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Press Release: DFC Approves $3.6 Billion of New Investments in Global Development in Largest Quarter Ever
An additional 30 investments totaling more than $1 billion were approved by the agency since its last quarterly Board meeting in June, bringing total investments approved over the quarter to more than $3.6 billion.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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ESG Assets Expected To Top $53 Trillion by 2022: Celent
Social, economic and market factors are accelerating investor appetite for a more sustainable approach to investing
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance, impact investing
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Press Release: IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Acumen Academy To Award $50,000 To Social Entrepreneurs in East Africa
Jony Meshesha of Green Face Trading in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Kevine Kagirimpundu of UZURI K&Y in Kigali, Rwanda will each receive $25,000 after participating in the Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Bamboo and Palladium Agree on a Long-Term Strategic Partnership To Mobilize USD $1 Billion in Impact Capital by 2023
Bamboo and Palladium have joined forces to achieve their shared objective of mobilizing private sector investment at scale to significantly contribute toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
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- Environment, Investing
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- impact investing, scale, SDGs
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Regulators, Organizations Look To Fill ESG Standards Void
Regulation of sustainable investments hasn’t kept pace with investor appetite
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- Investing
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Analysis: Is This ESG’s Big Break?
The Covid-19 market crash gave ESG funds an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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- Coronavirus, Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance
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Press Release: Solarise Africa Lands $10 Million Series B Investment To Advance Clean Energy on the Continent
Innovative renewable energy leasing solutions attract significant global investment
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- Investing
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- business development, ESG, solar
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Analysis: Funds Are Recognising Their Biases Against Women
Despite its massive growth, the gender lens investing market has not yet tapped its potential.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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