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Financial Institutions Failing To Integrate Nature And Climate: New Report Warns Inaction On Nature Impedes Net-Zero Ambitions
Financial institutions must step up responsibility to demand credible and comprehensive data to drive transformative change throughout the financial system.
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- Environment, Finance
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- Global
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Report: New Research from Financial Health Network Shows 90% of Working-Age People with Disabilities are Not Financially Healthy
Report also finds that 93% of people with disabilities are unfamiliar with ABLE Accounts, the primary tool offered by the government for building and maintaining assets without losing public benefits.
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- Finance, Technology
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- North America
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Press Release: Novata and GIIN Partner to Simplify Impact Metric Collection for Investors
This move enables fund managers to collect, manage and analyze standardized impact data from companies.
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- Investing, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Unlocking Data-Driven Policymaking: A Digitalisation Programme in Rwanda Shows the Impact of Improved Storage on Agriculture Prices — And the Value of Digital Data
Transporting produce in Rwanda is difficult, and the country’s storage infrastructure is limited. To better understand these challenges and their potential solutions, Cenfri has been analysing the country’s agriculture sector as part of its efforts to support digitalisation and data-led decision-making in government. Olivia Rutayisire and Pieter Janse van Vuuren at Cenfri share insights from this work, exploring how digital data can impact government initiatives that aim to support farmers and optimise agricultural markets.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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Press Release: Gilead Partners with CHAI and Penta to Improve Treatment and Adherence Rates Among Children with HIV in Low and Middle Income Countries
Partnership Aims to Accelerate the Development of Dispersible Pediatric HIV Medicines.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: SDG Funds Fail to Target Countries Most in Need
Research seen exclusively by ESG Clarity finds companies in SDG funds receive 75% revenue from countries that have made most progress towards the goals.
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- Investing
- Region
- Global
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- business development, data, ESG, global development, research, scale, SDGs
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Bboxx and MTN Rwanda Partner to Connect the Unconnected Across Rwanda
Bboxx and MTN Rwanda will leverage their combined expertise and shared vision to make essential technology more accessible for all Rwandans.
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- Energy, Technology, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- data, digital inclusion, innovation, partnerships, SDGs
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UN Report Finds 165 Million Were Pushed Into Poverty Over Past Three Years
The United Nations Development Program is calling for a pause in debt repayments to allow economies to mitigate shocks like pandemics and climate chaos.
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- Finance
- Region
- Global
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- data, poverty alleviation, research
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