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Banco Santander, DEG, IDB Invest, Itaú BBA Loan $150 Million to Banco Pan to Boost Digital Financing of Vehicles, Microenterprise, Consumption in Brazil
IDB Invest is leading a loan package totaling USD $150 million for Banco Pan SA, a Brazilian commercial bank, with the aim of increasing access to digital financial services for people with low incomes.
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- Finance
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- Global
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Press Release: Quaise Energy Secures $40 Million Series A to Unlock Terawatt-Scale Geothermal Energy
New funding will accelerate Quaise’s ability to demonstrate its novel drilling technology in the field and tap into hotter and denser sources of renewable geothermal energy.
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- Energy
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- Global
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Press Release: Asian Companies Are Steadily Catching up to Their Western Counterparts When It Comes to ESG Initiatives
The survey conducted by Robocash Group shows that 45% of the respondents from India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam who are willing to invest are interested in ESG. However, ESG factors have yet a long way to go to reach massive buy-in from the retail investor community.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, scale
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Press Release: Sistema.bio Closes Over $15MM in Financing to Scale Climate-Smart Clean Energy Technology for Farmers
Financing will strengthen partnerships and distribution, carbon reduction activities, R&D efforts and overall operations in LATAM, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Investing
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- Global
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- impact investing
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Sequoia Capital Makes a Big Bet on Web3, Leading $450 Million Investment in Polygon Blockchain
Sequoia Capital is playing catchup with arch-rival Andreessen Horowitz in the race to invest in what could be the future of the internet — so-called Web3.
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Analysis: Is WASH Getting in the Way of Sustainable Cities?
Sustainable Development Goal 11 calls for a focus on building “safe, resilient, and sustainable” cities. But currently, almost 900 million city dwellers don’t have access to safe water or sanitation.
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- WASH
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HSBC Invests in Climate Tech Venture Founded by Bill Gates
The private-public partnerships the project is funding will focus on direct air capture, clean hydrogen, energy storage and sustainable aviation fuel.
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- Energy
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- Global
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- partnerships
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Press Release: Knowledge Institute Helps Solve World Problems with Data Analytics
Knowledge Institute will work with NGOs, governments and non-profit organizations to help tackle global problems such as climate change, hunger, poverty, deforestation and the extinction of flora and fauna using data and analytics.
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- Technology
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- Global
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- data, NGOs, nonprofits, SDGs
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