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National Geographic Society Commits $50 Million of Endowment to Impact Investments
Creation of new impact investment program, managed by CA Capital Management, will accelerate the organization's funding of research, exploration and education, inspiring solutions for the global good.
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How’s That Unique Impact Investing Effort Playing Out in Chicago?
Last year, we highlighted an innovative initiative that aims to let pretty much anyone with a little extra money get involved in financing efforts to tackle societal problems. It’s a $100 million collaboration called Benefit Chicago that involves the MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Community Trust, and the Calvert Foundation. And basically, it brings the complicated realm of impact investing down to a much more public and accessible level.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Coca-Cola, Partners to spend $1.7 million billion on Indian agri system
To be contributed by the company, its bottling partners, fruit suppliers and processors, the amount will be for the entire supply chain from "grove to glass through a concept called 'Fruit Circular Economy'," Coca-Cola India said in a statement.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- South Asia
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Why Impact Investing Has Reached a Tipping Point
Impact investing, the practice of taking environmental, social and governance factors into consideration in making investment decisions, refers to the full range of approaches within the category, including socially responsible investing. The enthusiasm for Geczy’s impact investing class echoes another data point cited by panelists as an indicator of the ascendance of impact investing: According to a recent Bank of America survey, 85% of millennials are interested in, or are actively doing, impact investing.
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Study Calls on Impact Investors to Close Educational Attainment Gaps
According to a recent Global Impact Investing Network survey, impact investments in the education sector accounted for only 2 percent of global impact investing assets under management. The report further suggests that foundations can play a catalytic role in ensuring the flow of capital to educational organizations and for interventions designed to boost equitable access to higher education for underserved populations through the provision of "blended capital" (a combination of grants, "patient" or more affordable equity, and/or debt capital).
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Investing in the New Industrial (R)evolution: Insights for asset owners and managers financing the circular economy
Investing in the New Industrial (R)evolution: Insights for asset owners and managers financing the circular economy details examples of a diverse set of investors and corporations that are beginning to incorporate global issues related to the health, food, and energy systems, as well as others, into their investment and production design processes, respectively.
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How To Invest Your Money Responsibly, Sustainably, Or For Impact (They’re Not The Same)
Now you want to invest it wisely, as in–not just leave it in a checking account that pays next to no interest. Ideally, you want to make a decent return, but you also want to be responsible about it... You want to invest the money sustainably, but maybe not in the traditional ways. What are your options?
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Investors and Entrepreneurs in Africa Take Note: Price of Solar’s Dropping While Demand’s Increasing
A number of factors are combining to create a favorable environment for decentralized clean-energy systems – and strong investment opportunities – in emerging markets, according to Ankit Mishra of Premise Data. Most noteworthy, energy use in non-OECD countries is expected to rise by 71 percent through 2040, and the cost of renewable energy is projected to decline rapidly.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Investing, Technology