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Focusing New ‘Lenses’ in Investing for Change: An Interview With New Calvert Foundation CEO Jenn Pryce
Detroit’s legendary Woodward Avenue is the pipeline into some of the harshest poverty in the United States. It’s also where Calvert Foundation recently teamed up with other funders to build a retail investment vehicle for inner city revitalization. Scott Anderson spoke with Jenn Pryce, Calvert’s new CEO, about this and other initiatives, the evolution of impact investing, and her vision for Calvert.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Oiling the Vaccine Supply Chain: Corporate expertise helps give more kids a shot at a healthy life
About 20 percent of the world’s children go unvaccinated, leading to more than 1.5 million avoidable deaths annually. Many are due to inadequate vaccine delivery systems. A new initiative aims to ease this problem by tapping into global corporations’ supply chain expertise.
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- Health Care
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A Woman’s World – Virtual Offices and Gender Gyms: A new Ashoka Changemakers/GE competition focuses on female business gains in MENA
Women Powering Work: Innovations for Economic Equality in the MENA Region is an an online competition by Ashoka Changemakers and General Electric. They are calling for initiatives that enable women in MENA to achieve economic equality, strengthen their families and communities, and benefit equitably from economic growth.
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