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To Truly Innovate, WASH Funders Need to Get Their Hands Dirty: Key Learnings from Five Years of Pioneering Impact-Linked Finance in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
The water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector faces a funding gap of around US $138 billion per year if it hopes to reach SDG 6’s goal of universal WASH access by 2030. According to Arnaud Alt and Annemarie Mastenbroek at Aqua for All, and Christina Moehrle, to address this shortfall, funders need to develop more hands-on financing approaches, working closely with entrepreneurs and organizations to better understand their context, challenges and needs. They explain why Impact-Linked Finance (ILF) represents one such approach, and share two key lessons from Aqua for All's "ILF for WASH" program.
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Press Release: Kumulus Water Raises $3.5mln to Redefine Clean Water Access With Off-Grid Tech in MENA and Europe
"Backed by Bpifrance, PlusVC, Flat6labs, Khalys Venture and Spadel, Kumulus to scale Atmospheric Water Generators (AWS) that extract safe drinking water from air without infrastructure."
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- Environment, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Making Waves in the Regenerative and Sustainable Ocean Economy
"The World Economic Forum, the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance, Builders Vision and Katapult Ocean have collaborated to showcase the diversity, maturity, and bankability of investment opportunities within the regenerative and sustainable ocean economy in a new report, Making Waves in the Regenerative & Sustainable Ocean Economy: Transformative Ocean Investment Opportunities."
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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SWEN Capital Raises $183 Million for New Ocean Impact Venture Fund
"SWEN’s Blue Ocean 2 fund invests primarily in Series A funding rounds, targeting startups bringing solutions to address key threats affecting ocean biodiversity, including over-fishing, pollution, and climate change."
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: Curbing Plastic Pollution: The Renewable Energy Sector’s Unexplored Opportunity
At first glance, the renewable energy sector and plastic pollution seem to occupy separate spheres. Yet, plastics are deeply woven into the fabric of renewable energy infrastructure.
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- Energy, Technology, WASH
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: Key Players and Positions in the Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations
"With plastic pollution expected to increase by 70% between 2020 and 2040, it is clear that a successful treaty is one that is ambitious, substantive and burdensome for the status quo."
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- Environment, WASH
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Circular Brain Raises $3.5 Million to Expand E-Waste Platform in Latin America
"Circular Brain connects collection centers, transporters, dismantlers, and recyclers to help electronics manufacturers meet Brazil’s waste compliance laws using traceable, certified credits."
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- WASH
- Region
- Latin America
- Tags
- climate change, partnerships, recycling, waste
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Sistema.bio Signs MoU with Danone to Deploy 6,500 Biodigesters Across Dairy Farms
These systems transform livestock waste into renewable biogas and organic fertilizer, which can be used as valuable resources at farm level.
- Categories
- Agriculture, Energy, WASH
- Region
- Global
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