are working together to provide the data and research needed to progress ocean protection efforts for free. These projects take a long time to complete, which tends to make them less attractive to funders. But philanthropists are catching on.

John Amos

October 7, 2024

Finance

The Program Building Women's Economic Power Through Entrepreneurship

The Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship program addresses the challenges women entrepreneurs face, particularly access to capital and training, to help raise their incomes and close economic opportunity gender gaps.

Rasha Rehman

September 24, 2024

Finance

Can a Global Forest Network Equip Carbon Markets to Work for Our Planet?

Unless satellites are calibrated by the same measurements in forests all over the world, carbon markets can't measure carbon with the accuracy the world needs. A coalition of scientists is working on a solution.

Two Years Later: What's the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act?

It's been two years since the Inflation Reduction Act, which experts call the largest climate investment in United States history, was signed into law. New research points to the positive impact of the legislation, while public resources can help more individuals and small businesses benefit.

Tina Casey

August 21, 2024

Finance

New Investment Fund Helps Social Impact Businesses in Underserved Communities Grow

Traditional financing options don't meet the needs of most small businesses. Momentus Capital is taking a new approach with a $171 million Equitable Prosperity Fund that offers funding to growing businesses in underserved communities without asking founders to give up equity or ownership.

Rasha Rehman

July 22, 2024

Heavy equipment at the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile. (Image: Bruna Fiscuk/Unsplash)

Finance

Undermining Progress: Human Rights and the Low-Carbon Transition

Closing the Loopholes Mining Giants Use to Avoid Taxes

To avoid paying higher tax rates, multinational mining companies use strategies like shifting profits from the country of extraction to a low-tax country, doing an injustice to the countries and communities relying on that tax revenue. Several organizations are working to close these loopholes.

Andrew Kaminsky

July 8, 2024

Finance

Mandatory Climate-Related Disclosures Usher in a New Era of Transparency

Seventy-six percent of employees and 71 percent of consumers think it’s important for companies to disclose their environmental impact, and more than two-thirds want businesses to disclose their climate-related risks, according to PwC’s 2024 Trust Survey.

Kevin O’Connell

June 21, 2024

Finance

iDE Tackles Poverty in Rural Communities with Women-Founded Startups

The international nonprofit brings together women in less developed countries with female venture capitalists to create income opportunities in rural communities and empower entrepreneurs to address local issues.

This CEO Wants to Turn Prison Risk Into a Universal Financial Metric

We've heard of fossil fuel-free investments, but what about prison-free portfolios? This type of values-based investing lens may soon be more common in the U.S. market thanks to a newly launched "decarceration index."

What the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Really Means For Communities

With grant financing set to be delivered this summer, we're taking a closer look at how the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund will translate into a domino effect of green infrastructure in communities facing outsized impact from climate change and pollution.

Mary Mazzoni

May 22, 2024

Finance

Just Futures Offers Sustainable 401(k) Options for Nonprofit Workers

Nonprofit workers often have to rely on 401(k) retirement plans that invest their money in assets that don't align with their values. Just Futures gives them alternative investment options by screening companies for complicity in climate change, weapons manufacturing, employment discrimination, and more.

Nicole Froio

May 16, 2024

The World Bank Group headquarters in Washington

Finance

The World Bank Can’t Move Forward Without a Thorough Investigation Into the Bridge Academies Cover-Up

The World Bank Group's spring meetings centered on its priority to become a bigger, faster bank with more money to do its work. But to maintain trust, the bank must ensure the investigation into child abuse at the Bridge International Academies it funded in Kenya is conducted transparently.

Stephanie Amoako

April 29, 2024

A carbon collection tower at Climeworks' Orca plant in Iceland. (Image: Climeworks)

Finance

Turning Captured Carbon Into Valuable Products Can Benefit the Environment and Economy

Thanks to new technology, captured carbon dioxide can be transformed into valuable products for carbon-intensive industries in a way that creates jobs, supports local economies and mitigates climate change.

'Awesome, Historic, Momentous.' U.S. EPA Distributes $20 Billion for Climate Justice: Now the Work Begins

"Important, groundbreaking and transformational" are just some of the ways advocates describe the EPA funding for clean technology investments in underserved communities. Now, the hard work begins.

The New U.S. 'Green Bank' is Part of a Great American Tradition

The green bank formula is rooted in public initiatives that transformed parts of the U.S. Southeast from deep poverty in the early 20th century to the economic powerhouse of today.

People Want Their 401(k) Plans to Align With Their Values, Survey Finds

Most financial professionals likely assume a strong return is all everyday investors are looking for as they save for their retirement. But even in a tough economy, a growing segment of global investors are equally concerned about aligning their money with their personal values, according to new research.

Mary Mazzoni

April 3, 2024

Finance

What Is Proxy Voting, And How Do I Do It?

If you own stock — even if you purchased a few shares on a mobile app years ago — you likely get emails every spring reminding you: "It's time to vote!" But many individual investors don't know what proxy voting is, why it matters or how to do it.

Mary Mazzoni

March 29, 2024

Finance

Investors Are Pushing More Big Brands to Disclose and Reduce Plastic Use

Shareholder advocacy groups have already extracted plastics-related concessions from major companies ahead of proxy season — including the likes of Disney, Hormel and Choice Hotels.

Clean Technology Investment Continues to Set Records, Despite Some Blips

High-profile setbacks in the U.S. wind industry and lower-than-expected electric vehicle sales colored the headlines last fall, but it's clear that these were minor hitches in an otherwise strong year for cleantech investment.

Tina Casey

March 13, 2024

Three entrepreneurs who are a part of the Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems program in Uganda. (Image: Jjumba Martin for Mercy Corps)

Finance

How 1,200 Refugees in Ethiopia Are Becoming Business Owners

The Delivering Resilient Enterprises and Market Systems (DREAMS) program provides seed funding, business training and support to help refugees in Uganda and Ethiopia start their own businesses.

Gary E. Frank

March 12, 2024

Finance

The SEC Climate Disclosure Rule is Public: Here’s What Companies Need To Do Now

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rule this week. Joe Sczurko of the leading consultancy WSP USA shares five ways company leadership can prepare now.

Joe Sczurko

March 8, 2024

Finance

The Investment Tech Helping Financial Institutions on the Front Lines of Economic Justice

CNote is an investment technology platform connecting investors with community development financial institutions (CDFIs) that provide services to underserved communities.

Do Your Investments Support the U.S. Prison System? It Will Soon Be Easier to Find Out

When most people think about companies profiting from the U.S. criminal justice system, private prisons are likely the first thing that comes to mind, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.

The U.S. EPA is Set to Distribute $27 Billion to Underserved Communities. Will It Reach Them?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is set to distribute up to $27 billion through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund in March. But will it really reach the low-income communities it's intended for?

Mary Mazzoni

February 21, 2024

Bridging the Gap Between Donations and Meaningful Connections

Subaru has donated millions of dollars to local and national nonprofits across the U.S., and its community commitment manager says one lesson stands out most: Businesses cannot make a genuine impact on behalf of a community without building a meaningful connection first.

ESG Investing Will Have A Good Year In 2024, Despite Turmoil In The U.S.

Critics have raised plenty of opposition to investments made through the lens of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, but most of that energy has gone to waste. The only clear losers appear to be the very people that anti-ESG legislation ostensibly aims to protect.

Tina Casey

January 24, 2024

Finance

The $17 Billion Price Tag on Sustainability in the Financial Sector

A record number of customers are switching financial providers because of sustainability, to the tune of $17 billion last year. Find out how much money companies in other sectors are leaving on the table in our Size of Prize report.

Mary Mazzoni

December 13, 2023

Finance

Entrepreneurs of Color Are Less Likely to Turn a Profit. Understanding Why Could Boost the Economy.

In the U.S., entrepreneurs of color are significantly less likely to end their business profitably. Many end up losing money. This is not only devastating for business owners, but it also contributes to the racial wealth gap.

Amy Brown

December 8, 2023

Colombia’s high-altitude wetland region known as the páramo. (Image: Quimbaya/Flickr)

Finance

Undermining Progress: Human Rights and the Low-Carbon Transition

The Role of Development Banks in Mining Projects, and How Communities Can Hold Them Accountable

Development banks can offer an avenue for communities impacted by mining projects to seek justice. We take a closer look as part of "Undermining Progress," a solutions journalism series focused on human rights and environmental concerns tied to mining for the low-carbon energy transition.

Inflation Reduction Act Sparks a Clean Energy Boom in the U.S.

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 set off a flood of multi-megawatt commercial clean energy projects, with provisions to support energy-efficiency improvements among small business, too.

Tina Casey

October 25, 2023

Finance

Climate-Smart Agriculture Starved for Cash Despite Outsized Impact on Global Warming

Food production generates a third of greenhouse gas emissions, but spending to reengineer farming practices has yet to reach the levels needed to slow global warming, experts said at the Concordia Summit in New York City this week.

Dave Armon

September 21, 2023

Finance

Loan Program Rewards Regenerative Agriculture, Sets Example for Other Lenders

The new Regenerative Agricultural Financing loan program is rewarding farmers who protect the topsoil and use fertilizers responsibly. And its success — coupled with farmers' enthusiasm — points to a promising new path for both lenders and borrowers that could potentially be replicated in other industries.

Riya Anne Polcastro

August 24, 2023

The skyline around the Gardens by the Bay nature park in the Central Region of Singapore.

Finance

Singapore Leads Green Finance and Helps Other Countries Follow Suit

To meet global climate goals, the developing and emerging economies most vulnerable to climate change will need to see massive increases in clean energy investment. Singapore is leveraging green finance plans to help itself and the rest of Southeast Asia meet their climate change commitments.

Busting Myths About ESG and Sustainable Investing

"Anti-ESG" rhetoric on political campaign trails and cable news breeds misinformation and creates misunderstanding about the use of environmental, social and governance factors in business. This week we're breaking down some of the most common myths we see out there about ESG and what it means for businesses and investors.

Mary Mazzoni

August 16, 2023

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With Roots in Tar Sands Oil, Alberta’s Separatist Movement Linked to Cross-Border Privacy Breach

Iran War Casts a Shadow on U.S. Conservatives’ Push to Prop Up Coal

A Zero-Fee Mobile Banking Model is Redefining Financial Inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire

Americans Are More Money-Stressed Than Ever. Credit Unions Are Stepping Up to Help.

Small Farmers Are More Squeezed Than Ever. A California Grant Program Offers a Lifeline.

Washington’s Cap-and-Invest Program Supports Climate Projects as Federal Funding Fades

The Rise of Mega-Scale Forest Carbon Credit Programs

Debunking the New Debanking Executive Order: It’s Complicated

‘We Have To Insert Ourselves’: For Black Women, Seeds of Wealth Start With Homeownership

After Months of Delays, Los Angeles Communities Take on Big Insurance

Plastic Credits Have a Bad Rep, PCX Hopes to Change That

The Cleveland Cooperative Turning Laundry Into Community Wealth-Building

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Lead 46% of the Fortune 500, and That's Not All

EV Charging and the New Waffle House Index

Will Tariffs Spur Investment in Canada’s Secondhand Clothing Industry?

New ASU Venture Studio Sets Student-Athletes Up for Entrepreneurship Off the Court

With Federal Climate Finance in Limbo, the Power is in Our Pockets

New Opportunities for the U.S. Green Hydrogen Industry

The Narrative Holding Nonprofits Back: Social Current Aims to Address Misconceptions

To Continue Leading, The U.S. Solar Industry Needs Federal Support

The Global Green Bond Market Already Shows Signs of Surviving U.S. Pullback

For Outer Banks Businesses, Retaining Workers Means Investing in Housing

Credit Unions Have a Public Awareness Problem, And This Coalition Wants to Solve It

Sustainable Retirement Investments Exist, And You Can Make the Switch

Goldman Sachs Makes $500 Million Appeal for Biodiversity Preservation

The Rise of Climate Intuition: Financial Professionals Weigh the Cost of Risks Ahead

Beyond Federal Funding, What's Next for U.S. Climate Investments?

Largest State-Based Green Bank in the US Invests $60 Million in EV Charging Stations

State-Based Solutions: The New Minnesota Green Bank

Beyond California, the U.S. is on the Brink of an Insurance Crisis Tied to Climate Change

While Los Angeles Burns, Judge Says It's Illegal for Investors to Consider Climate Risk

How Philanthropists Can Help Keep the Climate Movement on Track

This Bank Was Founded to Combat Climate Change, and It’s Growing Fast

Who Funded Over 200,000 Affordable Housing Units and Small Businesses Last Year?

These Behavioral Science Strategies Can Help Financial Providers Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap

From Climate Finance to the 'Most Important Policy Documents' of the Century: An Update from COP29

There's a Simple Solution for the Big Discrepancies in the World Bank’s Climate Finance Claims

Building Climate and Financial Resilience in Cities: A Dual Imperative

How Funding Open Source Data Can Help Save the Ocean and Mitigate Climate Change

The Program Building Women's Economic Power Through Entrepreneurship

Can a Global Forest Network Equip Carbon Markets to Work for Our Planet?

Two Years Later: What's the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act?

New Investment Fund Helps Social Impact Businesses in Underserved Communities Grow

Closing the Loopholes Mining Giants Use to Avoid Taxes

Mandatory Climate-Related Disclosures Usher in a New Era of Transparency

iDE Tackles Poverty in Rural Communities with Women-Founded Startups

This CEO Wants to Turn Prison Risk Into a Universal Financial Metric

What the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Really Means For Communities

Just Futures Offers Sustainable 401(k) Options for Nonprofit Workers

The World Bank Can’t Move Forward Without a Thorough Investigation Into the Bridge Academies Cover-Up

Turning Captured Carbon Into Valuable Products Can Benefit the Environment and Economy

'Awesome, Historic, Momentous.' U.S. EPA Distributes $20 Billion for Climate Justice: Now the Work Begins

The New U.S. 'Green Bank' is Part of a Great American Tradition

People Want Their 401(k) Plans to Align With Their Values, Survey Finds

What Is Proxy Voting, And How Do I Do It?

Investors Are Pushing More Big Brands to Disclose and Reduce Plastic Use

Clean Technology Investment Continues to Set Records, Despite Some Blips

How 1,200 Refugees in Ethiopia Are Becoming Business Owners

The SEC Climate Disclosure Rule is Public: Here’s What Companies Need To Do Now

The Investment Tech Helping Financial Institutions on the Front Lines of Economic Justice

Do Your Investments Support the U.S. Prison System? It Will Soon Be Easier to Find Out

The U.S. EPA is Set to Distribute $27 Billion to Underserved Communities. Will It Reach Them?

Bridging the Gap Between Donations and Meaningful Connections

ESG Investing Will Have A Good Year In 2024, Despite Turmoil In The U.S.

The $17 Billion Price Tag on Sustainability in the Financial Sector

Entrepreneurs of Color Are Less Likely to Turn a Profit. Understanding Why Could Boost the Economy.

The Role of Development Banks in Mining Projects, and How Communities Can Hold Them Accountable

Inflation Reduction Act Sparks a Clean Energy Boom in the U.S.

Climate-Smart Agriculture Starved for Cash Despite Outsized Impact on Global Warming

Loan Program Rewards Regenerative Agriculture, Sets Example for Other Lenders

Singapore Leads Green Finance and Helps Other Countries Follow Suit

Busting Myths About ESG and Sustainable Investing