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Despite Anti-ESG Attacks, New Study Shows Investors See Climate as Critical to Business Performance
Do investors care whether financial services firms take climate-related actions in clean energy opportunities?
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, decarbonization, ESG, research
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Healthtech Startup 4baseCare Raises $6 Million for Cancer Care Solutions
The company plans to use the capital to enhance product offerings and scale operations across India, as well as other countries in Asia and the Middle East.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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The Asian Development Bank Invests $100 Million in Fourth Partner Energy to Support Decarbonization of India’s Commercial and Industrial Sector
The financing includes $70 million from ADB’s ordinary capital resources and $30 million from Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund 2 (LEAP 2), administered by ADB.
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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The Paris Olympics Prove Reusable Packaging Is Possible on a Massive Scale
The Paris Olympics are the largest sports event ever to replace single-use beverage cups with refillable alternatives, and advocates hope it will send a clear message to event organizers and beverage brands that reuse is possible on a large scale.
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- WASH
- Region
- Europe & Eurasia
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ITFC Provides $10 Million in Trade Finance to Uganda Development Bank
The financing is intended to bolster industrialization efforts in Uganda and assist with job creation and poverty reduction endeavors.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Fund Announces Emergency Funding to Sustain Essential Health Services in Northern Ethiopia Amid Conflict
The funding will be implemented for one year through a standalone grant managed by UNICEF.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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UN Report Records First Drop in Energy Access in Decade
This is the first time the number of people without access to electricity increased in over a decade.
- Region
- Global
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Canada’s TC Energy to Sell Pipeline Stake to Indigenous Groups for $722 Million
The deal will see an Indigenous-owned investment partnership acquire a minority interest in the NGTL system and Foothills assets in western Canada.
- Categories
- Energy
- Region
- North America
- Tags
- human rights, partnerships
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