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‘Not just for profit – but for survival’: CEO Amit Bouri discusses the GIIN’s bold call for all investors to tackle the SDGs
The Global Impact Investing Network launched an audacious campaign last month to mobilize investors behind the Sustainable Development Goals. Declaring that “this investment is not just for profit – but for survival,” GIIN CEO Amit Bouri asked that “every investor not already involved make at least one SDG-focused impact investment” – and called on them to start immediately. We spoke with Bouri about the challenges and opportunities that will arise if the investing community heeds the call.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Ban Announces Launch of New Partnership Platform to Support Financing for Sustainable Development Goals
Announcing the launch today of a new platform for scaling up innovative finance solutions to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the initiative can help in identifying and piloting innovative finance instruments that can drive investment and support well thought-out SDG interventions.
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- Uncategorized
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- financial inclusion, SDGs
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GSMA Publishes Report Detailing the Mobile Industry’s Impact in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
At today’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current assessment of the mobile industry’s impact in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and outlines future actions that will expand and strengthen that impact. The GSMA also announced several industry commitments, including actions to elevate the focus on humanitarian assistance, as well as a partnership with the UN to drive ongoing engagement around the SDGs across the mobile industry and adjacent sectors.
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- Technology
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Safaricom Pioneers Adoption of UN’s SDG’s in Kenya’s IT Sector
Safaricom’s has successfully integrated a customised shared prosperity and responsible business initiative across the firm making the telecom the first IT local company to adopt the United Nations fronted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) in Kenya.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Closing the $2.5 Trillion Gap: How blended finance can help achieve the SDGs
The UN estimates it will take $3.9 trillion a year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Based on current global development spending, that implies an annual funding shortfall of $2.5 trillion. Convergence describes how blended finance can bring together private and public investors to fill that gap.
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- Investing
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- impact investing, SDGs
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Catalytic Finance Initiative Brings Together Banks and Investors, Directs $8 Billion in Capital for High-Impact Sustainable Projects
A consortium of leading financial institutions and investors today announced a new partnership under the Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) to direct $8 billion in total commitments toward high-impact sustainable investments. Partners joining the CFI include AllianceBernstein (AB); Babson Capital Management LLC, a subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual); Crédit Agricole CIB; European Investment Bank (EIB); HSBC Group; International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group; and Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Group, all of which have pledged capital and expertise to develop and advance innovative financing structures for investments in clean energy and other sustainability focused projects. In addition, the Aligned Intermediary, representing a group of long-term institutional investors, will collaborate on specific investment opportunities with members of the partnership. This announcement follows last year’s ratification of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the historic climate agreement in Paris. It aims to promote the SDG objectives, including acting on climate change and advancing access to clean energy and water.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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The Case for a ‘Greater’ Private Sector Role in Family Planning
The past year can be considered a momentous period for global development. Several major crosscutting and comprehensive agreements — including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement — will serve as blueprints for the world's development journey in the coming decades.
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- Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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- SDGs
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Viewpoint: 3 Ingredients to Ensure Health and Well-Being for All in Emerging Economies
As part of society, all of us — including companies — have an obligation to contribute to the positive state of the world. There is great opportunity in aligning business objectives with societal challenges and to create business solutions that generate both financial as well as lasting social impact. For example, Sustainable Development Goal 3, achieving healthy lives for all, is a major global challenge that needs to be addressed, and even more so in emerging economies where access to quality, affordable health care is not a given. But this challenge is not insurmountable.
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- Health Care
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- SDGs
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