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American sustainable funds outperform the market
Data released last week by Morningstar, a data-provider, showed that sustainable American funds outperformed the broader market and recorded their third-consecutive year of record inflows.
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- North America
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JPMorgan Ends Financing of Private Prisons After Criticism
The shift comes after increased scrutiny. Protesters have been urging JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon to stop backing the sector as part of a growing chorus of critics who have been following the CEO around the country to get the bank to join their fights over a slew of social issues.
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Press release: COIN, A Values-Based Investment Platform, Launches to Offer Personalized Portfolios Aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
"With COIN, we're asking people to make a simple choice – do you want to invest in progress, or the status quo?" said Megan Schleck, chief executive officer of COIN. "Anyone can become an investor, and we're thrilled to offer everyone, no matter their knowledge or experience, the opportunity to help grow their finances while doing good in the areas that matter most to them."
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Daring to Think Big: Why It’s Time to Scale Impact-Linked Finance
The 2030 deadline for reaching Sustainable Development Goal targets may sound far off, but for German-based impact advisory firm Roots of Impact, the “SDG financing abyss” is an urgent issue. Three of the organization's leaders say financing the SDGs will require new approaches to investing, including impact-linked finance – a merging of blended finance, impact investing and results-based finance. They lay out a blueprint for accelerating impact-related finance by incorporating outcome funds, utilizing technologies like blockchain and other strategies in this illuminating post.
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Don’t overlook Africa’s ‘fragile’ states for social businesses, urge industry experts
“Of course you have to do things differently in fragile states compared to other countries, but it is possible to see your businesses grow,” said Fiona Lukwago from the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), an impact investment fund.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: Over 80 percent of social investments in Myanmar are in microfinance
Among the goals of the forum is for AVPN to influence investors’ portfolios more deeply in order to help them increase the impact of their work. During the forum, AVPN also released its Social Investment Landscape in Myanmar Report.
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- Asia Pacific
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Despite barriers, South Africa is a good place for impact investments
Generating financial returns from investments in social and environmental projects can at times be difficult, but impact investments have provided competitive returns.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Impact investing gains traction in Canada
Assets devoted to impact investing in Canada have almost doubled over the past two years, and are set to grow further, according to a report from the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) and Rally Assets published Thursday.
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing