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A stumbling block to growth trips up companies trying to do good
When established social enterprises do secure funding to support their growth it is not necessarily the end to their woes.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy, scale
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Q&A: Bill and Melinda Gates expand on 3 surprises from annual letter
Of the surprises they’ve been confronted with along their journey to philanthropy, the Gates write: “Some worry us. Others inspire us. All of them are prodding us to action. We hope they do the same for you, because that’s how the world gets better.”
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Meet the folk hero of Davos: the writer who told the rich to stop dodging taxes
“It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water, right?” Bregman said. “Just stop talking about philanthropy and start talking about taxes. … We can invite Bono once more, but we’ve got to be talking about taxes. That’s it. Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion.”
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Viewpoint: Misaligned Hiring Priorities Risk Taking The Impact Out Of Impact Investing
There is a risk, however, that the ‘impact’ part of impact investing becomes diluted if the teams behind these funds - whether launched by corporates or established venture investment firms - lack the necessary expertise in creating social change. This is a very real possibility - in researching the hiring preferences of impact investment funds to help students identify routes to careers in the sector, my Stanford GSB colleague Bernadette Clavier and I found that hiring managers don’t value expertise and experience in social change as highly as they should in their decision-making.
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Press release: Women Can Use Impact Investing to Change Capital Markets for the Better, Says New Campaign
“Invest for Better aims to make it easier for women to take action and invest with purpose by addressing their need for information, inspiration, community, and support,” Remmer says. “Even joining the conversation at #investforbetter will connect women to others who are now ramping up or already leading the way.”
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Open the Spigot: The Way We Think About Impact Investing is Too Narrow
You hear about it all the time in impact investing reports, articles and blogs: The lack of deal flow. But Tanner Taddeo of ChangeSquare believes the industry's challenge isn't a lack of investible companies, but rather the industry’s narrow definition of impact and how it "blinds" investors to companies that are creating impact in other industries and geographies. Taking a more holistic, rather than plug-and-play approach, will contribute to a broadening definition of impact and subsequently open the spigot for deals, he argues.
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How to Become an Impact Investor: Five Tips to Align Your Investments With Your Values
Using investments to leverage philanthropy is one of the most promising approaches to helping solve the world’s social and environmental challenges — while also meeting financial objectives. And though the impact investing landscape and its lexicon and metrics can seem daunting at times, getting started is actually quite simple, says Michael Tiedemann, CEO of Tiedemann Advisors. He shares some key takeaways for new investors to consider, based on his company’s experiences with a range of impact investors.
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- Investing
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Press release: Mastercard and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce ‘Data Science for Social Impact’ with Initial $50 Million Commitment
The collaborative was announced at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, with an initial commitment of $50 million from The Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Impact Fund over five years and an invitation to other companies and philanthropies to join.
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- Technology
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- data, philanthropy
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