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Walmart Foundation Announces Two New Grants To Help Smallholder Farmers in India
Both grantees will focus on increasing opportunities for women farmers via farmer producer organizations (FPOs).
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- Agriculture, Finance, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: Clean-energy optimism soars as world struggles with the pandemic’s fallout
Investors see big business opportunities building renewable energy projects in emerging markets. This solar farm in the Mexican state of Chihuahua started operating in 2018.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Viewpoint: Off-Grid Solar Is Vital for Driving Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery
The last compilation report in the Powering Opportunity Series highlights the wide-ranging benefits of solar home systems (SHS) and why the impact and potential of the off-grid solar sector must be protected.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Press Release: GameAbove Capital Venture Fund Launched
CapStone Holdings is launching the fund now in part to provide further stability for companies during these uncertain times due to the impacts of the coronavirus and to add further value to enterprises successfully engaged in environmental solutions and sustainability.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Investing
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Press Release: DOMINI Launches the Domini Sustainable Solutions Fund to Help Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges
Domini Impact Investments LLC, a U.S. pioneer in the impact investing field, is pleased to announce the recent launch of the Domini Sustainable Solutions Fund, a new mutual fund dedicated to investing in innovative, solution-oriented companies contributing solutions to global sustainability challenges.
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- Investing
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Viewpoint: Downturn Signals Opportunity for Climate-Aligned Investing
Demand for sustainable ETFs has grown since the market downturn. Recent analysis from BlackRock highlights how sustainable ETFs keep attracting assets, in comparison with traditional ETFs, which are experiencing outflows in light of the market selloff. As of March 24, net inflows to sustainable ETFs had reached $14 billion, exceeding half of the 2019 total amount.
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- Coronavirus, Environment, Investing
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Press Release: US SIF Foundation Opens 2020 Survey On US Sustainable And Impact Investing Trends
The internationally referenced Trends report provides data on the scope of sustainable investing by US asset managers and institutional investors as well as insights on the ESG issues they consider.
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- Investing
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- North America
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Coronavirus Resources for the Social Impact Sector [UPDATED 10/19]
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses everywhere to make difficult decisions – and the stakes are particularly high for companies in low- and middle-income countries. To help deliver actionable information to these enterprises and other social impact organizations, NextBillion has launched this regularly updated resource page, with COVID-19-related news, analysis, events, funding opportunities and more.
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- Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship
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