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Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) Announces Hosting by UNICEF, Global Expansion To Tackle Learning Crisis
The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) announces today that it is moving to operate as an independent trust fund hosted by UNICEF.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- impact investing, scale
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Viewpoint: Social Entrepreneurs Are First Responders To the COVID-19 Crisis. This Is Why They Need Support
The Schwab Foundation 2020 Impact Report has demonstrated how its network of 400 social innovators and entrepreneurs has improved the lives of more than 622 million people in over 190 countries, protecting livelihoods, driving movements for social inclusion and environmental sustainability, and providing improved access to health, sanitation, education, and energy.
- Categories
- Coronavirus
- Tags
- failure, impact investing
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Press Release: DFC Approves $3.6 Billion of New Investments in Global Development in Largest Quarter Ever
An additional 30 investments totaling more than $1 billion were approved by the agency since its last quarterly Board meeting in June, bringing total investments approved over the quarter to more than $3.6 billion.
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- Energy, Investing, Technology
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ESG Assets Expected To Top $53 Trillion by 2022: Celent
Social, economic and market factors are accelerating investor appetite for a more sustainable approach to investing
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, governance, impact investing
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Press Release: IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and Acumen Academy To Award $50,000 To Social Entrepreneurs in East Africa
Jony Meshesha of Green Face Trading in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Kevine Kagirimpundu of UZURI K&Y in Kigali, Rwanda will each receive $25,000 after participating in the Acumen and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship East Africa Accelerator.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: Bamboo and Palladium Agree on a Long-Term Strategic Partnership To Mobilize USD $1 Billion in Impact Capital by 2023
Bamboo and Palladium have joined forces to achieve their shared objective of mobilizing private sector investment at scale to significantly contribute toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
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- Environment, Investing
- Tags
- impact investing, scale, SDGs
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Regulators, Organizations Look To Fill ESG Standards Void
Regulation of sustainable investments hasn’t kept pace with investor appetite
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- Investing
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Analysis: Funds Are Recognising Their Biases Against Women
Despite its massive growth, the gender lens investing market has not yet tapped its potential.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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