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Etsy Launches $30 Million Impact Investment Fund

ESG Today

Handmade craft marketplace Etsy announced that launch of the Etsy Impact Investment Fund, allocating $30 million to impact investments targeting economic empowerment and sustainability. The post Etsy Launches $30 Million Impact Investment Fund appeared first on ESG Today.

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Why Investment Funds Don’t Have Enough High-Quality Impact Data (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation

By Sasha Dichter & Aaron Bourke Despite widespread acceptance in impact investing of the need for reliable impact data, funding for producing it lags behind.

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New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation

By Dean Hand & Jacob Tate With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data.

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Bridging Gaps with the Cadence Racial Equity Fund

3BL Media

This blog post explores how this fund contributes to reducing racial inequity, why it matters, and how other companies can get involved. Impact Investing at RBC Global Asset Management. She appreciates the partnership between RBC GAM and Cadence.

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The Benefit Fund (Blog)

Stanford Social Innovation

Martin & Brandon Leppke The next step in impact investing is the Delaware statutory public benefit limited partnership, which provides clarity of definition, assuages fears of greenwashing, and harmonizes manager incentives with public good. By Frank J.

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Land Betterment Impact Minute #43: One World One People With Dr. Byron E. Price

3BL Media

December 6, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, today released Episode #43 of its Impact Minute video blog series.

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Memo to Canadian mutual funds: stop greenwashing with vague ‘ESG integration’ claim

Corporate Knights

The new policy tells the mutual fund industry, in effect, that it’s okay to use ESG integration as an investment tool – just don’t call your fund a responsible investment fund because you use it. ESG integration is a process,” said Fundata Canada vice-president John Krisko, who also serves as CIFSC’s vice-chair, in a company blog. “A