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‘Socially Responsible’ Investing Has Beaten the S&P 500 for Decades
Socially responsible investing is gaining major traction, thanks in part to the emergence in the U.S. of “impact investing,” a concept that started in the U.K.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Socially Responsible Investors Focus Most on the Environment
Investors who wish to promote social responsibility are most focused on the environment and invest accordingly, according to a new Spectrem Group study.
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- Environment
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Study: Less Than Half of Foundations Use Impact Investing
The survey found that 41 percent of respondents said their foundations currently use impact investing, 6 percent plan to in the future, and 20 percent don’t plan to.
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PRESS RELEASE: OPIC awards seven clients Impact Awards for excellence in development
OPIC recognized seven clients for excellence in development at its May 19 Impact Awards. Clients were recognized for projects that bring electricity to remote villages in India, financial services to small businesses in the Middle East, affordable education to poor families in Sub-Saharan Africa and much more.
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- Impact Assessment
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World Bank Group President Pledges Up to $11 Billion in Support to Indonesia
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim pledged up to $11 billion in new financing in the next three to four years to Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world.
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- Asia Pacific
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JPMorgan Chase says $34 million already committed to Detroit
One year after pledging to invest $100 million in Detroit over five years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. says $34 million has so far been committed in the Motor City.
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- Impact Assessment
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Silicon Valley’s Clean Tech Investors Eyeing Sustainable Food, Experts Say
Food is becoming the epicenter of the growing responsible investment movement in the San Francisco Bay area's Silicon Valley, panelists said during the impact investing discussion at Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Food Institute last week.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Cambridge University to Adopt Ethical Approach to Multibillion-Dollar Fund
One of the world’s oldest—and richest—universities has decided to adopt a more “ethical” approach to investing its multibillion-dollar endowment fund.
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- Education
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing