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Analysis: Mongolia Plans Ruinous Water Infrastructure Glut
Mongolia markets its Blue Horse programme as adaption to climate change and is securing climate funding on that basis; this rides roughshod over biodiversity hotspots
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Indonesia-Based Agritech Startup Semaai Raises $1.25 Million in Pre-Seed Round Led by Sequoia Surge, Beenext
While Semaai primarily operates in Central Java, Indonesia, a large part of the funding will be channelled into expanding the startup’s engineering and product teams in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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How One of the World’s Biggest Carbon Emitters Got a Factory to Zero Emissions
Panasonic’s push to decarbonize a big plant in China demonstrates the steep challenge for companies trying to reduce the greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
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- Environment
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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India/U.S.-Based Crypto Investing Platform Raises Another $6.5 Million
Crypto investing platform, which was founded in 2018, has raised $6.5 million in a pre-series A round from Arkam Ventures, Tribe Capital, and Bolt by QED Investors.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Investcorp Leads $55 Million Investment in NDR Warehousing
Bahrain-based Investcorp, a global investment manager specializing in alternative investments, said it has led a USD $55 million investment in NDR Warehousing.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Apollo Hybrid Value to Invest $125 Million in Hero FinCorp, One of India’s Fastest Growing Non-Bank Financial Companies
Apollo announced that funds within its Hybrid Value strategy have committed to invest $125 million in Hero FinCorp Limited.
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- Asia Pacific
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U GRO Capital Gets Funding From responsAbility
U GRO Capital raised its first impact focused debt investment of Rs 138 crore from funds managed/advised by Switzerland based investor responsAbility.
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- Uncategorized
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Why Divestment Doesn’t Hurt ‘Dirty’ Companies
A new analysis finds that selling off stocks in corporations that don't meet your values has minimal impact on their behavior
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- Energy
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- ESG, governance, impact investing
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