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Identifying Affordable Quality Solar Products for the Last Mile
This is a chance to hear more about ‘Finding the sweet spot: Identifying affordable quality solar products for the last mile’, a report which brings together the GDC’s findings from six months of research on the quality of best-selling non-quality-verified (non-QV) off-grid solar products in Kenya.
In this webinar we will share our key findings, followed by a panel discussion (panellists to be announced soon), bringing together key players in the solar sector to discuss the implications of these findings, and open up to a Q&A with all webinar attendees.
Time: 1 pm in London
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Activating Capital for Justice With Debra Schwartz
In a recent blog post, Debra Schwartz, Managing Director of Impact Investments at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, asserts that “at their best, impact investments deliver capital that aims for justice. They help build and fuel responsive, mission-driven institutions that meet essential needs. They enable innovation and rapid action to tackle urgent problems and seize opportunities for social, economic and environmental progress. They bridge financial and market gaps to empower families, entrepreneurs and communities that mainstream financial institutions and firms too often marginalize or leave behind.”
In this special, live fireside chat and audience Q&A, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Debra Schwartz to discuss MacArthur’s work in building the field of impact investing and activating capital for justice. We will discuss, among other topics:
- How conventional finance has fallen short for communities, families and critical needs – historically and today
- The urgent need to transform our existing system of finance and investment to become purposefully inclusive, innovative and catalytic, actively advancing economic, social, and environmental change by being more flexible, patient and risk-tolerant
- How U.S. community development finance institutions (CDFIs) trace their roots to civil rights and social justice movements of 50+ years ago and pioneering impact investors seeking to fight inequality and injustice
- Recent MacArthur investments and ongoing collaborative initiatives that seek to build a more just, equitable and resilient future, locally, nationally and globally — including the Catalytic Capital Consortium and Benefit Chicago.
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM EDT
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