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Press Release: Fiera Capital Invests in World Bank Sustainable Development Bonds and Raises Awareness for the Importance of Water and Ocean Resources
This bond is the latest example of the World Bank’s engagement with investors around specific development challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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- Global
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Bill Seeks to Provide Plan Sponsors With Legal Cover for ESG Investing
Legislators say employers are hesitant to provide ESG options in 401(k)s over fears of being sued.
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- Investing
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- Global
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- employment, ESG, governance, impact investing
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How the Gates Foundation and Seattle Nonprofit Path Are Helping Get Oxygen to India
This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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- nonprofits, SDGs
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Yalo Raises $50 Million to Build ‘C-Commerce’ Services for Chat Apps Like WhatsApp
Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp’s profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers.
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- Investing, Technology
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Analysis: Everyone Is Funding Oxygen. This Is a Problem.
Media attention on COVID-19 deaths due to a lack of oxygen in big cities has skewed donor priorities. This is impacting relief efforts on the ground.
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- Coronavirus
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- Global
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- nonprofits
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Emeritus Expands Into K12 Through Acquisition of iD Tech Bringing Equitable STEM Education to Adults and Youth Globally
Emeritus Expands Into k12 Through Acquisition of ID Tech Bringing Equitable Stem Education to Adults and Youth Globally
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- Education, Technology
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- Global
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- edtech, employment, youth
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Analysis: Rising Debt in Emerging Markets Could Push Back COVID Recovery and Widen Gap With Developed World
Swelling debt levels may cause emerging markets to fall further behind developed markets in the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, an economist said Monday.
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- Coronavirus
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Analysis: IEA Energy Roadmap: Stop New Fossil Fuels Investments
Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics.
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- Global