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Ratan Tata, Others Invest in Grameen Capital’s Social Impact Debt Funding Arm
Grameen Capital India, a social impact-focused investment advisory firm, has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from a group of investors, including Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, the holding firm of Tata Group, for a new debt investment vehicle.
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- South Asia
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Social Impact Bonds for Factories in Bangladesh
2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, where nearly 1,200 garment workers lost their lives from a factory collapse, are wrestling with a critical question: Who should pay for the work needed to ensure basic factory safety standards in Bangladesh?
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- Finance, Impact Assessment
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Social Issues-Focused Digital Media Co The Better India Raises $160K From Intellecap
Bangalore-based The Better India Pvt Ltd, which runs a news website focusing on social issues under the same brand, has raised $160,000 (Rs 1 crore) in funding from members of angel network Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I-cube-N), a company statement said. Investors include Raveen Sastry, a co-founder of e-commerce portal Myntra.
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- South Asia
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The 100% Club
When it comes to managing money, the rich are increasingly pursuing more than just financial rewards and going full tilt on the idea of using investments as a tool for social and environmental change.
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Impact Investing Is the Top Way to Contribute to Society in the Future, Says Global Survey of Philanthropists
Impact investing is seen as the most promising trend by the majority of global philanthropists, according to new figures. The BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index 2015 revealed that 52 per cent of global philanthropists nominated impact investment as the top way to contribute to society in the future.
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OurCrowd Helps Wharton Students Launch Largest Student-Run Impact Investing Platform in the World
OurCrowd, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, has announced a unique collaboration that will help students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania get an industry-leading experiential education in impact investing. This initiative will greatly expand the Wharton Social Venture Fund (WSVF), a flagship program operated under the Wharton Social Impact Initiative (WSII) which allows students to select, curate and diligence investments that will change the world.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Adding Good Deeds to the Investment Equation
Every two years, the residents of Richmond, Calif., a city long known for some of the highest rates of violence in the United States, gather to discuss its priorities. For years, the No. 1 concern was crime.
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Philanthropy
One of the greatest challenges for philanthropy today is the very term itself --philanthropy.
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- Impact Assessment