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Ethical Investment Tide Lifts ‘Greenwash’ Concerns
Investors are plowing ever more into ethical funds to back their views on issues such as global warming and gender equality, but such investments can be confusingly similar to standard funds, except for higher fees and 'green halo' marketing. The $23 trillion "sustainable, responsible and impact" (SRI) investment sector has received a rush of money since the Paris climate agreement and, more recently, in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to slash environmental regulations.
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- Environment, Investing
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- North America
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Meet the 2017 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship
Kicking off next week’s 14th Annual Skoll World Forum, the Skoll Foundation announced the four recipients of the 2017 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Awards distinguish transformative leaders whose organizations disrupt the status quo, drive sustainable large-scale change, and are poised to create even greater impact on the world.
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Tackling Global Health Care: Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Imagine a vaccine vial with a temperature-sensitive label that changes colors when exposed to excessive heat. That's the sort of technology that can make a huge difference for doctors working in challenging conditions, allowing them to determine at-a-glance whether heat-sensitive vaccines are viable.
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- Health Care
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US-based Tricolor Cleantech Capital to invest up to $5 mn in JanaJal
US-based social impact fund Tricolor Clean Capital has committed to invest up to $5 million (around Rs 33 crore) into hybrid drinking water dispenser maker JanaJal, the company announced in a statement.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- North America
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JP Morgan asset management creates sustainable investing team
JP Morgan Asset Management has formed a leadership team to create a sustainable investing strategy and help clients achieve their environmental, social and government investment goals.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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India’s largest mobile wallet goes global, launches app in Canada
India's largest mobile wallet, Paytm, has launched in Canada. Users can now pay their cell phone, cable, internet, water and electricity bills as well as their insurance and property taxes via the Paytm Canada app.
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- Technology
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MBA Programs Help Students Change the World
Sarah Millar spent her first years out of college doing stock market research for a New York City financial firm. In her spare time, she taught English as a second language and fostered homeless dogs. "I was getting a lot more fulfillment from those things," she says, "than from work."
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How Will The Rise Of Crowdfunding Reshape How We Give To Charity?
Last September, a Chicago resident named Joel Cervantes Macias spotted an 89-year-old man named Fendicio hawking Mexican ice pops–they’re called “paletas”–out of a street cart. The man looked too old to be working, but Macias only had so much spare cash (and so much room for dessert). So he posted a picture of Fendicio on the charitable crowdfunding site GoFundMe, asking others to pitch in for a vacation.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- crowdfunding, philanthropy