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Press Release: New Report from Essity Links Gender Equality to Global Health and Well-Being
This is one of several findings in Essity's Health and Hygiene Report 2023-2024, linking gender equality, care, and prevention to personal well-being and public progress, emphasizing the need for joint action to effect change.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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BII and FMO Unveil $40 Million Commitment to Dashen Bank, Supporting Ethiopia’s Financial Sector
The innovative facility enables a progressive local bank to expand lending to exporters.
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- Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Puerto Rico’s Solar Revolution: What We Can Learn From the Island’s Energy Crisis
Six years after Hurricane Maria crippled Puerto Rico's antiquated electrical grid, residents are embracing energy resiliency and renewables on their own terms. The mainland should take notice.
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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Brazil Aims to Raise $2 Billion in ESG Sovereign Bonds in September
Brazil is set to issue around $2 billion in its first sustainable sovereign bonds in September, a senior Finance Ministry official said.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Latin America
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MFast Gets Backing from Wavemaker Partners to Increase Financial Services Access in Vietnam
MFast announced it has raised $6 million in its Series A funding round, led by Wavemaker Partners.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Viewpoint: Proponents and Critics of ESG Claim It Can Change Society. Both Will Be Disappointed.
Whether or not asset managers are “woke,” ESG doesn’t hurt oil companies or provide capital for solutions to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, writes Ken Pucker.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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BlackRock Backs Fewer ESG Proposals. The Reason Is Surprising.
In a report released Wednesday, BlackRock’s investment stewardship team said too many proposals were “overreaching, lacking economic merit, or simply redundant.”
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- Investing
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- Global
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- ESG
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Nigeria Secures $500 Million Investment to Propel Digital Economy Growth
The minister emphasized the government’s strategy to keep the funding local, ensuring genuine Nigerian businesses benefit.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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