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Claudia Cahalane
Asian social outcomes marketplace launches with finance from Gates Foundation and Google.org
AVPN and a new venture called OutcomesX has today launched an initiative called the Social Outcomes Platform across Asia. Initial financing comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, google.org and the Sorenson Impact Foundation. …
International Women’s Day: ‘If you care about social impact, you should not be ignoring African women’
At the age of 29, Adesuwa Okunbo Rhodes founded one of the few women-owned investment companies in Africa. With women in Africa recieving only a tiny amount of investment money, yet outperforming men on stock exchanges, …
Latin American impact experts: ‘Friends make better investment partners’
Human connection and empathy is the way to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), say Latin American social investment experts, ahead of next week’s impact investment event FLII Connect 2024 in Mexico. The 14th convention …
COP28: World’s largest private climate investment vehicle is launched by UAE
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, …
Nigerian gender lens fund wins impact investor of the year award
An impact fund that was set up by a 29-year-old woman and has generated 700 jobs, mainly for women in areas such as fintech, has won the Nigerian Impact Investor of the Year award for …
Pension scheme pool commits 40% of new fund to impact investments in ‘market-leading’ move
One of the UK’s eight Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pools has committed 40% of a new investment vehicle to impact investing (social or environmental impact). The pool manager – Brunel Pension Partnership – manages …
Green and social bonds could be key to meeting SDGs
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 …
New funds announced at sold-out GSG Global Impact Summit
New Spanish impact funds are expected to be announced today at the Global Steering Group’s (GSG) Global Impact Summit 2023 in Malaga. Representatives from more than 60 countries working in the global impact investment sphere, …
