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Money Pouring Into Fossil Fuels Risks Climate Disaster, UN Report Warns
As the world fails to meet targets to curb climate change, over half of the 150 biggest financial institutions have no restrictions on financing oil and gas.
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- Energy, Environment
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- Global
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WaterEquity Raises Over $150 Million at Final Close of Global Access Fund
WaterEquity, the first asset manager exclusively focused on water and sanitation, announced the final close of its third impact investment fund, the Global Access Fund.
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- Global
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- impact investing
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Press Release: Boards for All? The 2022 Global Health 50/50 Report Explores Who Governs Global Health
Gender and geographic diversity are severely lacking in the boards of major organisations active in global health, a newly-released study finds.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- Global
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- failure, gender equality
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Chemical Recycling of Plastics: New EREF Research to Evaluate Economic and Environmental Impacts
Could chemical recycling of plastics be more cost-effective and environmentally friendly than mechanical recycling? That is the question at the heart of groundbreaking new research funded by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF).
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- WASH
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- Global
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- recycling
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Developer Skills Company HackerRank Raises $60 Million in Funding
Developer skills company HackerRank has raised $60 million in a funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity.
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- Technology
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- Global
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- blockchain, innovation, partnerships
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GEF Capital Partners Marks Final Close of $200 Million Fundraise in Second Climate-Focused Fund
GEF Capital Partners (GEF), an India-focused clean energy private equity (PE) investor, has said it raised nearly $200 million (around Rs 1,520 crore) from marking the final closure of its South Asia Growth Fund II (SAGF II).
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- Environment
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- Global
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Land Rights Leader Landesa Receives $20 Million Gift From Author and Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott
The new funding is a direct investment in Landesa’s efforts to accelerate gender equality and arrest the climate crisis
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- Environment
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- Global
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The SEC Reaches a Milestone in ESG and Climate Disclosures
Following lots of consideration for ESG, the SEC announced proposals for climate disclosure to be followed by the US public sector, but what does it mean?
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- Investing
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- Global
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- climate change, corporations, ESG