Tag: Bloomberg

Bloomberg Launches U.S. Municipal Bond Impact Index to Track Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds

Stuart Mitchell

Bloomberg has announced the launch of the Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Impact Index designed to track the market of municipal bonds categorized as Green, Social, and Sustainability. The index currently tracks over 2,800 securities and is the first such standardized measure of the U.S. municipal tax-exempt investment grade impact bond market. The index is derived from Bloomberg Index Services Limited’s (BISL) flagship Municipal Index (Bloomberg Ticker: I00730) and utilizes Bloomberg’s data and its municipal data analysts’ research to individually vet and categorize as Green, Social or Sustainability municipal bonds on the…

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UBS and Bloomberg Launch “Girls Take Finance” in 12 Cities Globally to Inspire Teenage Girls to Be the Next Generation of Leaders

Stuart Mitchell
UBS

UBS and Bloomberg announce the launch of “Girls Take Finance,” a global initiative that expands the 2019 “Girls Take” events to 12 cities worldwide. “Girls Take Finance” aims to inspire the next-generation of leaders by providing young women, aged 14-18, with insight into the financial services industry and career opportunities in business, finance and technology. In 2020, UBS and Bloomberg will expand “Girls Take Finance” to major cities across the globe, including Frankfurt, Jakarta, Johannesburg, London, San Francisco, São Paulo, Sydney, and Zurich. “As someone who started his career in…

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Bloomberg Pledges to Serve More Planet-Saving, Healthy Plant-based Foods

Stuart Mitchell

Bloomberg has committed to serve more climate-friendly foods through the Cool Food Pledge, a growing movement of workplaces, hotels, hospitals and restaurants aiming to slash food-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% by 2030. Groups serving a combined 800+ million meals annually have already signed on to this new initiative. In 2018 Bloomberg purchased 429 tons of food, of which 7% were ruminant meats (beef and lamb), and another 65% other animal-based foods. Total food-related GHG emissions amounted to 13,735 tons CO2e, with ruminant meats accounting for 57% of these.…

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Young Data Scientists Help Nonprofits and City Governments Harness Their Data

Stuart Mitchell

Organizations across the world are employing small armies of data scientists in order to unlock the potential of their troves of data. Employing emerging technologies like machine learning and neural networks, as well as a range of statistical analysis methods, these organizations are able to mine valuable insights from their data. However, this kind of research is expensive, often requiring highly-educated personnel. Although small organizations like municipalities and non-profits are sitting on mountains of data, they often lack the budgets to mine it with data science. Bloomberg’s Data for Good Exchange (D4GX)…

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Reputation Institute Sponsors Bloomberg’s “Corporate Reputation: Making Your Mark”

Stuart Mitchell

C-suite decision-makers from some of the world’s best-known brands will examine the reputation economy and discuss innovative ways organizations can enhance how they are perceived at “Corporate Reputation: Making Your Mark,” a Bloomberg event on Thursday, February 28. Sponsored by Reputation Institute (Ri), a data-driven, reputation insights advisory firm widely known for its annual Global RepTrak 100 rankings — the largest corporate reputation study of its kind — the event at Bloomberg headquarters in New York City will feature marketing, human resources, communications and branding executives from leading multinational organizations.    These featured…

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