Impact Alpha

MARCH 11, 2024

ImpactAlpha, March 11 – The decade-long vendetta against Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus by the prime minister of Bangladesh is escalating toward a. The post Facing raids and trials, Muhammed Yunus struggles to preserve Grameen’s anti-poverty network in Bangladesh appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impakter

JUNE 24, 2022

Deadly Floods in India and Bangladesh Affect Millions. Spurred by heavy rain, flooding across India and Bangladesh has killed over 100 people this month, affecting millions and leaving entire communities homeless. The post Deadly Floods in India and Bangladesh Affect Millions appeared first on Impakter. Elizabeth Partsch.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A new study estimates 152,753 excess infant deaths were attributable to living in flood-prone areas in Bangladesh over the past 30 years.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 28, 2024

The post Capria Ventures backs fintechs in Nigeria and Bangladesh to expand financial services appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Capria Ventures, a Seattle-based venture investor in emerging markets, continues to deploy capital from its Global South Fund II, which achieved a first.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 5, 2024

H&M will co-invest in a project it hopes will supply 40% of the country’s power.

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Impakter

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Silicon Valley Innovation Comes to Health Care in India and Bangladesh. The post Silicon Valley Innovation Comes to Health Care in India and Bangladesh appeared first on Impakter. Two graduate students at Stanford University, the center and motor of Silicon Valley, enrolled in a course in […]. Edward Elmendorf.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Carmichael coal was supposed to alleviate energy poverty in south Asia, but instead Bangladesh will be paying twice as much as forecast. The post Adani’s Carmichael coal mine is not alleviating energy poverty in Asia, it’s making it worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

million for mobile health consultations in Bangladesh appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, February 10 – Dhaka-based health messaging app Maya relies on artificial intelligence, healthcare professionals and physicians to connect users to health and mental. The post Maya secures $2.2

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3BL Media

APRIL 24, 2024

As we commemorate the 11th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, where 1,134 workers lost their lives and thousands were injured, Cascale reaffirms its commitment to ensuring workplace safety.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The post Frontier Nutrition snags $6 million to bring fortified snacks to Bangladesh appeared first on Impact Alpha. -based Frontier Nutrition sells low-cost, nutritious snacks, including lentil butter, chocolate, powdered drinks and biscuits in over.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

overlooked founders, sustainable SPACs, green wall in Africa, mobile health in Bangladesh, stashing corporate cash appeared first on Impact Alpha. Featured: How unlikely partners came together to fight racial bias in asset allocation. The post The Brief: Due diligence 2.0,

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Syed Munir Khasru (Chair, SDSN Bangladesh, Chairman, IPAG, and Co-chair of Task Force 2 & 9, G20 Indonesia), the first session was moderated by Dr. Venkatachalam Anbumozhi (Director of Research Strategy and Innovation, ERIA). Lukas (Chairman, Indonesian Artificial Intelligence Society) - on behalf of SDSN Bangladesh.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

STS, which is part of the India-based Apollo Hospitals network, runs a 425-bed hospital in Dhaka The post TPG Growth’s Evercare snaps up Bangladesh hospital group STS appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 2, 2019

million to sell biodigesters in Cambodia, Bangladesh appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ATEC makes portable, durable small-scale biodigestion systems designed for farmers with only The post Australia’s ATEC raises $1.6

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The post The Brief: Financing biodiversity, halving food waste, capturing carbon, wetlands in Indonesia, dental care in Vietnam, snacks in Bangladesh appeared first on Impact Alpha. Featured: Biodiversity is the new climate change.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The post The Brief: Opportunity Zone catalyst, Evercare in Bangladesh, incentivizing lending in Africa, inclusive smallholder agriculture, Cliff Prior’s new gig appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 2, 2024

Every year, monsoon season brings extensive flooding to Bangladesh with infant mortality rates higher among those born in rainy months.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 4, 2024

Textiles account for 20% of Bangladesh’s GDP and 80% of its exports. The post Aavsihakaar backs Midland Bank to boost ESG in Bangladesh’s textile industry appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Poor working conditions, human rights abuses, and water and land pollution.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Third Pole speaks with Saber Hossain Chowdhury, the Bangladesh prime minister's Special Envoy on Climate Change, about the Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan and the challenges in its implementation.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

6 – From automotive plants in the US to garment factories in Bangladesh, improving the “quality of jobs” is a key. ImpactAlpha, Nov. The post Investors want to know: Do investments in ‘good jobs’ meet the needs of jobholders? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The point of no return “is in sight and The post The Brief: Catalyzing climate finance in India, biodigesters in Cambodia and Bangladesh, Kenya’s rural Amazon, student-led impact funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as the COP25 climate conference gets underway this week in Madrid.

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Global Renewable News

JUNE 19, 2023

Swedish solar energy company Midsummer has.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 6, 2024

ImpactAlpha, March 6 – Indonesia and Bangladesh have nearly 200 million wage workers. Unexpected expenses force many to resort to expensive payday loans. The post Wagely inks $23 million to help Asia’s workers with cash stability and financial health appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 2, 2019

At its The post The Brief: Aggregating impact, catalytic capital, financial inclusion in Bangladesh, Uganda’s farmer-owned tea, Egypt’s mom and pops appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The increasingly sophisticated practice of impact measurement and management is changing that.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 3, 2023

Remembering Rana Plaza This new Canadian law comes a decade after the tragic collapse of the nine-storey Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh that killed nearly 1,130 garment workers and injured over 2,500. The disaster raised concerns about the ability of voluntary corporate initiatives to address labour rights violations and protect workers.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When a landslide left entire villages without access to water, women in Bangladesh's remote and hilly Rangamati district launched a project to use solar pumps to supply water and conserve the local forests.

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Eco-Business

MARCH 8, 2023

A decade after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh is home to nine of the world's top 10 sustainable garment factories.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 11, 2023

Global disruption to gas supplies has led to electricity outages in Bangladesh this year, while progress on the Rooppur nuclear power plant has been plagued by construction delays.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 24, 2023

Garment factories are safer 10 years since Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, but workers still face low pay and poor conditions.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In rural Bangladesh, areas with high levels of arsenic contamination in drinking water, compared to areas with less contamination, have a higher prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in both water and child stool samples, according to a new study.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 9, 2023

Excessive use of chemical fertilisers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 9, 2022

Water management authorities in Bangladesh have drawn up a plan to recharge, or refill, the aquifers serving Dhaka and other areas, which are being depleted by one of the highest groundwater extraction rates in the world.

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Science Daily / Earth & Environment

JULY 11, 2023

mass for 29 states in India and six surrounding countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. A new study has evaluated the contribution of various emission sectors and fuels to PM2.5

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Eco-Business

JUNE 6, 2022

Worsening climate-change-driven heat, heavy rainfall and storm surges threaten Bangladesh's coastal mosques. What needs to be done to protect them?

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 1, 2022

As gas prices rise on global markets, pushing up the cost of power production, will Bangladesh turn back to coal or boost renewable energy?

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Eco-Business

JULY 19, 2023

Bangladesh is reviving 39 native freshwater fish species through hatchery breeding, in an effort to secure stocks of commercially important fish.

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