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Four Steps to Avoid Dead-End Impact Investing Leads
Dead-end leads are frustrating for both entrepreneurs and investors. They involve wasted time and resources, disappointment, and the erosion of relationships – and sometimes the exchange of capital that's a poor fit for the entrepreneur’s business. To prevent these issues, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) has created an online toolkit to help impact entrepreneurs identify their top investor targets. Kimberly Langsam and Cathy Clark at CASE summarize the simple four-step process – and CASE will host a free online demo with more information on March 13 and 19.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Taking the Mystery Out of Impact Investing
The 2017-18 guide includes funds with a collective US$29.2 billion in assets, up from US$10.6 billion a year ago, reflecting an “overall increase in interest and capital in this area,” says Jed Emerson, a senior fellow at ImpactAssets.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Press release: Labor Lens Investing: Promising New Investment Tools to Improve Global Supply Chains
Consumer goods are most often produced far from where they are purchased, successively changing hands along complex and sometimes opaque supply chains. Over the years, cases of labor exploitation have been well documented in almost every industry—from agriculture to construction, and apparel to electronics. The International Labour Organization estimates that forced labor generates US$51 billion in illegal profits annually.
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- Investing
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Impact Investing Lessons for NGOs: Mercy Corps’ Scott Onder Discusses its Social Venture Fund
We don’t typically associate NGOs, particularly humanitarian organizations like Mercy Corps, with impact investing. But since 2015, Mercy Corps has run the Social Venture Fund, which invests in and accelerates the growth of innovative, scalable ventures that can positively impact millions in the developing world. NextBillion interviewed Scott Onder, managing director of the fund, about Mercy Corps' experiences as an investor, the rationale behind this ground-breaking approach – and lessons for other NGOs that may be considering a similar move.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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A closer look at impact investing
The mistaken rap on this kind of “social” investment is that returns are weak and realizing them takes too long.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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- ESG, impact investing
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Breaking the Catch-22 of Poverty: What’s Next for the Graduation Model?
People in extreme poverty are trapped in a catch-22: They're poor because they can't build a livelihood, and they can't build a livelihood because they're overwhelmed by the crises of poverty. The graduation approach can break this cycle – but though research has demonstrated its effectiveness, it's difficult to scale. Evelyn Stark of MetLife Foundation and Jaya Sarkar of Trickle Up discuss Trickle Up's efforts to adapt the model to achieve mass scale and sustainability.
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- Impact Assessment
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Why It’s So Hard to Invest With a Social Conscience
For those so inclined, the good news is this: There are more opportunities than ever to invest with a conscience. One firm, Wealthfront, will even let you strip individual American companies that rub you the wrong way from one of the index-fund-like portfolios it creates for you.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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New Women-Led RIA to Focus on Impact Investing: Portfolio Products
“Nia Impact Capital is the next step in our evolution and is inspired by our mission to create world-class impact investing solutions with an emphasis on women,” Hull said in a statement. “Our team is focused on supporting wealth professionals to meet the growing interest from their clients to align their wealth and their values.”
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- Investing
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- North America