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Analysis: Impact Investment: Is Standardization Possible — Or Desirable?
As the impact investing sector approaches an inflection point, the time is ripe to bring some structure to the field.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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BlackRock Seeks to Defend Its Reputation Over E.S.G. Fight
The world’s largest money manager fired off a letter to attorneys general in 19 states rebutting claims about its position on climate-minded investing.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Analysis: An Economic Perfect Storm Is Battering Emerging Markets. Debt Crises Loom
The U.S. dollar strengthened to a 20-year high against a collection of foreign currencies this week, spelling more trouble for heavily indebted smaller nations around the world.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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Viewpoint: ESG Critics Could be Leaving Money on the Table – And Missing an Opportunity to Make a Real Impact
Investors who ignore the risk of harmful products and disparage ESG as a concept are likely to miss out on its potential to combine environmental, societal and economic benefits.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- ESG, impact investing
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Data-Driven Experiences Critical to Bank Success as Industry Reaches ‘Inflection Point’ in Race for SME Customers
The race for SME (small and medium enterprise) customer primacy has reached a critical inflection point, according to a new guide from London-based Pollinate.
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- Finance
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Samsung Develops Prototype ‘Reinvented Toilet’ in Partnership With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Samsung plans to offer royalty-free licenses of patents related to the project to developing countries during the commercialization stage.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- partnerships
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Press Release: Companies Need to Invest in Water and Toilets to Drive Health, Wealth and Business
WaterAid reveals the major benefits of investing in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene in workplaces and employees’ communities.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Energy Policies For Refugee Assistance: Sustainability And Access
Paradoxically as more and more people are forcibly disconnected from energy grids and forced into refugee camps, these individuals’ per capita energy consumption increases despite individuals using less.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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- energy access, migrants, refugees
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