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India’s Recykal Announces Closing of 2 Million Us Dollars PreSeries a Funding for Its Expansion
The company’s technology solutions are deployed across 150 businesses and it is currently operational in Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore, and channelizes more than 1000 metric tonnes of recyclables per month through its platform.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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This Hedge Fund Superstar Thinks Climate Change Will Impact All Your Investments—And Soon
“Climate change is something we have to include in every single analysis, every investment,” he says
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- Environment, Investing
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Africa Is Leading the World in Plastic Bag Bans
The first phase of the country’s anti-plastic initiative began in 2017 to “protect the youth and environment,” with an initial ban on the manufacture of plastic bags and in-country distribution.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Generation Closes $1b Growth Fund Targeting Sustainable Startups
Today, Generation is announcing that it has closed a $1 billion Sustainable Solutions Fund for growth investments. As the name implies, it plans to put the $1 billion to work backing later-stage startups that work on sustainability in at least one of three areas.
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- Environment, Investing
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- North America
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Taking the ‘Green Leap’: How Linking BoP Business and Clean Tech Can Build an Inclusive Economy
In this era of environmental degradation and climate change, aiming to eradicate poverty before addressing the environment will simply not work. The challenge of our time, say Stuart Hart and Fernando Casado Cañeque, is to figure out how to commercialize new clean technologies, while extending the economic benefits to vulnerable communities – what they term a global “green leap.” They discuss this challenge in their new book, and share some key takeaways here. (NextBillion will be giving away a free chapter of the book in our e-newsletter, NextBillion Notes, all month.)
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Environment
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Building an Ecosystem to Save an Ecosystem: How Facilitating Climate Finance for MSMEs Can Fight Global Climate Change
Climate finance has become a buzzword for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) working on climate solutions. But with the unique challenges these enterprises face, it has become increasingly clear that the global development community will need to reimagine the entire ecosystem in order to get them the funding they need. Santosh Kumar Singh and Ankit Gupta at Intellecap discuss the obstacles to climate finance for MSMEs, and how best to overcome them.
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- Environment, Investing
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WorldCover Raises $6m Round for Emerging Markets’ Climate Insurance
WorldCover’s platform uses satellite imagery, on-ground sensors, mobile phones and data analytics to create insurance options for farmers whose crop yields are affected adversely by weather events — primarily lack of rain.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Drive to Embed ‘Planetary Health’ Impacts Within Corporate Sustainability Strategy
The connection between the health of the planet, the quality of the air and the cleanliness of our drinking water have very direct impacts on health.
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- Environment
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