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Press Release: Banco Santander Announces Commitment to Launch Social Economy Initiative With Georgetown University
Banco Santander, through Santander Universities, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with Georgetown University, to support a new initiative on the social economy. The initiative will focus on issues of social banking, social finance, and social entrepreneurship. This Memorandum was signed by Ana Botin, Executive Chairman of Banco Santander and John DeGioia, President of Georgetown University.
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Study: Large Majority of Ultra-High Net Worth Investors Don’t Take Social Impact Into Consideration
Younger wealthy investors have a greater interest in socially responsible investments than older investors.
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MIT Scaling Development Ventures: Bridging Innovation and Impact
This marks the third year that international development, entrepreneurship, and public service programs at MIT have come together to organize the MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference. Each year, the conference brings together perspectives from the international development and business communities to examine the best ways to bring poverty-alleviating solutions to market at scale. This year’s conference takes place at MIT on Saturday, April 11. Registration is free for members of the MIT community.
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Singapore, Indonesia Lead Growth in Sustainable Investing in Asia
While Asia still lags Europe and the United States in sustainable investing, the market for funds employing such strategies is healthy and expanding rapidly in the region, with Singapore and Indonesia leading the growth.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Asia Pacific
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Case Foundation, B Lab Team Up to Make Measuring Impact More Mainstream
The Case Foundation and B Lab recently announced a joint effort to encourage more businesses, especially those that aren’t triple-bottom line enterprises, to consider their social and environmental impact.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: Why We Should Be Worried By the World Bank Shoveling $36 Billion to ‘Financial Intermediaries’
Everyone’s heard of the World Bank, but far fewer people know of its private sector arm, the International.
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This Woman Might Be the Most Successful Impact Investor You’ve Never Heard Of
The February ribbon cutting for Gigawatt Global’s new $24 million solar field in Rwanda was an impact investment showcase. More than 28,000 solar panels, arranged in the shape of the African continent, added six percent to the entire country’s electricity production.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Here Come the Philanthropreneurs
Entrepreneurs using wealth and power to transform society are not a new phenomenon. A century ago, Andrew Carnegie’s love of libraries helped bring education to the masses, and he spent millions promoting world peace. Today’s "philanthropreneurs" are equally ambitious—and they’re succeeding, while redefining what it means to give and give back.
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