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Impact investing in the age of President Trump
If implemented, the president's policies could have a profound effect on issues that resonate with a growing number of investors: the environment, social issues and corporate governance.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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This Superfood Fuels Social Good
Lisa Curtis learned about moringa, the tall leafy plant that she's trying to push as America’s next super food craze, while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small, rural village in Niger, West Africa. Food was scarce and Curtis, a vegetarian, felt constantly tired. So when some people in the village suggested she eat the tree’s leaves, she decided to try it.
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- Agriculture, Impact Assessment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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How Social Entrepreneurs Begin To Measure Impact
There are two keys to becoming a good social entrepreneur. Intentionality, that is intending to have a positive social impact rather than merely delivering one incidentally, is how you become a social entrepreneur. Accountability, measuring the impact, is how you become an effective one.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Does Social Activism Divert Funds From Investments To Philanthropies?
Throughout the last three months, as activists resisted policy changes on immigration, trade and the environment, donations to the American Civil Liberties Union, the Sierra Club and other nonprofits reportedly spiked. But the trend wasn't entirely unexpected.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- philanthropy
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Enthusiasm for SRI Is Driving Changes In Wealth Management Units
At The Economist’s Impact Investing conference last week, Andy Sieg, the new leader of Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch Wealth Management said the “herd”—a moniker for the firm's network of more than 15,000 advisors—has never been as interested in socially responsible investing as it is now.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Still Helping Nonprofits Finance Solar Power Systems, But With A Simpler Funding Model
When readers last encountered CollectiveSun three years ago, the San Diego-based social enterprise had recently launched. Its mission: to help small nonprofits finance solar projects. Since that time, the goal hasn’t changed, but the financing model has.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- solar
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Report: Education, employable skills top CSR spends among Indian IT, financial services companies
A majority of information technology (IT) and financial service sector companies in India are investing in education and employable skills, when it comes to the mandatory spend on corporate social responsibility (CSR), says a report by Nasscom Foundation.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- South Asia
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Australia initiative aims to help non-profits prepare for impact investment
The Impact Investment Ready initiative, launched Tuesday by Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia, will support not for profits with Discovery Grants, as well as for-purpose organisations with Growth Grants. Philanthropy Australia’s Chris Wootton, who manages the Discovery Grant arm of the program, said impact investment was a significant opportunity for not-for-profit organisations to secure funding.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy