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Some of the Best Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Stocks of 2016
There's been a growing movement for investors to care not only about their own financial gain but also about the good of their community. The movement often is called SRI, which stands for socially responsible investing.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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South Africa: Chinese Enterprises Help Improve Living Standards of South Africans
A report released Thursday shows that Chinese enterprises in South Africa are making positive contributions to the socio-economic well-being of the country. According to the report on the development of Chinese enterprises in South Africa unveiled by the South Africa-China Economic and Trade Association, there are more than 300 Chinese companies including representative offices in South Africa and among them about 140 are large and medium-sized companies.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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- public health
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B Lab Honors World’s Leading Impact Investors Using New GIIRS System
B Lab, in partnership with B the Change Media, announced today the honorees of the 2016 Best for the World Funds, celebrating 50 impact investment funds that have created exceptional social and environmental impact, including in areas of microfinance and technology.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Toniic T100: Launch Report Offers New Insights From The Frontier Of Impact Investing
Toniic Institute, the global action community for impact investors, today released T100: Launch "Insights from the Frontier of Impact Investing," in a presentation at the GIIN Investor Forum 2016 in Amsterdam. It is the first report in a longitudinal study of impact investing portfolios of Toniic members, starting with 51 portfolios.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- data, impact investing
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GIIN Impact Investing Trends Analysis Report Finds Sustained Growth in Assets, and High Level of Satisfaction with Financial Returns Among Investors
A study released by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) at the opening today of its two-day Investor Forum 2016 in Amsterdam found that impact investors reported substantial growth over the last three years.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing, research
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Social Funds Tie Pay to Impact
Plenty of investment professionals have their compensation tied to hitting specific financial targets. But does that metric make sense for increasingly popular socially responsible funds?
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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A Peek Inside Omidyar Network’s Methodology for Making Grants and Investments
A new report prepared by the Omidyar Network suggests that impact investing can be done well along a continuum with fully commercial investments on one end and charitable gifts on the other.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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The Hitachi Foundation Launches the Good Companies, Good Jobs Strategy; Makes $11 Million in Gifts as it Prepares to Close
The Hitachi Foundation today announced the launch of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Strategy that includes three final gifts totaling $11 million and that the Foundation will cease operations in December 2016. The unrestricted monetary gifts and their recipients are $4 million to the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC; $4 million to the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and $3 million to Investors' Circle in Durham, North Carolina.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
- Region
- North America
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- impact investing