Hap Hathaway - From The Ground Up Farms
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From The Ground Up Farms, located in Chico, California, is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 after realizing how critical good nutrition, organic food and access to education was. We realized that our community has a serious food security issue. The organization’s mission is to heal our community by feeding them healthy nutritious food and teaching them how to grow their own. The food we grow is distributed at no cost to our community. They educate them by offering free nutrition education, cooking, gardening and various Life Skills workshops, which will all lead to...
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Tosha Tharp-Gaitanis - Pawsitive Friendships
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Pawsitive Friendships therapy dogs, cats, birds, horses, and pigs provide the encouragement that kids need; especially children with special needs who are not engaging, complying, or progressing in a traditional therapy session. https://www.pawsitivefriendships.org
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Nate Sheppard - The City of God
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The City of God is a 90 minute documentary by filmmaker Nate Sheppard. It explores the story of a Haitian community and their unusual approach to poverty alleviation. It focuses on Lemuel Ministries and its founder Manis Dilus as they seek to develop their community with dignity.
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Tammy and Mae - Lean On Me International
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The money donated to Lean On Me Registered Charity Corporation is used for community development initiatives to build a better place to live, to work, and to raise their families. Ultimately, we work to make sure the funds provide the greatest impact for those who need them the most.
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Mason Martinez - maselocal
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Mason is a 9 year old making the world a better place through is action and inspiration of others. Make sure to follow Mason on instagram @maselocal
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Matthew Trumm 2021 Addition
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Connect with Matthew and his projects
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Cliffton Schooley - Rammed Earth
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https://www.rammedearth.info/cliftons-rammed-earth-blog/
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Kristen Vincent - The Homes For Children
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At the Homes for Children, we provide hope and healing to troubled youth who are at-risk, abused, neglected so they can become independent, productive adults. We play a significant role in helping children heal while helping them reach their full potential.
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Bill Peterson - Friends of San Lucas
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Friends of San Lucas supports development in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala. Our seven programs impact the lives of more than 25,000 people each year.
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Jim Lineberger - Valley Community Pantry
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12,025 families registered – 37,112 people almost an average of 3 people per family, averaging 131 new families per month
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What is ESG? Sustainable investing strategies consider environmental, social and governance
factors as part of a stock’s performance. ESG is an acronym for environmental, social and
(corporate) governance: factors that pertain to the impact a company is having on the world.
Historical context on Sustainable Investing
In the past, ESG factors were considered non-financial. An “exclusionary” investing strategy
meant avoiding sin-stocks (such as alcohol, firearms, cigarettes and large polluters), companies
that engage in harmful activities. Companies like Phillip Morris and Remington were
recommended as “good” based on the return on investment, but ethical investors not to include
those stocks in their portfolio.
Later, “exclusionary investing” gave way to “socially responsible” investing strategies. Where
investors measured success based on a company’s mission rather than financial returns.
“Sustainable investing” strategies consider ESG factors alongside financial returns to achieve
BOTH values-alignment AND returns on investment. UnifyImpact focusses on Sustainable
Investing.
How to understand ESG data and Sustainable Investing
Every company has an ESG story to tell. Companies can be strong in one area and weak in
another. Defining what goes into each category of E, S and G is not simple, but overall, data is
beginning to show a strong correlation between a company’s performance in ESG factors and
financial performance.
Companies with high ESG scores don’t always grow faster in the short term, but these
companies are better able to plan for the future, navigate crises and manage an effective
workforce. These behaviors reflect the very real-world issues that affect all of us. Every issue
affecting our reality – the unbridled growth of the pandemic, the wild fires, race and gender
equity – have been mirrored in company performance – from hiring practices, unabated
pollution, fracking, even cryptocurrencies. Every company has a sustainability footprint.
UnifyImpact is an ESG education and investing digital platform. We offer Millennials and Gen Z
natives the power to align their investments with their values by seeing the ESG scoring of
individual companies in eight areas of impact. Until now, this company-specific scoring was
available only to institutions and financial analysts. Through UnifyImpact, everyone can have
access to the data that can inform us on a company’s sustainable footprint. Our platform is data
rich with partnerships in both sustainable and financial market data providers.
Our app educates users on individual company performance in areas of environmental, social
and governance. Users choose from eight impact values in order to tailor their in-app
experience to their passions.
Our 8 Impact Values are:
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● Resource Use
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● Human Rights
● Public Health
● Gender Equity
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