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Analysis: Businesses Engage Employees to Respond to Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine
Wondering what, if anything, your company should be doing about the war in Ukraine? Here are some ideas.
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- Education
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Analysis: Ukraine Crisis Could Boost Ballooning Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Sky-high oil prices resulting from a potential Russian oil import ban could force governments to pour more cash into fossil fuel subsidies to shield consumers from rising energy bills, rather than use the money to fight climate change.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- climate change
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How Did ESG Funds Wind Up Investing in Putin’s Russia?
An investing movement that promotes itself as a protector of people and the planet has somehow found itself providing capital to the autocratic regime behind Europe’s worst military conflict since World War II.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, impact investing
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Analysis: After Quick Russia Boycotts, Corporate Boardrooms Will Face a Much Trickier, Longer-Term Global End Game
As corporations across all sectors of the economy exit Russia with unprecedented speed, is it a short-term pause; a demonstration of the greater, maybe lasting, influence of ESG in the C-suite; or a significant reshaping of corporate strategy and the economy around the theme of de-globalization?
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- corporations, ESG
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Analysis: Why Didn’t the U.S. Cut off Russia From SWIFT? It’s Complicated.
Removing access to the financial messaging service would be the most severe penalty but could have unwanted consequences, including compromising energy exports to Europe.
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- Energy, Finance, Telecommunications
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Facebook and Twitter Weigh Giving a Social-Media Megaphone to the Taliban
Facebook, Twitter and Googles actions will have lasting impacts on the diplomatic stage and on the lives of everyday people in Afghanistan.
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- Technology
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Fastbeetle Raises Seed Funding Round From Angels and Impact Investors
A Srinagar-based logistics company, Fastbeetle has closed a seed funding round at an undisclosed valuation from angel investors including Anuj Sharma of Alsisar Impact and Kartik Desai of Asha Impact.
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- Uncategorized
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- Europe & Eurasia
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Press Release: Impact Investors With Social Enterprises: The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund Launches After a Successful First Closing
It is more important than ever before to support the ramp-up of social innovation and boost investments into early-stage social enterprises. The European Social Innovation and Impact Fund (ESIIF) will immediately strengthen impact investing in the European Union, helping to ensure that outstanding impact business models are poised to scale sustainably.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing, scale
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