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US Government Backs Water Unite Impact to Fund the Water Sector’s Missing Middle in Emerging Markets
WUI is managed by Wellers Impact, an FCA-authorised impact investment manager with offices in London and Nairobi.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Press Release: OPEC Fund Approves Close to $1.2 Billion New Development Funding
The funding will support smallholder farmers and businesses, promote the construction of resilient infrastructure, provide clean water & sanitation solutions and increase climate resilience.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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WaterEquity Announces $100 Million+ Raised for New Impact Fund Focused on Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
This investment milestone marks a pivotal moment of collective action among diverse investors to use investment as a tool to advance a water-positive future.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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Water Scarcity Can’t be Solved by a Single Sector: How Businesses and NGOs Can Work Together to Advance Water Security
Around the world, 2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and a staggering 3.6 billion people lack basic sanitation, as of 2021. Amelia Metcalf at Water Unite argues that the vast scale of these challenges has created an urgent need for collaborative action between water-focused non-profits/NGOs and for-profit businesses, especially corporations and larger enterprises. She explains how this sort of partnership can deliver benefits to both sides — while offering a key opportunity to combat water scarcity at a global scale.
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- Environment, Investing, WASH
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Food Safety Scandal Rocks China as Report Claims Cooking Oil Carried in Same Trucks as Fuel
The scandal implicates China’s largest grain storage and transport company Sinograin, and private conglomerate Hopefull Grain and Oil Group.
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- Agriculture, WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Report: Financially Self-Sustaining and Inclusive Social Entrepreneurial Approach Provides Access to Safe Water in Kenya
The SWE kiosks serve water to over 33,000 people across seven Kenyan counties at affordable prices.
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- Social Enterprise, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Opinion: Access to Clean Water—Confronting a Deadly Inequity
Despite the urgent need, funding for programs that help provide safe water and sanitation to at-risk communities is severely short.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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The African Development Finance Fund Grants $46 Million to Finance Water and Sanitation in Borana, Ethiopia
According to the ADF, this funding will enable the construction and optimisation of water production and transport systems in the region.
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- Technology, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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