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New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data
"With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data."
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- data, impact investing
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Ending the Vicious Circle in PAYGo Solar: How Companies and Investors Can Move the Sector Toward ‘PAYGo 2.0’
The Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) solar industry is facing decreases in both sales and investment capital, as rising customer default rates are driving a vicious circle of worsened unit economics and higher product prices. However, as Dan Murphy and Willem Nolens at PAYGo Lab explain, some companies are thriving by implementing systems to improve customer selection, education and support — an approach often referred to as "PAYGo 2.0." They analyze the industry’s challenges and share key lessons and best practices that can enhance its operational efficiency, financial resilience and sustainable growth.
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- Energy, Environment, Finance, Investing
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Turn.io Secures $3.15 Million to Power Life-Improving Conversations Across Global South
This investment arrives during a critical growth period for Turn.io, whose chat platform has helped over 200 social impact organizations reach more than 12 million people with life-improving services in 2024.
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- Health Care, Investing
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Analysis: The Low-Hanging Opportunities for Maternal and Newborn Health
"As WHO calls for a "worldwide reinvigoration of efforts to ensure access to high quality care for women and babies," we face a sobering reality: despite knowing what works, critical implementation gaps prevent life-saving interventions from reaching mothers and babies who need them most."
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- Health Care
- Region
- Global
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Chief Executives Say Environment is Their Top Priority, YPO Global Study Reveals
YPO is an organisation of 35,000 members worldwide, representing USD9 trillion of combined revenues and 22 million employees.
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- Environment, Transportation
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- South Asia
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Viewpoint: Entrepreneur as Agent of Social Impact and Its Implications on Development Work
Development work often requires long-term, patient processes that involve gradual community engagement, trust-building, and the slow but steady implementation of programs that address root causes rather than just symptoms.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- impact investing, scale, SDGs, startups, systems change
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Introducing Miller Center for Global Impact: A Bold Step Toward 2030
This change is more than just a new name. It represents an evolution in how they approach impact and a deep commitment to their 2030 strategy.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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- Global
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The Inverse Relationship Between Liquidity and Impact: Results from Toniic’s Groundbreaking 10-Year Study of the Practices of Top Impact Investors
There has long been a debate about whether impact investing must involve a tradeoff between social or environmental impact and financial returns. But as Adam Bendell at Toniic argues, there's a different question that has not garnered as much discussion in the sector: whether investors also face a tradeoff between liquidity and impact. He shares new data from Toniic’s T100 Project — a 10-year study of impact investors' practices and preferences — which shows convincingly that investors need to accept illiquidity for greater impact, and finds plenty of investor appetite for that tradeoff.
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- Investing
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