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RSF-Purpose Initiative Responds to Demand for Mission-First Business Models
A grassroots global movement is emerging behind mission-first business models rooted in stakeholder governance—rather than shareholder control—and RSF Social Finance and the Purpose Foundation are collaborating to help that movement grow. Today they released a report that serves as a handbook for companies exploring alternative business structures and financing.
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- Environment, Finance, Investing, Technology
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- business development, ESG, research, scale
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Political jitters drive U.S. to biggest fall in global social entrepreneurs poll
Opportunities to build businesses with a mission to do good in the United States have plummeted since 2016 due largely to a decline in government support, according to the second global poll on the best countries for social entrepreneurs on Tuesday. The United States fell the most out of 45 countries in the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 900 social enterprise experts, diving to 32nd place from the top ranking in the inaugural survey three years ago. The poll found the United States fell the most of all nations when respondents were asked if government policy supported social entrepreneurs, and came last in a combined ranking about women’s leading role in running such businesses.
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Facebook, Visa among the stocks with high ESG marks — enough to outrun the S&P 500
Companies that improve their environmental, social and governance reputations outperform the S&P 500 — major technology and financial services firms among them.
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- Environment, Finance, Investing
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- ESG, sustainable business
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Kenyan telco Safaricom’s Alpha incubator faces uncertain future
Safaricom’s Nairobi-based Alpha innovation incubator may have an uncertain future, according to sources - TechCrunch reports.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Amazon Pay Users in India Can Now Pay Their Utility, Mobile and Cable Bills With Alexa
To be sure, Amazon has long allowed users in many markets to purchase items using voice command with Alexa. But this is the first time the American company is letting users pay their electricity, water, cooking gas, broadband and satellite TV bills with voice and Amazon Pay.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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- e-commerce
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The Highs and Lows of Creating the World’s First Social Stock Exchange
The budget proposal by India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in July, to create an SSE in the country is a positive sign—a broader commitment to support inclusive growth.
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Soap Opera Could Be Unlikely Form of Birth Control in Uganda
Uganda has one of the highest birth rates in the world. It also has some of the most dedicated soap opera watchers anywhere in Africa. Now a group of enterprising Ugandans is aiming to tackle the former through the medium of the latter.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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As Facebook’s Libra Faces Headwinds, China Is Racing to Launch Its Own Global Cryptocurrency
Based on recent conversations and meetings in Beijing, RBC told clients this week that China “has expedited its development of a Central Bank Digital Currency” after Facebook’s announcement in June.
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- cryptocurrency
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