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“Massive Move” to Impact Investing Underway – BNP Paribas 

Chris Hall

The asset manager’s latest survey highlighted a growing trend towards impact investing, with investors looking to take a more “holistic approach” to ESG-related investments. Estimates vary widely on the current size of the global impact investing market due largely to a lack of consensus on how impact investing is defined.

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Northwestern Mutual Sustainability and Social Impact: Investing in Our Communities

3BL Media

Since 2017, we’ve awarded nearly $2 million in scholarships to more than 260 scholars. For more than a decade, we’ve partnered with Milwaukee’s Amani, Metcalfe Park, and Muskego Way neighborhoods to create long-term impact, investing more than $15 million toward sustainable transformation and economic empowerment.

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Working Capital Fund Releases 2022 Annual Report: Impact Investment Is Buliding Equitable Supply Chains

3BL Media

The report presents evidence of how investments in technology-driven startups have led to scaled impact on issues that matter to marginalized workers and their employers, as well as the brands that source products around the world.

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AllianceBernstein: Municipal Impact Investing: The First Step Is Identifying the Need

3BL Media

But if we overlay meal program participation rates with enrollment trends from 2017 to 2021, another troubling pattern emerges: the same communities that heavily rely on subsidized school lunches—60% and up—also struggle the most to keep their students in classrooms.

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AllianceBernstein: Municipal Impact Investing - Bonds That Transform Our Communities

3BL Media

A large city that started their lead service on replacement back in 2017—they're still slated to finish this project in about 70 years’ time. MU: There's been a couple of large, you know, large cities in the Midwest. But unfortunately, they're still up against large funding needs, right?

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There are more CEOs named Michael than female CEOs in Canada

Corporate Knights

Diana van Maasdijk, CEO at Equileap, noted that there’s been “steady improvement” since the launch of the organization’s first annual report in 2017, but overall progress on equality has been “painfully slow.”. France topped the ranking with a gender equality score of 52%, followed by Spain and Italy.

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Impact Investment Exchange closes second Women’s Livelihoods Bond at $12 million

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, January 27 – Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) launched its Women’s Livelihood Bond series in 2017 to help low-income women in Southeast Asia transition to sustainable livelihoods. Proceeds raised through the bond offering are invested in financial institutions and social enterprises supporting women.