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The Brief: Overheard at the GIIN forum, smallholder coffee, smart grids, recyclable fashion, data-driven healthcare, OPIC woes

Impact Alpha

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Feeling the heat: Overheard at the Global Impact Investing Network investor forum. More than 1,000 impact investors and other Agents of Impact filled up the vast Beurs Van Berlage in the center of Amsterdam on Wednesday for the Global Impact Investing Network’s investor forum.

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North Sky Raises $250 Million for Private Equity Impact Fund

ESG Today

Founded in 2000, North Sky aims to create positive social and environmental impact while generating strong financial returns, by investing in its two flagship investment strategies, impact secondaries (private equity) and sustainable infrastructure (direct). North Sky launched its first Impact Secondaries fund in 2013.

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Can AI terminate climate change.or is it an even greater threat?

Corporate Knights

They can be found in domains as disparate as smart grids, manufacturing, transit, renewable energy, agriculture and biodiversity monitoring, as well as the forecasting techniques used in climate change models. “A A ton of climate tech companies are working on solutions that leverage AI.

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The Plan for Possible: How Cisco is Connecting a Regenerative Future

3BL Media

We have a plan: It is possible to power the world with affordable clean energy , so we are helping to digitize smart grids and smart buildings. We believe that future is possible, and Cisco can help get us there. It is possible to design out waste , so we are re-building products from used ones.

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Southern Company: 2024 Year in Review

3BL Media

Initiated in 2010 as part of the Department of Energys Smart Grid Investment Grant, this project has prevented nearly seven million outage minutes from the beginning of 2023 through May 2024. In 2024 we reported: $201 million to advance racial equity and social justice in our communities since 2021. per share.

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