James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most of these pieces explore businesses, technologies and investment approaches that have demonstrated their positive impact — but that are falling short in maximizing it. Can Access to Smartphones Bridge the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa? Savings-Led Digital Finance: The Dawn of a New Era?

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Digitalization Impact Investing Development Climate Change 98

James Militzer

MAY 2, 2024

Arya’s solution enables farmers across India — whether they’re rural or closer to cities — to safely warehouse their goods, secure financing, and make their produce available to larger buyers around the country via a digital marketplace. Photo courtesy of CCAFS/2014/Prashanth Vishwanathan.

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Digitalization Banking Development Impact Investing 119

James Militzer

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We’ve seen three approaches that successful SGBs had in common: 1) they developed adaptable supply chains, 2) they built out domestic sales channels, and 3) they digitized aspects of their businesses. Embracing Digitization. Additionally, digitization puts many organizations on the map in terms of attracting investments.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Digitalization Shipping 98

Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We looked at spending across the social impact sector; including government , global and domestic philanthropy, and S-themed ESG assets under management; and found that globally we are spending an extraordinary amount of money—roughly $72 trillion annually—making social spending the world’s largest financial market.

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Academics Analytics Development Impact Investing 109

Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s important to realise that food and agriculture is a sleepy backwater, when it comes to technology and digital integration – it’s way behind other industries in terms of technological disruption.” Winds of change Prior to 2014, there was no risk capital available for agrifood tech, says Cooper.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

To turn her love of nature from a hobby into a career, Adams joined MetLife as a sustainability intern in 2014. Her crowning achievement, so far at least, was building Our Green Impact. Robotics, additive manufacturing, digital platforms, artificial intelligence, retrofits and prefabrication are all on the table. Elsa Wenzel.

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Waste Climate Change Supply Chain Supply Chains 109