3BL Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Investing in equality for women can potentially increase a company’s—and your portfolio’s—bottom line. DESCRIPTION: By Lily Trager, Wealth Management, Director of Impact Investing. While COVID-19 has impacted all of us, it has disproportionately affected women, especially women of color. Our expert explains. 14 US Pat.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: We recently published our annual Global Impact Summary Report, which reviews key developments in our Global Impact strategy, launched in 2018 with the goal of investing behind scalable, commercial solutions that seek to solve global challenges. By Ken Mehlman, Robert W. SOURCE: KKR. Learn more: [link].

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3BL Media

APRIL 6, 2022

Essity’s target to reduce carbon emissions was approved by the Science Based Targets initiative for the first time in 2018. Investments in and development of new business models in addition to green solutions attract more customers and consumers. Investment decisions consider both financial and environmental impact.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

CLP's private-equity Closed Loop Leadership Fund , launched in 2018, counts Nestlé, Microsoft and Nuveen among its investors.). "I For traditional investors, sustainability with a sound return on investment is key, according to David Haddad, managing director and co-head of impact investing at Nuveen , a subsidiary of TIAA. "We

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3BL Media

JULY 2, 2024

In addition to the positive climate impact, the removal of smoke from cooking with wood will have significant health outcomes on women and children. Related resources: Impact Investing Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia About ATEC ATEC is a global leader in IoT-enabled electric stoves which connects households to global carbon markets.

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Digitalization Digital Transformation Decarbonize Impact Investing 162

James Militzer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Its success shows that fintech companies can achieve strong financial returns and impact at the same time. However, while financial access is crucial, it does not guarantee financial inclusion or improved living standards — something that must be taken into account by both impact-focused startups and their investors.

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Impact Investing Digitalization Global Economy Development 128

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Ten days earlier, seven Ontario youth appeared in court virtually to challenge the provincial government’s decision to gut its climate targets in 2018. “We In 2018, Watts co-founded an accelerator for young people in low-income, high-climate-risk countries working on climate start-ups. That’s the power of compounded action,” she says.

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Just Capital

JUNE 30, 2023

The ETF was launched in 2018 in partnership with Goldman Sachs Asset Management to track the top 50% of Russell 1000 companies according to the priorities of the American public. “A lot of arguments against ESG are actually arguments against impact investing which, unlike ESG disclosures, actually does seek specific outcomes.”

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Neither the world’s financial firepower nor the impact of climate change is spread evenly, which means funding the transition to net zero is much harder and more urgent for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) compared to developed ones. . If asset owners can feel confident that their capital will make a difference. .

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3BL Media

MARCH 5, 2024

That makes the roughly $4 trillion US municipal bond market fertile ground for impact investing. Challenges like supplying clean water and improving access to quality healthcare can both be tackled through environmentally, socially, and financially productive investments in communities and institutions.

Impact Investing 162

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They involve a wide range of subjects, including digital finance (and how it can reach lower-income segments); energy access (and the lack of funding that’s holding it back); and impact investing (and the measurement and gender equity challenges that have sparked criticism of the sector). CAPTCHA. Δ

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Digitalization Impact Investing Development Climate Change 98

3BL Media

MAY 2, 2022

This includes a 32% reduction in Scope 1+2 emissions (target: 80%) and a 77% 1 reduction in Scope 3 emissions (target: 20%) from a 2018 baseline. Social Impact. Investing in our people. degrees Celsius.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

billion in global agtech deal activity in 2018. Australia claimed only $29 million of the $16.9 The founders of agtech startup consulting firm AgThentic want to fill Australia’s agtech capital gap with a new venture fund, Tenacious Ventures.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In the impact investing space, the Global Impact Investing Network’s IRIS+ offers a standardised impact measurement system that has been widely adopted across the industry.

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Development Impact Investing Banking Social Sustainability 118

3BL Media

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Merck was previously recognized in 2018 for its leadership in the fight against Ebola, and in 2020 for its impact investing program. This recognition marks the third time in five years that Merck has been included on Fortune’s Change the World list.

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3BL Media

JULY 28, 2023

After three years in that group I moved to New York in 2018 and after spending time back in Sales with a broader remit as Sales Manager and COO, I joined the newly formed ESG Product team (the Sustainable Finance Solutions group) when Bloomberg was beginning to make big investments in this area.

Analytics 130

Analytics Impact Investing Climate Change Development 130

James Militzer

JULY 18, 2024

Who has the power in impact-focused enterprise? In 2018, Galen Welsch, co-founder and CEO of the Africa-based social enterprise Jibu , wrestled with this question in a widely read NextBillion article , which readers voted as one of the most influential articles published on the site that year. The second step?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

DESCRIPTION: In 2021, we continued to migrate our impact investing through our Sustainable Futures strategy, as we completed the Mondel?z SOURCE: Mondel?z z International. z International Foundation multiyear program to help children and families adopt lifelong healthy habits. z International Foundation (MIF). The Mondel?z

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3BL Media

AUGUST 9, 2022

Cisco Foundation has made a grant to the nonprofit VP Data Commons and a social impact investment to the for-profit Vibrant Planet, which together total US$1M. When the big fire season in 2018 hit California, I started talking to climate scientists I knew about the intersection between climate change and land management.

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 29, 2022

That’s why the Cisco Foundation announced a new 10-year, US$100 million commitment to fund nonprofit grants and impact investing in climate solutions. But we can begin with meaningful steps and thoughtful use of technology to lessen our impact on the planet. Sustainability in healthcare . 2 The U.S.

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3BL Media

APRIL 22, 2022

This includes a 32% reduction in Scope 1+2 emissions (target: 80%) and a 77% 1 reduction in Scope 3 emissions (target: 20%) from a 2018 baseline. Social Impact. Investing in our people. Bloomberg invests in data-driven initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion. degrees Celsius.

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Stanford Social Innovation

APRIL 5, 2022

Fortunately, over the last decade, changes in regulation and the growth of the impact investing movement have begun to open the door to creative financing for small businesses and nonprofit organizations alike. The third tier for accredited investors required a minimum investment of $50,000, with annual interest of 5 percent.

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Stanford Social Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2022

Living Cities, a consortium of major US foundations and financial institutions, is an investor in the Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund recently launched by two California-based organizations, Project Equity , a nonprofit focused on business transitions to employee ownership, and Mission Driven Finance , an impact investment firm.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Are there credible investment opportunities? Last year, Morgan Stanley published a report in which it identified sustainable aquaculture as one of four big opportunities for ocean impact investment – alongside decarbonising the maritime industry, marine solutions to protect ecosystems, and marine renewable energy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

The manager’s Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) drew on the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) IRIS+ framework to review credible agriculture-related listed measurable objectives and impacts, identifying those which best correlated with the sustainable ambitions of the Cibus. .

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Impact Investing Waste Development Net Zero 52

Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

in 2018, to 8.6% Circular economy in decline Recent research from Circularity Gap found that the circular economy is in decline with rising material extraction. In fact, it has shrunk from 9.1% in 2020, and now 7.2%

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Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 12, 2022

Another distinction is that ESG investment considers ESG factors to have financial implications, as opposed to only ethical ones. In other words, a positive impact is valued above financial returns. Originally published by S&S on November 20, 2018. The second issue to sort out is measurement. Image courtesy of Flickr.

Climate Change 52

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Similarly, the International Finance Corporation, in its 2018 paper “ Digital Access: The Future of Financial Inclusion in Africa ,” reports that “Africa is home to more digital financial services deployments than any other region in the world, with almost half of the nearly 700 million individual users worldwide.”

Digitalization 124

Digitalization Banking Development Supply Chain 124

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Recommendations made by the impact advisory firm were included in the report, with Snowball publishing its responses and intended next steps alongside. . It is the third report in a series setting out Snowball’s approach to measuring and managing impact. .

Impact Investing 52

Impact Investing Net Zero Development 52

James Militzer

JULY 18, 2022

Information and insights from Energy Access India, a USAID-funded project that Miller Center ran between 2015 and 2018. This program aimed to address the most significant barriers to investment for social entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region aiming to develop reliable, affordable, low-carbon solutions that scale.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In a case brought by investor Richard Tonetta, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that the 2018 compensation deal – the biggest in US corporate history – did not satisfy its test of fair price and process, asserting that Tesla’s board had no need to offer the 21.9%

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Around 70 percent of the reduction in child mortality in developing countries between 1950 and 2018 would be expected based only on those countries’ income gains during that period. In the social enterprise and impact investment space, reliance on the “individual as consumer” frame can perhaps be traced back to C.K.

Development 112

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James Militzer

APRIL 10, 2024

In academia, scholars like Cisse and Barrett (2018) have developed the Conditional Moments Approach to assess individual-level resilience, using surveys and econometric techniques — specifically conditional moment functions.

Development 88

Development Climate Change Carbon Offsets Impact Investing 88

Chris Hall

APRIL 6, 2023

A recent report, Rate the Raters 2023 , published by think tank ERM found investor use of ESG rating products was growing, with 43% of investment professionals saying they were required by their employer to integrate ESG ratings and data into their investment strategies compared with just 12% in 2018/19.

Impact Investing 52

Impact Investing Banking Development 52

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2023

“In practice, however, circular economy investing is very much in its infancy within mainstream [investment] portfolios,” says John Ditchfield, Chairman and Co-Founder at Impact Lens. A report published by think tank Circle Economy warned that rising material extraction has shrunk global circularity from 9.1% in 2018 to 7.2%

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

This includes variation in genetic, phenotypic, phylogenetic, and functional attributes, as well as changes in abundance and distribution over time and space within and among species, biological communities and ecosystems.

Climate Change 59

Climate Change UNEP Sustainable Investment Corporate Financiers 59

3BL Media

MAY 15, 2024

Cultivating talent through college completion Since 2018, we’ve partnered with All-In Milwaukee, a college completion and career placement program that supports students through financial aid and advising. Augustine Prep. This will help these schools expand and add about 1,500 quality seats to classrooms over the next few years.

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