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Impact Investments Under Management Total $502 Billion
The broad market for sustainable investing practices, which includes investing in public companies with best practices against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics, was pegged at about US$12 trillion in 2018, according to the The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment.To date, the only sense of the impact investing market’s size was the GIIN’s annual investor survey,
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Nuclear power excluded from EU’s green investment label
Tabled a year ago, the green taxonomy is the most sensitive part of a European Commission plan on sustainable finance, which aims at shifting financial flows towards the decarbonisation of the economy.
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- Investing
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- ESG, impact investing, public policy
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Here’s why Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma and other investors are pouring billions into clean-tech ventures
The $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, founded by Gates, Bezos and other philanthropists, has invested in 14 companies involved in everything from battery storage to fusion energy.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing
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Viewpoint: Funds Are Flowing From Philanthropy to Investments; Is This A Good Thing?
The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently face an annual funding shortfall of $2.5 trillion. Investors can go some way to bridging that gap, says Standard Chartered.
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Press release: Bain Capital Double Impact Makes Flagship Community Building Investment in Rural Sourcing
Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing business of Bain Capital, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in Rural Sourcing, a leading provider of onshore outsourced digital technology and IT services that taps talent located in small and mid-size cities across America.
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- Investing, Technology
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Press release: OPIC’s 2x Women’s Initiative Surpasses $1 Billion Goal
Launched publically one year ago during Women’s History Month, OPIC’s 2X Women’s Initiative aims to unlock the multi-trillion dollar opportunity women represent by catalyzing investment in projects that support the world’s women. As part of the initiative, OPIC committed to mobilizing $1 billion to business and funds owned by women, managed by women, or providing a product or service that intentionally empowers women.
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Viewpoint: How to Evaluate Funds that Invest in Women
A growing amount of data show that ESG-focused investments can perform just as well or even better than traditional investments, letting people do good socially and financially.
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Press release: Bamboo Capital Partners, Government of Togo and Moeda Seeds Bank launch first-of-its-kind blended finance technology impact fund with €100 million target
Florian Kemmerich, Managing Partner of Bamboo Capital Partners, commented: “For the last two decades, Bamboo has played a pioneering role in developing funds that harness the power of technology to leapfrog poverty in emerging markets. Today, the BLOC Fund represents a new frontier for global technology impact funds. BLOC’s blended finance approach will catalyse further investment and generate lasting impact in some of poorest regions in the world.”
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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