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Press Release: Aspire Impact & Aspire Circle Launch ‘Impact Future Project’ for India To Persuade India INC. To Embrace Impact Capitalism
Aspire Impact, a social enterprise and Aspire Circle, a non-profit trust, twin initiatives focused on leadership and ecosystem development in the social and environmental impact space, have announced the launch of a thought leadership platform, Impact Future Project (IFP) at the Sankalp Forum on 2 November 2020.
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- Environment, Investing
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- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: Villgro Africa Pioneering Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Villgro Africa, an impact investor that inspires, nurtures, and scales innovation by offering customized technical assistance and investments to early stage social entrepreneurs in Africa today celebrated its 5th anniversary as they go beyond their boundaries to serve the rest of Africa.
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- Health Care, Investing
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mastercard Foundation and ICCO Cooperation Partner To Strengthen the Resilience of 80,000 Farmers in Senegal
ICCO Cooperation and the Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to support smallholder farmers in Senegal who were left reeling from the impact of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Agrifinance Project (CORRAP), co-created with Senegalese producers, aims to support smallholders to recover from the pandemic and emerge stronger and more resilient to future crises and shocks.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing Refugee Camps Out of the Dark: An Entrepreneur-Driven Solution To Clean Energy for the World’s Most Vulnerable Communities
There are almost 80 million forcibly displaced people worldwide – and among refugees living in rural settlements, 90% have very limited access to electricity. Sofia Ollvid at SolarAid discusses its innovative collaboration in Malawi's Dzaleka refugee camp, which mobilizes the support of refugee entrepreneurs to bring solar lighting to a population that's been living in the dark.
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- Energy, Social Enterprise
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Press Release: Global Agriculture and Food Security Program Donors Announce $300 Million To End Hunger and Malnutrition
Today during the launch of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) Replenishment Period 2020-25, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), donors increased their contributions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) – a world with zero hunger.
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- Agriculture, Coronavirus, Investing
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Press Release: Tideline Launches Impact Verification Business, “Bluemark,” To Strengthen Trust and Accountability in Impact Investing
The Rockefeller Foundation and Radicle Impact have agreed to be founding investors in BlueMark
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- Environment, Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing
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Analysis: Building Forward From COVID-19 Towards the Ambition of the 2030 Agenda
In the midst of a global pandemic, it’s clear that we are up against enormous challenges, and progress in key areas is slow or regressing, as the recent Sustainable Development Goals report shows.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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Press Release: MetLife To Reduce Emissions by 30 Percent and Originate $20 Billion of New Green Investments by 2030
Over the next 10 years, MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) has committed to reduce its location-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 percent from 2019 levels, originate U.S. $20 billion in new MetLife Investment Management (MIM)–managed green investments1, and allocate U.S. $5 million to develop products and partnerships that drive climate solutions.
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- Environment, Investing
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