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Where Will JPMorgan Chase Put Its 200 Billion Green Dollars?
JP Morgan Chase aims to funnel a staggering $200 billion into sustainability efforts by 2025, primarily by supporting wind and solar projects around the world; but a sustainable economy needs more than just renewable energy. It needs healthy forests, farms, and fields; and the bank has a history of supporting the restoration economy that supports these.
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- Investing
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- North America
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- impact investing
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INTERVIEW: How we contribute to tackling poverty, inequality in Nigeria, globally – President, Ford Foundation
In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, and business correspondent, Oladeinde Olawoyin, he speaks on poverty reduction, inequality, impact assessment, a $12.5 billion endowment Nigeria may benefit from and other social interventions put in place by the Ford Foundation.
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- Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: Why Socially Responsible Investing Is Not for Me
About one-fifth of all assets under management in the U.S. now include some ESG component, according to the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, and some 500 mutual and exchange-traded funds now practice some form of socially conscious investing.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Five Keys to Raising Social Enterprises’ ‘Talent Quotient’
Working toward social impact is a people business, but many organizations and enterprises struggle to find the time and resources to support the people who work for them. Nicole Etchart, co-founder and co-CEO of impact investing firm NESsT, offers leaders of social enterprises a guide to building their teams and optimizing their talent as an investor would.
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- Investing
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Baillie Gifford launches Positive Change fund
Baillie Gifford has launched a new ESG fund which will invest in companies setting out to make a “positive change” in the world.
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- Investing
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- impact investing
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Innovations in Financial Inclusion: Delivering Capital to MSMEs and Growing Businesses in India
India's 51 million-plus micro, small and medium enterprises are critical drivers of growth in the nation's economy, employing an estimated 115 million people. But due to several factors, including information asymmetry, the sector has been unable to access credit as readily as larger corporations. Intellegrow CEO Akbar Khan discusses some innovations and initiatives that are helping deliver capital to these vital businesses.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Kenya’s Twiga Foods raises $10.3m Series A funding round
Kenyan mobile-based business-to-business food supply platform Twiga Foods has raised a US$10.3 million Series A funding round to enable it to increase the number of vendors it serves, diversify its product portfolio, and introduce advanced supplier services.
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- Agriculture, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Countries and donors should aim for new $90-$90-$90 target on HIV, hepatitis, TB drug prices, study shows
Although the cost of antiretroviral treatment has fallen dramatically since generic manufacturers first began to manufacture versions of antiretroviral drugs in India in 2001, generic products have not been available in all countries due to patent restrictions.
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- Health Care, Investing
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