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Zurich Pledges to Focus 10% of Investments on Delivering ‘Positive Impact’
Insurance group Zurich has revealed plans to plough around $100m into companies and projects that have a positive environmental or social impact.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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- Europe & Eurasia
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- impact investing
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Who cares about socially responsible retirement plans?
Study results and a new tool to screen mutual funds for fossil fuels.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Previewing the Biggest SOCAP Yet: 140+ sessions, 2,500+ attendees – here’s what’s on tap at this year’s event
On Oct. 6-9, SOCAP, the leading conference on social enterprise and impact investing, will gather over 2,500 attendees at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. SOCAP15 will feature more than 140 sessions for learning, connecting and meeting peers and potential partners. NextBillion will be a media partner at the event, and you can take advantage of the $500 discount on registration available to our readers until Sept. 30.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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- impact investing
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GE Healthcare Commits $300M to New Emerging Markets Unit
GE Healthcare said today it will spend $300 million to develop lower-cost technologies and healthcare delivery solutions across multiple care settings in emerging markets through a new business unit.
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- Health Care
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Small Foundations Are Embracing Impact Investing
Paperwork and bureaucracy aren’t just pains in the backside of everyone working at every small business or smaller nonprofit. They’re also barriers to entry — for new people, new ideas and even new sources of capital.Crowdfunding might help level the playing field, but even that has a new set of challenges and limitations. When it comes to improving our cities, who knows how many opportunities to try out new approaches or scale up existing models are falling through the cracks?
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NexThought Monday – Niche or mainstream? Real deal or Hype? : Kevin Jones and Vineet Rai grapple with impact investing’s trajectory
Impact Investing is at a critical moment in its short history. Increased capital flows, positive returns, and a heightened interest from traditional investors are blurring boundaries between what is mainstream and what is impact investing. Kevin Jones, Founder of SOCAP, and Vineet Rai, Founder of Aavishkaar, have opinions on the subject. The two discussed the changing dynamics of impact investing and its future in a webinar.
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Kresge Steps Up Social Investment Strategy, Commits to Invest $350 Million by 2020
The Kresge Foundation's board of trustees has stepped up its social investment plans with a commitment to invest $350 million, or 10 percent of the value of its endowment, in socially beneficial efforts by 2020.
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- Impact Assessment
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New IRS Rule Likely to Make Impact Investing Easier
The Internal Revenue Service took a major step this week to calm grant makers’ fears about taking risks with impact investments, giving them a green light to commit more of their assets to investments that further their missions.
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