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High Impact Philanthropy Demands Investing, Not Spending: India’s CSR Act is an opportunity for reframing
India’s new Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) Act will make an additional 15,000 to 20,000 crores (US $2.4 to $3.2 billion) available to the development sector. As great as the need is India, Satyam Darmora, with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, I believes the opportunity is even larger — if it is maximized.
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PRESS RELEASE: TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Kenya, South Africa and Argentina
TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved a total of $9.9 million in trade finance facilities to a Kenyan, a South African and an Argentine company, bringing total financing commitments as of September 29, 2014 to $38.1 million for business expansion and socioeconomic development through its holdings in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia
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Green Divestment Movement Still in Its Infancy Despite Rockefeller Coup
In announcing last week that it would purge its portfolio of fossil fuel investments, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund did more than make a financial decision; it joined a movement.
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How Agent Orange helped spawn the Socially Responsible Investing movement
Sustainable, socially responsible mutual funds would not exist without agent orange.
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Why It’s Hard to Divest From Fossil Fuels (Even If You Want To)
Climate change activists are pushing for investors to get out of carbon polluters. What are the options for individuals using mutual funds?
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Janalakshmi to lead investor rush into India’s microfinance sector
After Janalakshmi's record-breaking deal, Indian MFI sector likely to raise Rs 2,000 crore in FY15
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PRESS RELEASE: IIX announces CGI Commitment to Action on Women’s Impact Bond
Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), a leader in social sector development through impact investing, recently announced its Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action on Women’s Impact Bond (WIB) at the 2014 CGI Annual Meeting.
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What Needs To Happen For Impact Investing To Be The World-Changing Force It Could Be
The idea of investing both for profit and social good has come a long way in the last few years, but the sector still has enormous potential to grow.
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