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To help investors evaluate funds based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today introduced the Morningstar Sustainability Rating™ for funds. The new rating will enable investors around the world to evaluate mutual funds and exchange-traded funds based on how well the companies held in their funds are managing their ESG risks and opportunities.
Morningstar Introduces Industry’s First Sustainability Rating for 20,000 Global FundsNews
After establishing Pune as the global headquarters for its mobile surgery division, Dutch technology company Royal Philips is exporting the products it developed here to the Western markets.
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Global policy makers and microfinance experts will convene in Abu Dhabi from March 14th to 17th to explore and discuss innovative financial inclusion strategies that can create clear pathways to economic and social inclusion.
Abu Dhabi to Welcome Global Policy Makers and Microfinance Experts at Microcredit SummitBlog Post
The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Social innovation defines social innovation as “the application of innovative, practical, sustainable, market-based approaches to benefit society in general, and low-income or under-served populations in particular." Traditionally associated with social entrepreneurs, this tool is increasingly being adopted by business. This is a trend to be welcomed, supported and replicated as companies – big or small, multinational or national – can contribute to taking the practice of social innovation to a significantly larger scale.
How Your Company Can Become a Social InnovatorNews
The GSMA today announced the launch of the Connected Women Commitment Initiative, aimed at reducing the mobile gender gap. Initial commitments by GSMA operator members, with over 75 million mobile internet and mobile money customers, will aim to connect millions more women in low- and middle-income countries by 20201. These operators will seek to increase the proportion of their female customers to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. This builds on the 15 million women already benefiting from female-focused services offered by the GSMA’s Connected Women operator partners.
GSMA and Mobile Operators Launch Initiative to Extend Mobile Money and Mobile Internet to Women GloballyNews
Root Capital is pleased to announce Peter Bernard as the organization’s first chief operating officer (COO). Peter will join Root Capital on March 1, 2016 after decades of experience on Wall Street, most recently as the chief risk officer of D.E. Shaw & Company, a global investment and technology development firm with more than $39 billion in investment capital. As COO at Root Capital, Peter will oversee the organization’s lending, risk, advisory services, and talent functions.
Former D.E. Shaw Chief Risk Officer Peter Bernard to Join Impact Investing Pioneer Root Capital as Chief Operating OfficerBlog Post
The Smart Campaign has released the results from its Client Voices project, a four-country research investigation that directly asked clients about their experiences with financial providers and their thoughts on what constitutes good and bad treatment. The project features research from Georgia, Peru, Benin and Pakistan, based on face-to-face conversations with thousands of lower-income microfinance clients.
Microfinance Clients Make Their Voices Heard: New research reveals their thoughts on how they’re treated by providers
