-
Aavishkaar Capital and KfW Launch $250 Million ESG Fund
The ESG First Fund will invest in mid-cap businesses in Africa and Asia, helping them meet ESG goals for access to European markets.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
-
Press Release: African Development Bank’s SEFA To Provide $1 Million in Support of Botswana’s Energy Transition
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a $1 million grant to facilitate Botswana’s transition to clean energy.
- Categories
- Energy
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Report: Corporate Reporting Evolving Fast but ESG Gaps Exist
It is important that the approach to communicating a company’s ESG performance should evolve quickly to earn the trust of stakeholders, the report said.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
-
ESG Investing Is Not Sustainable Investing
ESG metrics are important, but you cannot passively rely on them to create a positive end result portfolio.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
-
Institutional Investors Launch ‘ESG Book’ To Standardize Sustainable Data
A group of major financial institutions launched an 'ESG book,' with the goal to make sustainability data more widely available and comparable.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Global
-
Why The OG Of Impact Investing Won’t Stop
When Jacqueline Novogratz started Acumen in 2001, the idea of “impact investing” was not well received by traditional financial firms. Today, Acumen has invested more than $135 million in more than 100 social enterprises worldwide and has shaped a model that’s been adopted by even the most adamant naysayers.
- Categories
- Investing
- Region
- Global
-
Citi Analysts Back New Development Bank To Meet Climate Goals
A new multilateral climate action development bank is needed to help get money to emerging markets more effectively, analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup said on Tuesday ahead of an upcoming U.N. climate summit.
- Categories
- Environment
- Region
- Global
-
Impact Reporting for All: Developing an Approach That Works for Both SMEs and Their Funders
In 2020, nearly $2.3 trillion was invested with the intention of generating positive social or environmental impact – but impact measurement was only used across 28% of that total amount. What is stopping the managers of the other 72% of impact capital from measuring their investments’ impact – and how can those obstacles be addressed? Kevin Horgan, Geoff Kendall and Joanna Robertson at Future-Fit Foundation explain why the difficulty of impact reporting is at the heart of this issue, and present a solution that they believe could revolutionize the impact investment landscape.
- Categories
- Entrepreneurship, Environment, Impact Assessment
Parent Organization
