S&P Global Ratings' announcement it will not release new or updated environmental, social, and governance credit indicators in public finance comes amid confusion over their impact on bond ratings, as well as an anti-ESG backlash that produced a deluge of legislation this year to stop the factors' encroachment in government activities.

Voters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, approved an $814 million infrastructure funding package that includes nearly $385 million of general obligation bonds the city expects to sell over seven years.

In this installment of the SSBCI Learning Series, speakers will discuss different considerations for designing small business financial products tailored to meet the needs of SEDI-owned businesses and outreach strategies to ensure those products are accessible, the linkage between SEDI-owned businesses and emerging fund managers, and how to deploy capital to SEDI-owned businesses and secure the information needed for reporting and compliance.

In this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, we explore how programs at the state and federal levels can offer unique financing solutions and catalyze investment in local and regional food systems.

The CDFA Minority Capital Loan Guarantee Program: Behavioral Change Strategy Workshop will provide development finance agencies (DFAs) enrolled in the second tranche of the Program with detailed instruction and guidance geared toward the development of their behavioral change strategies. The workshop will also include an equitable lending presentation and a discussion of best practices for unlocking capital for underserved borrowers.