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Viewpoint: Demise of ESG Investing Overstated
The Department of Labor’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in pension fund investments has received a lot of responses, both in the official Federal Register docket and in the news media and blogosphere.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance
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HSBC Launches New Funds Targeting Niche ‘Natural Capital’ Industry, Hoping To Take It Mainstream
HSBC Global Asset Management and climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination Group are teaming up to launch a series of billion-dollar funds that will target “natural capital.”
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG
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Press Release: Sparkmeter Completes $12 Million Series a Financing Led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures and Goodwell Investments
The company is launching its Digital Solutions product for utilities and scaling its smart metering technology to bring reliable electricity to African, Asian and South American emerging markets.
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Impact Investor Acumen Fund Backs Agri-Tech Firm Kheyti
Kheyti Tech Pvt. Ltd, an agricultural-technology firm focussed on improving the yields and income of small farmers, has raised funding from impact investor Acumen Fund.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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COVID May Be Impact Investing’s Defining Moment, Actis’s Shami Nissan Says
In the corporate world, socially responsible behavior is being put to the test, too — revealed as either phony marketing or a true commitment to global betterment.
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- Investing, Technology
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Mastercard Accelerate Ignites Next Generation of Fintech Disruptors and Partners To Build the Future of Commerce
11 companies join the Start Path startup engagement program; nearly 50 new deals signed to Engage network to help customers make growth ambitions a reality.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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Analysis: Fully Digitalized Farming Is Nearly a Reality. Emerging Economies Must Keep Pace
It is no secret that the future of farming is fully digital. It is also no secret that farming at present is already largely digital.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
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- financial health
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Viewpoint: COVID-19 and the Resiliency of Impact Investing
Industry insiders put forward the case for ESG-focused and impact investing being a successful strategy for every bottom line.
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- Coronavirus, Investing