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Press release: WaterEquity Announces Closing of Its US$50 Million Flagship Impact Investment Fund
Founded by actor Matt Damon and social entrepreneur Gary White, WaterEquity's funds invest in a portfolio of financial institutions and enterprises in emerging markets—enabling them to scale, meet increasing market demand, and deliver access to safe water and sanitation.
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Matt Damon is on a Mission to End the Global Water Crisis
The water and sanitation crisis affects billions of people worldwide, and creates an impasse for economic growth in impoverished areas as people—primarily women and school-age children—spend hours each day scavenging for and collecting clean water. One in three people on earth lack access to a toilet, one of the more jarring statistics provided on Water.org’s website.
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- social enterprise, WASH, water
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Tackling the water crisis will be just as hard as it sounds
More than 2 billion people around the world lack what the UN considers “safely managed drinking water supplies,” and millions of people across the United States—as much as a quarter of the country, by some estimates—drink water contaminated beyond legal levels.
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- Environment, WASH
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For Water Systems That Work, Look to Women
In many countries, women collect water and manage its use in the home, but they are underrepresented in decision-making about this vital natural resource.
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- WASH
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- sanitation, tech for good, WASH, water, Women
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Press release: OPIC Supports Two Projects to Expand Access to Safe Drinking Water
“Thanks to OPIC’s landmark investment in WaterEquity’s $50 million flagship fund, 4.6 people across India, Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines will secure access to safe water or sanitation,” said Alix Lebec, Executive Vice President of Investor Relations, WaterEquity.
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- Press release
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Viewpoint: Why toilets should be on the agenda at Davos
As the world’s cities grow, and the extreme weather patterns that accompany climate change take greater hold, innovation in sanitation presents more than great opportunity and must not be relegated to the corporate social responsibility team.
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- WASH
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In Bengaluru, pay in coins to access clean, safe drinking water
Both private and government ATMs are competing with each other to capture the market of drinking water in the city.
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- WASH
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- South Asia
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- global development, sanitation, WASH
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Press release: Developing World Markets awarded grant to finance WASH activities in developing countries
Most existing WASH interventions in the target countries are based solely on philanthropy, whereas DWM’s blended model is groundbreaking because it crowds in institutional investors who seek risk-adjusted returns in the space.
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- WASH
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