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A New U.N. Health Goal Targets Folks 69 and Under. Ageism or Realism?
In September, the U.N. will vote to adopt 17 Sustainable Development Goals (aka SDGs). They cover issues like poverty, health and climate change. The idea is to encourage the 192 U.N. member states to establish policies that will make the world a better place over the next 15 years.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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The BoP Isn’t What it Used to Be: IDB’s upcoming forum to focus on how income changes are leading to business opportunities
More than 400 million people in Latin America live at the base of the pyramid today, and they represent a $760 billion annual market. The Inter-American Development Bank’s BASE III Forum will provide an opportunity to discuss how to tap into this largely unexplored market.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Norway’s $900 billion sovereign wealth fund to slash coal investments
Norway has made a big move toward dropping investments in coal companies by its massive $900 billion sovereign wealth fund because of their impact on climate change.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Socially Responsible Investors Focus Most on the Environment
Investors who wish to promote social responsibility are most focused on the environment and invest accordingly, according to a new Spectrem Group study.
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- Environment
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- impact investing
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Access and Equity in Reproductive Health: Ensuring equity through a total market approach
A "total market approach" is a strategy to empower all sectors, public and private, to more efficiently reach specific market segments, increasing the demand for family planning products. How to build a TMA and why the NGO PATH is pursuing the model with governments in low-income countries.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Silicon Valley’s Clean Tech Investors Eyeing Sustainable Food, Experts Say
Food is becoming the epicenter of the growing responsible investment movement in the San Francisco Bay area's Silicon Valley, panelists said during the impact investing discussion at Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Food Institute last week.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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- impact investing
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Fossil fuel divestment at colleges more about the conversation than the money
The key question is what impact does divestment have on the fossil fuel companies and on the university and foundation finances.
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- Environment
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A Look at Endowments and Responsible Investing
The April 2015 Commonfund Study of Responsible Investing analyzes policies, practices and attitudes with respect to responsible investing among 200 U.S. colleges and universities of various sizes. The study included 123 private and 77 public institutions who have made a commitment or are considering a commitment to responsible investing. These educational institutions altogether have more than $88.8 billion in endowment assets as of June 30, 2014.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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