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Why impact investment could soon be a trillion-dollar industry
By the end of the decade, impact investment has the potential to reach $1 trillion (£600 billion) and deliver significant social benefits, according to Jennifer Kenning, director of wealth management and spearhead of impact investing at US wealth management firm Aspiriant.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Investing in Africa: the imperative to invest sustainably
There is no one way to do business in Africa. But through exploring both the opportunities and the challenges experienced by companies operating successfully in Africa, a number of key lessons can be unearthed.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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How Do You Measure the Bottom Line for Impact Investing?
Since 1993, when I was at the Yale School of Management, to my work with the Calvert Funds and Foundation and now with my company Honest Tea, I’ve been a part of hundreds of discussions and debates about how to evaluate the return on an impact investment.
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- Impact Assessment
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Investing in Private Health Care for All in India
India is in the midst of the world's largest experiment in democratic elections, with more than 800 million people eligible to vote in its current parliamentary elections.
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- Health Care, Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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Social Enterprises in India Received $1.6 B in 14 years
Of the USD 1.6 billion invested in the country since 2000, USD 435 million was made by dedicated impact investors like Aavishkar, Omidyar Network among others, the report by social advisory firm Intellecap said.
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- Impact Assessment
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- South Asia
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- impact investing
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eKutir’s VeggieLite gains Gates Foundation grant
eKutir’s new project VeggieLite is a recipient of Grand Challenges India 2014, supported by the Gates Foundation, USAID and DBT, the Indian government’s anti-poverty scheme.
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- Agriculture, Environment, Health Care
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SOURCE Initiative Links Entrepreneurs and Investors to Bolster Businesses that Benefit Low-Wealth Americans
A new initiative that discovers business solutions to social issues by linking entrepreneurs with investment capital and mentoring was announced today by The Hitachi Foundation, Village Capital, and Investors' Circle.
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- Impact Assessment
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- impact investing
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Building the Impact Investing Market in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The impact investment market is extremely diverse and the DFID Impact Fund is distinctive
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- Impact Assessment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- impact investing
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