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Press release: New Guide from MMI and TIIP Helps Financial Advisors Integrate Sustainable Investment into Their Practices
The guide, entitled “Fundamentals of Sustainable Investment: A guide for financial advisors,” addresses pervasive industry myths about sustainable investing, disentangles the complicated web of vocabulary used to describe the approach, and provides practical recommendations on how to help clients reach their sustainable investing goals.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Impact Investments Under Management Total $502 Billion
The broad market for sustainable investing practices, which includes investing in public companies with best practices against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, was pegged at about US$12 trillion in 2018, according to the The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment.To date, the only sense of the impact investing market’s size was the GIIN’s annual investor survey,
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Nuclear power excluded from EU’s green investment label
Tabled a year ago, the green taxonomy is the most sensitive part of a European Commission plan on sustainable finance, which aims at shifting financial flows towards the decarbonisation of the economy.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, impact investing, public policy
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Here’s why Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma and other investors are pouring billions into clean-tech ventures
The $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, founded by Gates, Bezos and other philanthropists, has invested in 14 companies involved in everything from battery storage to fusion energy.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Funds Are Flowing From Philanthropy to Investments; Is This A Good Thing?
The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently face an annual funding shortfall of $2.5 trillion. Investors can go some way to bridging that gap, says Standard Chartered.
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Press release: Bain Capital Double Impact Makes Flagship Community Building Investment in Rural Sourcing
Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing business of Bain Capital, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in Rural Sourcing, a leading provider of onshore outsourced digital technology and IT services that taps talent located in small and mid-size cities across America.
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- Investing, Technology
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- impact investing
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Press release: OPIC’s 2x Women’s Initiative Surpasses $1 Billion Goal
Launched publically one year ago during Women’s History Month, OPIC’s 2X Women’s Initiative aims to unlock the multi-trillion dollar opportunity women represent by catalyzing investment in projects that support the world’s women. As part of the initiative, OPIC committed to mobilizing $1 billion to business and funds owned by women, managed by women, or providing a product or service that intentionally empowers women.
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Viewpoint: How to Evaluate Funds that Invest in Women
A growing amount of data show that ESG-focused investments can perform just as well or even better than traditional investments, letting people do good socially and financially.
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- Investing