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Questioning Big Philanthropy At The Skoll World Forum: Is It Too Powerful And Out Of Touch?
At a conference about nonprofit endeavors and the people who run them, big philanthropy came under the microscope.
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- Investing
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- nonprofits, philanthropy
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Viewpoint: New Impact Investing Principles Bode Well for Growth
Impact investing may be poised to go mainstream, thanks to new operating principles aimed at creating a common market standard for investors.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Kiva’s Co-Founder Is Joining This Leo DiCaprio-Backed Bank
A wave of tech-centric “neo-banks” have popped up in recent years, usually promising a smoother customer experience marked by lower fees and branch-less, online-oriented services. And some have sought to go even further—differentiating themselves from the competition via a focus on on socially and environmentally conscious values, investments and product offerings.
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- North America
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Viewpoint: Has Impact Investing Reached a Fork in the Road?
Impact investing still operates at the margins of our financial system. The vast majority of the system continues as it has always done: channeling capital to projects that are oblivious to or actively harm environmental and social progress, that fuel inequities and cavalier business behavior. That system isn't working.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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It’s Not Just Millennials Who Have Socially Responsible Investing in Their Game Plan: Study
While younger investors have a reputation for investing with environmental and social causes in mind, interest in these investments actually spans generations, research shows.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Trump Backlash Creates Positive Effect on Socially Responsible Investing
The rise of climate skeptic Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency ironically has resulted in a rapid increase in interest and adoption of impact investing and other types of values-based investing.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Press release: Cornerstone Capital Group Introduces New Framework to Measure Impact of Investments
The Cornerstone Access Impact Framework™ offers a new, proprietary approach to investing in alignment with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Goldman Sachs Earth Day Impact Report Shows Change Isn’t Easy
While Goldman has increased investment in green operations to $1.2 billion in 2018 from $701 million in 2017, it had more trouble gaining energy efficiency and managing carbon emissions.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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