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Don’t Underestimate Gen Z: How Youth-Led Solutions are Shaping the Future of Social Entrepreneurship
Generation Z is often labeled as distracted, anxious, lonely or under-skilled. But as George Tsiatis at the Resolution Project and Enactus Global argues, these stereotypes are unfair, and members of Gen Z often possess a unique perspective and determination that enable them to tackle complex social challenges with unprecedented ingenuity and purpose. He shares four areas where young social entrepreneurs are driving innovation and achieving measurable impact, highlighting several youth-led enterprises that are demonstrating the next generation’s approach to leveraging business for social change.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Social Enterprise, Technology
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SEforALL Global Forum Mobilized Over $900 Million for Clean Energy
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) has announced the mobilization of more than $900 million to scale energy access and drive the clean energy transition.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mirova Announces Financing for Clean Cooking Company Koko
The Mirova Gigaton Fund will enable KOKO to scale up a new type of residential energy utility across Kenya and Rwanda.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Aligned Climate Capital Closes Second Venture Fund at $85 Million to Scale Clean Energy Companies
Aligned Climate Fund LP 2 (ACF2) closed with the support of the Ford Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and several institutional investors.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Gates’ foundation shares many grant recipients with USAID, and he has predicted “millions of deaths” if the cuts are not restored.
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- Energy, Health Care
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- Global
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Press Release: Agros Closes Series A Funding Round of US$4.25 Million to Scale Solar-Powered Irrigation in Southeast Asia
This investment, which follows Agros's pre-Series A round of US$2.7 million raised less than 2 years ago, underscores the company's rapid growth and commitment to transforming agriculture in Southeast Asia.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing
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- South Asia
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AmpereHour Energy Secures $5 Million In Series A Funding
The current investment will enable AmpereHour Energy to accelerate the deployment of its innovative solutions.
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- Energy
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- Global
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- corporations, innovation, manufacturing, solar, wind
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Eurazeo Reaches €300 Million First Close With Its Planetary Boundaries Fund
The fund has already made its first investment, taking a majority stake in Bioline AgroSciences, which produces and markets macrobials, a range of microorganisms used in the control of insect pests in a variety of crops.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Environment
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- Global
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- agtech, climate change, MSMEs
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