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Sustainable innovation, minus the sticker shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common? For one, they are each finalists in this year’s Sustainia100, an annual study of the top 100 sustainability innovations, published Thursday.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Rich nations study details of massive insurance program to ease Third World climate change damages
Countries already bearing the brunt of extreme weather events are cautiously optimistic about a new insurance scheme designed by the world's wealthiest nations to protect about 400 million people in the world's most vulnerable communities.
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- Environment
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- climate change, insurance
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Ericsson partners with Verifone on mobile money in emerging markets
Kit giant Ericsson has announced a partnership with Verifone Mobile Money to offer its customers a broader range of mobile payment tools for emerging markets.
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- Environment, Technology
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Sustainable Innovation, Minus the Sticker Shock?
What do solar-powered hearing aids, a subscription service for baby clothes and mobile technology for farmers in East Africa all have in common?
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- solar
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Can This Scientist Unite Genetic Engineers and Organic Farmers?
Eighteen scientists are sitting in a lab, talking about new ways to feed the planet. These are some of the world’s foremost experts on rice. Most of them are from China. Nearly all of them are men.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Press Release: Merrill Lynch Introduces New Sustainable Impact Multi-Asset Class Portfolios and an ESG Measurement Resource
Merrill Lynch today announced that it has added sustainable impact multi-asset class portfolios to its expanding platform of impact portfolios to serve clients interested in using their investment capital for positive social and environmental purposes. Additionally, the firm will provide its 14,000 financial advisors new resources to help clients understand the impact of their investments in these portfolios.
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- Environment
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Citi’s 2014 Global Citizenship Report Highlights Efforts to Enable Economic Progress in Communities Around World
Citi today released its 2014 Global Citizenship Report highlighting efforts underway in the past year to empower people, support economic progress in cities, and catalyze sustainable growth. The report, Progress: Responding to Global Challenges,examines how Citi lends, invests and facilitates growth through core business activities and philanthropic efforts, as well as partnerships and new approaches to address pressing needs.
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- Environment
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Norway’s plan to divest massive $900B fund from coal could hit U.S. companies
The decision may have spillover effects for U.S. companies, as the equity-heavy fund invests most of its stock positions in U.S. firms, and this new policy slates shares in dozens of American utility companies for sale.
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- Energy, Environment