The Impact Newsfeed

Daily news digest from the world of affordable housing and impact investing

Diversity-centered funding initiatives face legal challenges

A discrimination lawsuit challenging a grant program focused on Black-owned businesses has far-reaching implications for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Digitizing the path to decarbonization

Sponsored: To drive climate action, we must move fast and move together — and we can do so by combining the real and the digital worlds.

Listen up, utilities: The EV industry is telling you what it needs

Utility queuing challenges, standardizing charging equipment and improving financing mechanisms are driving the conversation on EVs.

Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change

The American Forest Foundation’s new report, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change, explores how investment in forests, specifically family-owned forests in the United States, is a critical yet underutilized tool in the fight against climate change—and how innovative programs and financing models are essential for building and scaling a

Financing the end of plastic pollution

Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.

Why Unilever’s downshift on sustainability is good news

Environmental and social commitments are aligning more closely with tangible financial goals, a sign of sustainability’s maturity in business.

Master class: Planning your transition for later career and life

Here's how late-career sustainability professionals can effectively navigate the transition and identify priorities and interests.

Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda

Under new Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, sustainability will become part of a composite score by which brand managers will evaluate performance.

How to Center Racial Justice in Your Climate Action Planning

Climate change and inequality operate in a vicious cycle. Thanks to years of institutionalized racism and systemic inequality, communities of color and low-income populations – those least responsible for climate change – bear the greatest burden. To make sure your climate initiatives don’t perpetuate the cycle and cause unintended harm to vulnerable communities, you’ll need

Most companies are fumbling their 2025 plastic waste targets

The world is off track to tackle plastic pollution. Here's what business must do now, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

How will the world rule on plastic? Read this draft treaty's fine print

Governments around the world are securing their travel visas, rallying their best nerds and sharpening their pencils for the next big United Nations meeting on plastic pollution.

Understanding the new nature and biodiversity frameworks for companies

Leads of the new mechanisms for evaluating nature impacts and setting targets breakdown the differences between them and why your company needs both.

4 best practices for using AI to reduce carbon emissions

Deploying artificial intelligence applications to cut greenhouse gases requires deep planning and prep work.

How Google tackles food waste

Michiel Bakker makes Google a magical place to work. Here’s his advice on food waste.

Renewable Energy Procurement for Corporates

As the global focus on decarbonization intensifies, corporations are increasingly recognizing the importance of transitioning to renewable energy sources to reduce their carbon footprint and meet ambitious environmental goals. Renewable energy procurement offers a vital pathway for companies to actively participate in the global shift towards clean energy and contribute to a greener future. This