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Student activist David Hogg calls for boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock over gunmaker ownership
One of Parkland, Fla.'s most prominent student activists on stopping gun violence has called for a boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock, two of the world's biggest investors in gunmakers.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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The ultra-rich want to make money through good causes — but there aren’t enough options, UBS says
The super wealthy want more out of their investments these days. In addition to financial returns, they want their money to drive positive changes in the world, but the options for achieving both concurrently is lacking, according to a UBS expert.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Press release: Pakistan’s poorest communities to benefit from innovative US$600k deal for off-grid solar roll out
EcoEnergy, a leading affordable solar energy provider in Pakistan, has secured a US$600,000 investment to help it provide off-grid solar energy to 10,000 of the poorest rural households in Pakistan.
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- Press release
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- South Asia
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Swiss PE Partners Group launches debut impact fund with $1b hard cap
“In terms of size of investments, in line with typical PG deal sizes, it would be a $100 million to $1 billion total equity cheque from Partners Group – managed funds and/or a $200 million to $2 billion enterprise value. PG LIFE will invest alongside other Partners Group funds,” a spokesperson from the private equity firm told DEALSTREETASIA.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Danone’s debut social bond attracts healthy appetite
Proceeds will be used to fund projects backing notably responsible farming, local projects dedicated to empowering communities and social entrepreneurs or healthy food entrepreneurship, it said in a statement.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- ESG, impact investing
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GIIN Roadmap Presents ‘Unashamedly Ambitious’ Vision For Impact Investing
The framework, which was started to coincide with the 10 year anniversary of the coining of the term impact investing, assesses industry progress to date and outlines specific actions needed to exponentially enhance the scale and effectiveness of impact investing across the world.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Inspire Corporate Bond Impact Fund Grows to Become Largest Socially Responsible Investing Fixed-Income ETF in the U.S.
Inspire Investing continued their ascension in the investing industry with a big day of inflows on Tuesday, propelling their Inspire Corporate Bond Impact ETF (NYSE: IBD) to become the largest Socially Responsible-themed fixed-income ETF by assets under management, according to data from ETF.com.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Private Wealth Firm Abbot Downing Turns Focus to Social Impact
Abbot Downing, the Minneapolis-based private wealth arm of Wells Fargo & Co. for individuals and families with at least US$50 million in investable assets, is responding with a “social impact analysis” center within its revamped family governance practice, the Institute of Family Culture, according to Arne Boudewyn, head of the practice.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, philanthropy
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