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Press Release: IFC and SIMA Launch $150 Million Solar Green Bond for African Solar Developers alongside Finland and GEAPP
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Social Investment Managers and Advisors LLC and other financiers have reached the first close of a $150 million solar green bond, which will finance productive-use solar projects throughout Africa.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Tanzanian Healthcare Startup, Medikea, Receives Funding to Address Health Issues Triggered by Climate Change
Harnessing innovation, Medikea tries to bridge the healthcare accessibility gap by integrating around-the-clock telemedicine services and strategically sited clinics.
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- Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Brookfield Raises $10 Billion for Climate Transition Fund
Brookfield’s BGTF investment strategy focuses on three primary areas, including the expansion of clean energy, the transformation of companies operating in carbon-intensive sectors to more sustainable business models, and the acceleration of sustainable solutions.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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Report: The Newest Biodiversity Reporting Standard: What You Should Know
In an increasingly complex nature reporting landscape, GRI raises the bar and aims to complement other frameworks.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Press Release: YPO: Only One in 25 Small and Medium-sized Business Leaders Say They Measure Company Carbon Emissions
Lack of measurement of environmental and energy performance among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) hampering ability to contribute to the energy transition and tackle climate change.
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- Environment
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- Global
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Trash Talk: Five Lessons for Reducing Plastic Pollution by Establishing Sachet Recycling Loops
Sachet waste — i.e., packaging for small, single-use quantities of consumer goods — is a growing environmental threat. With increasing demand for sachet-packaged products, particularly in emerging economies, the world now produces a staggering 855 billion pieces of this waste each year. Rolph Droste at Bopinc discusses the environmental impact of sachet waste, and shares learnings from a consortium of businesses and nonprofits that is establishing a large-scale, market-driven solution for recycling this waste in Bangladesh.
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- Environment, WASH
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Climate Finance: Fintech Nithio Raises $10 Million for Its African Operations
The mechanism provides financing to companies that supply clean energy to households and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa.
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- Environment, Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New UN Database to Help Countries Tap Climate ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund
To access the new loss and damage fund set up at COP28, poorer countries need support to collect better data on climate disasters.
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- Environment, Investing, Technology
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- Global