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Investing in Nature: New Sources of Capital
Two hundred and fifty billion dollars: that's the gap between the estimated need to support global conservation efforts and what's currently devoted to these activities annually, according to a recent study.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing, scale
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Opinion: How Rising Food Prices Can Bring About the End of Poverty
One of the world’s cruellest dilemmas is that the great majority of its starvation and malnutrition cases are found among farmers.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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OPINION: How to Keep the Asian Development Bank Relevant in a Changing Asia
If any economist had said when the Asian Development Bank was founded, that in just 45 years China would become the world's second-largest economy and India the fourth in terms of purchasing power parity, he would have been dismissed.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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- lending
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PRESS RELEASE: New CEO to Join EGG-energy Team
We’re delighted to announce that Malcolm Wigmore will be joining EGG-energy Tanzania Limited as our new CEO. Jamie Yang, our founding CEO, will remain as President of EGG-energy Incorporated (USA).
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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British student founds social enterprise for electronic waste management in Nigeria
A student from the University of Northampton has made it his mission to tackle the growing problem of electrical waste in Nigeria by launching his own social enterprise.
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- Education, Environment
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- waste
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For Super-Rich, Investing to See Dramatic Changes
Lots of start-up funding. Crowd-sourced investment ideas. Real-time low-cost portfolio monitoring. An emphasis on environmental and social impact.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Myth of Sustainable Investment Performance Sacrifice ‘Finally Withering Away’
Speaking to Blue & Green Tomorrow after the launch of the Pax MSCI International ESG Index fund, Keefe explained that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors were becoming increasingly relevant to companies’ long-term financial risk and performance.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Impact Investing at a Crossroads: Sustainatopia Impact Conference highlights excitement and concerns about the future of the sector
Despite the excitement surrounding impact investing, it’s clear that the sector is nowhere near big enough to make a dent in the problems the world is facing. As the industry strives to get to the next level, participants in Sustainatopia’s 2014 Impact Conference shared their hopes and insights (and aired a few frustrations).
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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