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Viewpoint: Why Impact Assessments Are Good for Non-Profits but Bad for Business
By Erik Simanis:Impact assessments are a powerful – and necessary – part of a non-profit’s tool kit. Rigorously measuring how and how much a program solves a social ill and betters the lives of the poor ensures continual improvement. Impact assessments also serve as a report card back to the funders of non-profits. They assure donors that grant funds are being maximised and used for the purpose intended.
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- Impact Assessment
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UNITAID And PSI Partner to Expand Access to HIV Self-Testing
Globally, there are an estimated 19 million people who do not know they are living with HIV. Without knowledge of their status, individuals cannot access life-saving HIV care and treatment. To close this gap, UNITAID is investing $23 million to accelerate access to HIV testing through simple HIV self-tests in three high-burden African countries over the next two years. PSI and its partners will lead this initiative to dramatically shift the paradigm of HIV testing in Africa.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact Investing Goes Mainstream
The idea of doing good while making a healthy profit is rapidly gaining ground, particularly among wealthy Silicon Valley entrepreneurs but also among foundations and pension funds. Social impact investing — for-profit investing for social good — has crossed into the mainstream and is driving investment decisions.
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- Impact Assessment
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Four Insights from Four Investors: Practitioners of impact and angel investing share their views
As our Impact Investing Insights series concludes, we’ve compiled the views of four practitioners on topics like impact assessment, crowdfunding, and the advantages of socially responsible investing. You can read excerpts here, or check out the embedded video for their full perspectives.
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Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust Sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management (GWIM) division today announced that it has signed the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) on behalf of its discretionary asset management businesses. The unit (GWIM) is comprised primarily of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and U.S. Trust.
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- Impact Assessment
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Impact Investors Shifting Gears to Accommodate Specific Goals
The trend of impact investing — into companies, organizations and funds with the aim of investing for social and environmental good, as well as a financial gain — is becoming more specific.
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- Impact Assessment
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PRESS RELEASE: Agora Fund Will Bring Rigor of Investing to Philanthropy
Innovative new social enterprise will work with donors and nonprofits to apply the rigor, transparency and ease of a for-profit investment platform to the world of charitable giving.
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- Impact Assessment
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10 Things You Need To Know About Social And Environmental Investing
Responsible investing has undergone a radical shift, investors are demanding more of their financial advisors, and regulators are struggling to keep up, say experts.
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- Energy, Environment, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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