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Financing small businesses can help achieve SDG goals

Amma Lartey and Gila Norich 22 December 2023

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small and growing businesses (SGBs) are essential to global commerce and have the potential to be instrumental in achieving the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In emerging markets, …

COP28: World’s largest private climate investment vehicle is launched by UAE

Claudia Cahalane 21 December 2023

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched the world’s largest private climate investment vehicle ($30 billion USD) with the aim of drawing in a further $250 billion to slow climate change. The fund, named Alterra, …

On World AIDS Day, a warning sign that goes beyond a single epidemic

Masen Davis 1 December 2023

Today is World AIDS Day, which is often seen as an opportunity to celebrate the progress made against HIV and AIDS. This year, we must also take stock of where the greatest challenges lie, not …

World problems escalate as philanthropy feels the pressure  

Paul Ronalds 27 November 2023

The humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Middle East is powerfully demonstrating the spiraling global need for greater overseas aid funding and private philanthropy. The United Nations has warned that the world is currently experiencing the …

How investment in Philippines’ social enterprises can help meet SDGs

Carlo Sagun and Philo Alto 21 November 2023

Leading figure in the Philippines’ social enterprise space, Professor Carlo Sagun of Bayan Innovation Group, and Asia Value Advisors’ founder Philo Alto, share how engaging the philanthropy sector and corporations can help social enterprises move the …

Tarsadia Foundation wins Catalyst 2030 award for trust based philanthropy

Charles Keidan 9 November 2023

California-based Tarsadia Foundation, and its CEO Maya Patel, received recognition for a distinct approach to philanthropy at an awards ceremony in central London on 8 November. The Catalyst 2030 Awards, which recognise efforts across the …

WINGSForum 2023: Transform philanthropy to transform the world

Alliance magazine 26 October 2023

From October 3-5, 2023, more than 350 attendees from over 50 countries gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the 7th edition of WINGSForum, this year co-hosted with the African Philanthropy Network (APN). WINGSForum brought together philanthropy …

Green and social bonds could be key to meeting SDGs

Claudia Cahalane 18 October 2023

Issuing new green, social and sustainability bonds in emerging markets could be crucial to meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is the claim of a new report by the Global Steering Group for …

UNGA: Philanthropy left out of SDG conversations

Casey Kelso 13 October 2023

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will need more funding and a change in approach to localise development efforts in a way that creates an enabling environment for civil society and ensures access to resources from …

How philanthropy can bring the SDGs to life

Havovi Wadia 11 October 2023

During the past two decades, there has been an increasing realisation that development programs are more effective when designed and executed by those most affected by the challenges they seek to address. That is why …