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Analysis: ESG Data Can Keep Businesses Accountable, but Only if It Can Be Trusted
ESG data will be vital in painting a picture of how and where industries are succeeding – or failing – in the battle to reach net zero.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- data, ESG, greenwashing
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New Tech Partnership to Boost Seaweed Farming in Southeast Asia
Oceanfarmr and Coast 4C – a social enterprise focused on regenerative seaweed farming – have announced a collaboration to develop mobile technologies to help improve the livelihoods of small-scale seaweed producers in Southeast Asia.
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- Social Enterprise, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Workiva Partners With Code.org To Narrow the Digital Divide and Expand Access to Computer Science Education
Workiva Inc., the company powering transparent reporting for a better world, announced today it has kicked off a global, multi-year partnership with Code.org.
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- Education, Technology, Telecommunications
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- Global
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- data, digital inclusion, ESG, human rights, nonprofits
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Adani Firms Dropped From UN-Backed List Of Green Firms In Latest Blow
Three of Adani Group’s publicly traded companies have been removed from an influential list of companies committed to acting against climate change.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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- climate change, ESG, failure
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HOMA2U Raises $875K in Pre-series a Funding to Fuel Regional Expansion
HOMA2U plans to use the funds to accelerate its regional expansion, develop new products, and expand its market capitalisation value.
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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- accelerators, ESG, startups
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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems
As of 2020, the annual SDG financing gap for developing countries stood at $4.2 trillion — up from $2.5 trillion pre-pandemic. And according to Chris Clubb at Convergence Blended Finance, though private capital is crucial to closing this gap, the $240 billion in annual public development finance only mobilizes around $44 billion in private investment, which covers just 1% of these countries' climate and SDG investment needs. He explores the core elements of Convergence's Action Plan for Climate and SDG Investment Mobilization, which shows how a small amount of public and philanthropic funding can catalyze private investment to more than double total climate and SDG financing in developing economies.
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- Environment, Investing
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IFC Announces a Sustainable Loan of $160 Million to Produbanco to Support the Blue Economy in Ecuador
The loan will be used to promote the blue economy and boost access to financing for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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- Environment
- Region
- Latin America
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- blue economy, ESG, global development, MSMEs, waste, water
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Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals Releases 4th Annual Making the Case for Corporate Social Impact Toolkit
The Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP), the nation's leading advocate for corporate social impact professionals, today released its fourth annual Making the Case for Corporate Social Impact toolkit.
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Global
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