Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The post Food-waste solutions for climate change are ripe for catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It is by now abundantly clear that the climate crisis is no longer a future concern. It’s happening now, and we must act.

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3BL Media

MARCH 7, 2022

alone, fully one in six gallons of the fresh water we produce is wasted through old, leaky, deteriorating infrastructure, equaling 6 billion gallons of treated water wasted every single day before it has a chance to be consumed or otherwise put to productive use. In fact, 2.2 In the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

We can also reclaim waste materials like shingles or drywall to be part of the circular economy.”. Co-operators puts more than 21% of their invested assets, more than $2.6 billion, into impact investments that aim to solve pressing environmental and social challenges.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Featured: Building a personal portfolio of impact investments in the creative economy. The post The Brief: Creative portfolios, digitizing doctors, women’s livelihoods, immigrant founders, plastic waste, moves from Bridgewater, BlackRock and New York Common appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Prudential’s $1 billion portfolio of impact investments offers a blueprint for institutional investors. The post The Brief: Prudential’s billion-dollar blueprint, sustainable alt-leather, prison education, stormwater and waste reduction bonds, Carlyle’s strategy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

APRIL 19, 2024

For example, through Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, we have a goal of investing $20 million in women and $20 million in African American/Black entrepreneurs. And through our $175 million Impact Investment Fund, increased by $75 million in 2023, we’re supporting entrepreneurs in underserved communities, both locally and nationally.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 26, 2024

In South and Southeast Asia, a cottage industry of plastics recyclers has bubbled up to process the waste collected by thousands of women. The post Second Muse adds ‘plastic credits’ to the global effort to combat pollution and waste appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2021

15 – Commercial and catalytic investors poured $5 billion this year into technology and tools to reduce food waste solutions, and are. The post Food-waste solutions are a big business – and a big opportunity to stem climate change appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is warning of a new trend in waste crime after two abandoned trailers full of waste appeared in the central belt in recent weeks. Similar instances of waste being placed into trailers and being abandoned at roadsides and industrial locations has been seen in England over recent months.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 15, 2024

The six startups in climate tech accelerator Carbon13’s latest cohort will receive £120,000 pre-seed investment as part of the 20-week Venture Launchpad. The post Carbon13 invests in a half-dozen startups tackling emissions and waste appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

MAY 2, 2024

We manage our day-to-day facility operations to reduce our climate impact through energy efficiency, water conservation, waste management and a continued focus on our carbon footprint. We’ve also invested in refrigerant recovery and reduction, and in using more eco-friendly options.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

A major milestone was seemingly reached in late July with the registration of the 100th waste management project to the Circular Action Hub (CAH) , an innovative platform launched 12 months ago by UK and Brazil based not-for-profit, BVRio. The PREVENT Waste Alliance has provided funding to a number of projects on the hub.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 22, 2024

On the whole, Mastercard Strive programs are supporting small businesses to reduce or eliminate single-use plastic packaging, facilitate their participation in the circular economy, and assess their impact on environmental and social issues. Participating in the circular economy Thousands of tons of unnecessary waste are created each year.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

What’s more surprising is the growing number of examples in The post The Brief: Opportunity Zones’ homegrown impact, underrepresented Nordics, ethical jewelry, waste to fuel, stock market climate mandates appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Blue economy-related activities encompass a wide variety of area, including renewable energy, fisheries, maritime transport, tourism, and waste management. UBS stated that it has identified investible markets worth more than $1.1

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ESG Today

JULY 10, 2024

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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3BL Media

APRIL 17, 2024

Impactful commitments and growth metrics notated in the report include: Delivering financial security and expanding financial access: Driven by its mission to improve lives through financial security, the company increased its Impact Investment Fund to $175M to expand access to capital for entrepreneurs in underserved communities; and continued efforts (..)

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3BL Media

APRIL 29, 2024

We manage our day-to-day facility operations to reduce our climate impact through energy efficiency, water conservation, waste management and a continued focus on our carbon footprint. Our commitment to sustainability carries through to the design of our spaces, our investment strategy and the investment products we offer consumers.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Planet A Founding Partner Lena Thiede, who leads the scientific impact measurement, said: “Many funds look at CO2 emissions only. We go beyond climate mitigation and also look at biodiversity protection, resource savings, and waste reduction.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sanch Gupta and Milton Calderon Donefer have saved 52,000 pounds of food from going to waste and delivered more than 60,000 meals to homeless shelters in eight cities. million tonnes of plastic waste over the following decade. I firmly believe in waste reduction and working on leaving the world a better place than I found it,” he says.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 8, 2024

First Place Repairing Electronics: A Circular Economy Solution for Reducing E-Waste and Building Resilience in Rural Africa In our top-voted article of 2023, Sofia Ollvid at SolarAid explores a SolarAid program that is training technicians in Africa to repair solar devices, offering a promising solution to the problem of electronic waste.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This includes direct investments in battery storage, grid support, renewable fuel, waste reduction, and water conservation, among other areas. The firm has more than 17,000 megawatts of operational, construction and development stage renewable energy supply capacity across its three focus regions.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: With more capital being directed to meet urgent social and environmental needs, demand for individuals with an impact mindset is growing. If your business is looking to better understand the current demand for impact talent in the infrastructure space, please get in touch with Ian at ian.povey-hall@acre.com.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It uses an electrochemical reactor that takes in carbon dioxide from waste or captured directly from the air and uses a metal catalyst and electricity to split the CO2 and water and recombine the elements into different chemicals.

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ESG Today

MAY 21, 2024

Based on its parent index, MSCI ACWI Index, the benchmark includes large and mid-cap stocks from 23 Developed Markets (DM) and 24 Emerging Markets (EM) countries, and aims to represent the performance of companies consistent with specific values and climate change based criteria, and meeting a high level of ESG performance, such as environmental opportunity, (..)

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Investors are increasingly considering sustainability beyond the risk management lens, with the global impact investing market reaching an estimated US$1.64 Increasing sophistication There is little likelihood or demand for a ‘one size fits all’ model for impact investing. With an average 3.5

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3BL Media

MAY 6, 2022

She explained how Cisco is moving from a linear economy, a single-use model that generates a lot of waste, to a circular economy, where we are reducing resource consumption. Waste should be a resource, but we need to be able to connect the materials, components, or products someone doesn’t need to someone who does, in a usable form.

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ESG Today

JULY 1, 2022

Holcim is developing new types of cements , increasing the use of waste-based fuels, and operating pilot plants where unavoidable carbon emissions are captured. Stephanie Bilo, Chief Client & Investment Solutions Officer at responsAbility, said: “The urgency of decarbonization requires investors to take credible action.

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

Georgina Sell, Principal Consultant - Sustainable & Impact Investing at Acre, said: "It was exciting to see that there was a lot more participation at COP this year from corporates, particularly private and investment firms, and we have started to understand the impact of this on hiring trends.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Decreased operational costs Sustainable investments often lead to more efficient operations, particularly in terms of energy use, water consumption, and waste management. Another way companies reduce operational costs is through investing in a sustainable supply chain.

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James Militzer

MARCH 13, 2025

For example, consider an agricultural cooperative that works to address hunger by providing training and logistical support to farmers, helping them improve food distribution and minimize waste.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

It is possible to design out waste , so we are re-building products from used ones. 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 aim to transform our business to extend the useful life of our products and provide ongoing services.

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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.

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Cisco CSR

APRIL 28, 2022

She explained how Cisco is moving from a linear economy, a single-use model that generates a lot of waste, to a circular economy, where we are reducing resource consumption. Waste should be a resource, but we need to be able to connect the materials, components, or products someone doesn’t need to someone who does, in a usable form.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

The list of leading impact investment focused PE firms is presented according to the SDG goals they are associated with, however, all of these firms have a set of interests that extend beyond the category of their primary concern. . Factor[e] focuses on clean energy, cleantech, climate change, sustainable agriculture, water and waste.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

5 – Generate Capital, founded in 2014 by Jigar Shah and other renewable energy veterans, builds, owns and operates green power, transportation, water and waste management facilities and sells the services to Walmart, Whole Foods, New York City and other customers. ImpactAlpha, Feb.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Since these skills are often far removed from their core expertise, their stress is palpable — especially when faced with investors who, despite their impact-oriented rhetoric, are still searching for the next unicorn. This is not just a loss for the entrepreneurs involved but for all of us.

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