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New Startup Accelerator For Social Entrepreneurs Targeting Climate Change And Water Systems
Social entrepreneurs fighting climate change: There’s a new accelerator that might be for you. Called Climate Ventures 2.0, it’s run by GoodCompany Ventures, a Philadelphia-based social enterprise accelerator, and will accept 10 startups aimed specifically at addressing climate-related threats to agriculture and the resilience of water systems.
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- Impact Assessment
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- North America
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Environment Benefits As Impact Investors Take On Brexit and Trump
Shocked impact investors in family offices are devoting their capital to their causes in reaction to the Brexit referendum result and Trump presidential election. The role of advisers was also predicted to increase in value to impact investors, according to the T100:Launch, the debut report from a multi-year study of the portfolios of more than 50 Toniic 100% Impact Network members.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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World Bank Accused of Incentivizing Investments in Fossil Fuels Through $5B Policy Loans Portfolio
A new report by advocacy group the Bank Information Center has accused the World Bank of funding the creation of policies that promote the development of coal, gas and oil projects in four countries, but the World Bank says the report “grossly misrepresent” its activities.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Social Business Roundup: Scrutinizing a $30M Cookstove Study, the Limits of Silicon Valley and TV from the Sun
A $30 million study looking into using liquified petroleum gas in clean cookstoves has some 'stovers' heated up, why apps won't stop pandemics and why the time may be right for solar TV. It's all in our weekly roundup of social business news.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- climate health, solar
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Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group Raises $25M from Triodos Investment Management and Shell Foundation
Founded in 2002, the Aavishkaar-Intellecap Group has Assets under Management of over USD 400 million with over 2500 team members spread across three continents serving a common vision to improve the lives of several billion people.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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How Do You Know If Aid Really Works? Turns Out … We Often Don’t
It seems like a no-brainer. Before you spend big bucks on a massive effort to improve life for the world's poorest — say, distributing millions of free bed nets against malarial mosquitoes, or offering thousands of women microloans as small as $200 to start small businesses — you should run a smaller scale test to make sure the idea actually works. After all, just because a project sounds good in theory doesn't mean it's going to pan out in practice.
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The $12 Trillion Opportunity Ripe for Investing Dollars: Advancing Gender Equality
On Saturday, more than three million people around the country — that’s one out of every 100 Americans — and upwards of another 250,000 people around the world marched in the name of gender equality. On Sunday, many of those same people woke up and asked, “What’s next?” Supporters have posted lists and guides for for the weeks and months ahead, but for those who might want to literally put their money where their mouths are, a new report from BNY Mellon and the United Nations Foundation serves as an alternative template. Its key suggestion: simultaneously accelerate progress and tap into a multi-trillion dollar opportunity by investing in companies that are gender-diverse, led by women, or providing services that help advance gender equality.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends
US sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investing continues to expand. The total US-domiciled assets under management using SRI strategies grew from $6.57 trillion at the start of 2014 to $8.72 trillion at the start of 2016, an increase of 33 percent, as shown in Figure A. These assets now account for more than one out of every five dollars under professional management in the United States.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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