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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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Why It’s Hard to Divest From Fossil Fuels (Even If You Want To)
Climate change activists are pushing for investors to get out of carbon polluters. What are the options for individuals using mutual funds?
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Experts: Population to Grow from 7 to 11 Billion
Our planet is home to about seven billion people. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to ninebillion before it begins to slow down and possibly decrease.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Bank of America Announces $10 Billion Catalytic Finance Initiative to Accelerate Clean Energy Investments
New York, 23 September 2014 - Bank of America today announced a Catalytic Finance Initiative, designed to stimulate at least $10 billion of new investment into high-impact clean energy projects.
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- Energy, Environment
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- impact investing
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Why the World Needs Innovative Financing: Innovative financing’s “bridge” role in economic, social, and environmental development
Addressing the world’s social and environmental challenges will require trillions of dollars in investment, and mobilizing those funds will be a challenge. A new report released today by Dalberg Global Development Advisors and the Global Development Incubator describes how innovative financing can play an important role in promoting development outcomes.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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M-Kopa Solar Powers Up 100,000th Home in East Africa
M-KOPA Solar announced on Friday that it has powered up to 100,000 homes in Kenya and Uganda within two years of its commercial launch.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar
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The Role of Private Sector Investment in Climate Change
Assuming countries across the world can muster the political will to actually make bold, sustained commitments to ending poverty, providing decent jobs, providing universal health coverage, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there is still the question of how to pay for it.
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- Environment
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- impact investing
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