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Press Release: ImpactAssets’ Tenth IA 50 Impact Fund Listing Reveals Growing Market and Innovative Managers
Industry’s first publicly available, searchable resource of impact investing fund managers sees record number of applicants and assets, reflecting the innovation and exponential growth that the IA 50 has helped to spotlight over the past decade.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Beyond Grants and Impact Investments, There’s a Growing Interest in Africa
As at 2014, the UNDP estimated that at least $8 billion had come into Africa via impact investment. Yet, there’s still a huge gap of $100 billion annually needed to support Africa’s much needed growth.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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More Dough for Cocoa Farmers
Ice cream icon Ben & Jerry’s pioneers holistic approach to living incomes for cocoa farmers, in partnership with Fairtrade
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Six Key Trends Driving Affordable, Low-Carbon Growth in the Rural E-Mobility Sector
In the last five years, a vast array of e-mobility startups have sprung up across sub-Saharan Africa, focused largely on electric bikes, scooters and three-wheelers. As Richa Goyal at Energy Saving Trust points out, these businesses are accelerating Africa's shift toward low-carbon transportation, while also boosting local manufacturing, skill development and job creation. She outlines six key trends and business model features in this emerging sector.
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- Energy
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Press Release: Former Bitcoin CEO Launches Sonic Capital, Asia’s First Tokenized Venture Investment Fund
Sonic to support startups that use blockchain technology to provide solutions to environmental and social challenges, with a focus on the carbon credit markets
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- Investing
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EDFI ElectriFI Invests in Candi’s PV Solar Solutions for Indian SMEs
EDFI ElectriFI invested EUR 2,68m junior debt in candi, a platform that finances, builds and operates solar solutions for SMEs in emerging markets, whereby the aim is to help customers improve their bottom line while at the same time creating a positive environmental impact.
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- Energy
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- Asia Pacific
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Governance Still Tops ESG Considerations for Asset Managers
Global survey reveals increasing influence of ESG in investment activities, critical role of engagement, and more
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- Coronavirus, Investing
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Press Release: The Risk Management Association Survey Finds ESG Investing and Securities Lending Can Coexist
A new survey of leading institutional investors released today by The Risk Management Association (RMA) revealed that 95% of respondents believe that securities lending activities can coexist with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles.
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- Environment, Investing
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