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Demonstrating the Depth and Diversity of Opportunities in the Impact Investing Fund Landscape
ImpactBase is the searchable, global database of impact investment funds and products used by over 2,700 investors.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Trump Election May Spur SRI Investing
Donald Trump's election may spur more socially responsible investing, says Lisa Woll, CEO of US SIF, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable, responsible and impact (SRI) investing.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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On Philanthropy: New Research Shows Many Donors Are Impact Investors and Engaging Rising Generation
Important information about trends in individual and family philanthropy is revealed by two recent studies. These findings help us understand the nature of philanthropy in the U.S. They are pertinent to philanthropists and nonprofit organizations alike.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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The fresh round of investment by Eight Road Ventures
IFMR Capital, which helps financial institutions serving poor people raise funds, has received $25 million in funding from Eight Roads Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Ltd. This is Chennai-based IFMR Capital’s second round of institutional funding.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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SRI Research Prize Winner: Impact Investing “Supply” Failing To Meet Demand
The demand for impact investing alternatives is outstripping the available supply of such choices for investors, according to a new study awarded the 2016 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing during a special ceremony last night at the 27th annual SRI Conference in Denver. The study found the pinch is most acute in Europe where the demand for impact investing (versus traditional investments) is three times higher than in the U.S. and the rest of North America.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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5 Ways To Bring Everyone Into The Mainstream Financial System
If everyone had a bank account, the global economy could expand by $3.7 trillion by 2025, a recent report showed. New digital tools, like mobile money accounts and peer-to-peer lending, can bring millions of people into the formal financial system, opening up their ability to save, borrow, and live better lives.
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- Impact Assessment
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Just how green is ESG investing?
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is now big business. What began as a niche market decades ago has blossomed into a multi-trillion-pound industry and continues to grow at an alarmingly fast rate. According to the specialist research provider Eiris, more than £15bn was invested in UK ethical/socially responsible retail funds in 2015, up by 11% year on year.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Acumen and GE Support Social Enterprises across East and West Africa to Build Inclusive Businesses that Tackle the Problems of Poverty
Since 2001, Acumen has invested more than $35 million in 31 companies in East and West Africa working in agriculture, energy, health care, clean water and sanitation to better serve each region’s poor
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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