-
How to engage investors focused on profit in solutions for the poor
Folia Water created the first water filter that costs pennies not dollars, said Levine, whose company tagline is “Paper for Pennies. Water for Billions.” Each silver nanoparticle-coated filter paper provides clean drinking water to a family for an entire week. In a pitch to Silicon Valley investors, he focused primarily on the financial returns, explaining how his product presents a cheaper alternative to bottled water for the 3 billion people who spend $20 billion per year on household water.
- Categories
- Investing
- Tags
- public health, SDGs
-
Business co-financing: an alternative approach to realize SDG1
There is significant interest in the donor community in using private sector partnerships to help realise SDG1. Such partnerships have typically focused on donors providing funds to a business. Businesses are asked to put forward a new business activity which will increase household incomes.
- Categories
- Investing
-
The Meloy Fund I Launches With US$10M First Close
Investors include a diverse range of family offices, investment managers, and foundations. Lukas Walton will have a significant interest in the Meloy Fund via the Lukas Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation.
- Categories
- Investing
- Tags
- impact investing
-
Behind the Numbers: What impact is Trump having on ESG?
With the new administration trying to bring back coal, pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement, and favoring broad deregulation of business, has sustainable investing now become a risky proposition?
- Categories
- Investing
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing
-
More Evidence of Solid Performance From Sustainable Funds
Investors in funds that incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors into their process appear not to suffer a performance penalty.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing
-
Why ESG Investing Needs More Precision and Clarity
It’s hard to believe that roughly 26% of professionally managed money worldwide is pegged to environmental, social and government strategies (ESG). At the surface, this seems like an unrealistically high number, given that asset managers have offered scant details about how they define their ESG criteria. So, where does the truth lie? The short answer is we don’t know, and the reality is it probably doesn’t matter.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Tags
- ESG, impact investing
-
Piggy looks to build a simple app for first-time investors in India
The principle is still pretty straightforward: build an app to help users easily manage a diverse portfolio of investments that are attractive to the average human and first-time investor.
- Categories
- Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
- Tags
- impact investing
-
Rockefeller Foundation, Nonprofit ETF Plan to Expand ESG Strategies
With a secured $300,000 grant from one of the nation’s foremost philanthropies, Impact Shares will be launching the first of its innovative social issue-related ETFs in late 2017, according to a note.
- Categories
- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- North America
- Tags
- impact investing
Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter, "NextBillion Notes"
Published each Wednesday, our e-newsletter features NextBillion's latest original articles, along with a selection of news, jobs, bizdev opportunities and events from our recent coverage — and regular conference ticket giveaways.
We respect your privacy. Your information is safe and will never be shared.
Don't miss out. Subscribe today.