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PRESS RELEASE: First-of-Its-Kind Survey Finds $23 Billion Global Market for Conservation Investing
The first-ever survey of conservation impact investing reveals a fast-growing market totaling approximately $23 billion in the five-year period from 2009-2013.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Unlocking the Potential of Nigeria’s Private Sector: A look behind the $24 million pledge for health innovations
Nigerian business leaders have made a $24 million commitment, through the Private Sector Healthcare Alliance of Nigeria, to focus on maternal and child mortality reductions for the Saving One Million Lives initiative.
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- Environment, Health Care
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NexThought Monday – Warby Parker Blurring Lines Between ‘Social’ and ‘Business’: Glasses firm takes BOGO model to new heights
The "buy one, give one" model allows companies to tap into the formerly unrequited millennial desire to do good from a distance – and with style. Dozens of companies have adopted the strategy. Among them, the author says, Warby Parker does it best.
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- Environment
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Shared Information = Sustainability (Survivability): Group fighting leprosy makes inroads through mutual support, self-help groups and loans
Self-help groups of six to eight people – all affected by leprosy – not only offer mutual support, but also receive training in self-care, skills to rebuild lives and incomes and life skills such as how to open a bank account and manage group finances.
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- Agriculture, Education, Environment, Health Care
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Verifying a Need: SimPrints wades into ‘identification crisis’ in health care, seeking global scale
SimPrints has developed a pocket-size fingerprint scanner that instantly links an individual’s fingerprint to his or her health records. The Bluetooth-enabled scanner allows health workers in the field in developing countries to make better decisions by providing immediate and reliable access to critical medical information.
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- Environment, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Bringing Solar Power To Remote Hospitals Is Saving Lives
One startup working in Nepal learned that delivering high-quality health care often means having to innovate in unexpected ways--such as building new energy systems.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- solar
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Customers as Partners: Medical device startup believes inclusive design process builds in loyalty, gives it a competitive advantage
Sisu Global Health, a for-profit medical technology company, is seeking to take advantage of growth trends in Africa by offering devices specifically tailored toward hospitals and clinics there. The company brings in customers as partners of the designs – even at the sacrifice of some short-term profit.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- product design
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Weekly Roundup – 9/27/14: At the Business Call to Action Forum, cracking the SDG code
At the Business Call to Action Forum 2014 this week in New York City, cracking the code of sustainability.
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- Environment
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