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70% of institutional investors turning down projects on environmental, social and governance grounds
Seven out of ten institutional investors interviewed by PwC say they would decline to take part in a private equity fund raising or would turn down a co-investment on environmental, social and governance risk grounds.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Why India’s farm sector is getting increasing attention from impact investors
Impact investors are now turning their focus to agriculture and its allied fields, after a decade of attention to microfinance, financial inclusion and healthcare.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Swiss investor Rianta Capital Zurich is scouting for impact investments in India
Switzerland-based impact investor Rianta Capital Zurich has partnered with Villgro, India’s social enterprise incubator, to scout for funding opportunities in agriculture and allied sectors.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Catholic Trust Looks to Brazilian Fund for Social Returns
A Brazilian investment fund is taking to heart theVatican’s endorsement of leveraging capitalism’s tools to help address inequality.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Latin America
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‘Socially Responsible’ Investing Has Beaten the S&P 500 for Decades
Socially responsible investing is gaining major traction, thanks in part to the emergence in the U.S. of “impact investing,” a concept that started in the U.K.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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PRESS RELEASE: OPIC awards seven clients Impact Awards for excellence in development
OPIC recognized seven clients for excellence in development at its May 19 Impact Awards. Clients were recognized for projects that bring electricity to remote villages in India, financial services to small businesses in the Middle East, affordable education to poor families in Sub-Saharan Africa and much more.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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JPMorgan Chase says $34 million already committed to Detroit
One year after pledging to invest $100 million in Detroit over five years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. says $34 million has so far been committed in the Motor City.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Opinion: Entrepreneur-Led Development – A New Model for Africa
Aid-based approaches have improved untold millions of lives across the continent, but it is the economic opportunity side of the development coin that will have more catalytic impact in driving development on the African continent, says Tony Elumelu.
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- Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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