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BNP Paribas AM Establishes €800 Million Venture and Impact Platform

ESG Today

As part of the reorganization, the firm also announced the appointment of Marinus Oosterbeek and Vincent Baillin as Managing Directors at Opera Tech Ventures (OTV), BNP Paribas Groups venture capital fund dedicated to the transformation of the financial industry.

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Digital Adoption Essential for Financial Health and Resilience of Small Businesses Globally

3BL Media

Findings from a four-year program between Accion and Mastercard demonstrate importance of accelerating digital transformation. The findings demonstrate the importance of accelerating the digital transformation of small businesses, which account for 90 percent of businesses worldwide and create seven out of 10 jobs in emerging markets.

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ICYMI, the Path to Net Zero is Getting Steeper

Chris Hall

But scrutiny and transparency have to be welcomed, especially by those providing the tools to help others on the path to net zero; through the ongoing digital transformation, these can now be more easily supported than ever before.

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Why Social Enterprises Struggle to Measure Impact – And What Impact Investors Can Do About It

James Militzer

This article shares what we learned this year from this unique dataset, highlighting current impact measurement practices in the financial inclusion sector, gaps in these practices, and what the impact investing community can do to better design its measurement practices, products and services. .

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Nora’s Digitalization Challenges: What the MSE Sector Can Learn From the Digital Journey of a Woman Entrepreneur in Peru

James Militzer

They require satisfactory user experiences as a precondition to build trust in the digital ecosystem and trigger behavioral changes that can increase their willingness to digitalize. Photo courtesy of Fundación Capital.

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Investors at War with Tech Firms on AI

Chris Hall

No one expects an Anduril or a Palantir to avoid developing AI tools for war it would be antithetical to their mission, said Jan Rydzak, Digital Transformation Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA). Employees who protested the deal were fired.

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Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia & Spark+ Africa Closes US$3.75M Series A Investment in ATEC for Global South Expansions

3BL Media

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.