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Investors Start to Take Climate Change and Other Social Issues Personally
Spurred by extreme weather and new science bolstering fears of catastrophic events, more investors are taking climate change and other societal issues to heart when they decide to where to put their money.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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FEATURED EVENT : TBLI Conference USA – May 29-30
TBLI CONFERENCE USA 2014, invites asset owners, asset managers as well as socially responsible investing specialists and service providers to participate in a rich program on current trends, opportunities and challenges in the impact investing space, is set for May 29-30.
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‘Analytical approach’ needed to rethink investment in global health
To reduce overall mortality rates, where should global health investments go? It’s more about understanding the specifics that are the root causes of the mortality rather than whether to investment in this or that country, according to Dr. Mark Grabowsky, chief operating officer at the Office of the U.N. Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and for Malaria.
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- Health Care
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World Economic Forum on Africa attracts N12.9 trillion investments – organiser
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa has attracted over $68 billion(about N12.9 trillion) in investment to the African continent, Dr Philipp Rosler, the Managing Director of the Forum, said in a closing remarks on Friday in Abuja.
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Weekly Roundup – 5/10/14: Every investment is an “impact investment”
Every investment has a social/environmental impact on some level - a fact that more and more investors are taking into account. We discuss Stanford University’s decision to divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, and a recent J.P. Morgan/GIIN survey of top impact investors, in this roundup.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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7 Things We’ve Learned About Impact Investing in 7 Years
Today, our new e-book, The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good, hit the digital shelves. This e-book has been in the making since 2007, when the term "impact investing" was first coined at a convening hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation at our Bellagio Conference Center. Seven years later, we are proud that impact investments are punching bigger than the weight of those two words, providing a vibrant and viable option for investors looking to generate both financial return and make social or environmental impact.
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Bumps and Slowdowns in UK Social Impact Bonds
At a recent program of Georgetown Law School and Independent Sector on the for-profit social enterprise dynamic in the U.S., the gap between the hype and the reality of social impact bonds was evident
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PRESS RELEASE: Accion Venture Lab Invests in RevolutionCredit
Accion, a pioneer and leader in financial inclusion, today announced an investment in the financial capability and behavioral-credit insight company RevolutionCredit, through Accion Venture Lab, a $10 million initiative dedicated to providing seed capital and management support to financial inclusion start-ups.
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