Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact Ventures, ImpactAlpha is exploring the. The post Coordinating health impact investment in developing economies appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2022

How Impact Investing moves capital to where it’s needed most. In my 15-year career working as a woman in impact investing and its various facets geared towards investing in women, I have learned that communities and families benefit greatly when women thrive economically. SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Ken Gustavsen, executive director, Social Business Innovation, and impact investing portfolio manager, offers three lessons on helping advance global health goals. Impact investing is one way we are helping to bridge these gaps, by providing resources that support resilient and sustainable health care systems around the world.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 30, 2024

by Amy Domini of Domini Impact Investments Did you know that today our nation has a healthy CDFI network that makes financial services accessible and economic prosperity possible for millions? Behind the figures are million new jobs and over 800,000 new businesses in addition to the housing and community services provided to millions.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Impact investing assets under management worldwide have reached $1.164 trillion, according to an estimate in a new report by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), surpassing the trillion-dollar mark for the first time.

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3BL Media

JULY 1, 2022

Capital Impact Partners, LIIF, Raza Development Fund and Reinvestment Fund lead new initiative to increase racial equity in real estate development. housing development market is known for high barriers to entry — and today, real estate developers of color make up less than five percent of the industry.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Trends in Sustainable Investing: The evolution of policies and regulations (69%) and the development of market standards (51%) continue to be leading trends, along with a focus on AI and data analytics (65%).

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

by Casey Lozar, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' Center for Indian Country Development Imagine financial institutions across Indian Country focusing on goals rooted in social impact investing. These institutions exist, yet many people remain unfamiliar with them.

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3BL Media

MARCH 26, 2024

First held in 2019, the Summit assembles a dynamic group of cross-sector leaders who collectively address topics including financial inclusion, data science for social impact, emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, climate and the environment, women’s economic empowerment and place-based development.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 17, 2023

By Jim Bildner In 2012, more than a decade ago, in response to a growing wave of impact investing obsession, Kevin Starr warned that impact investing was doomed to fail: “Few solutions that meet the fundamental needs of the poor will get you your money back,” he observed, and “overcoming market failure requires subsidy.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Impact investing is one way. Muni managers may bill themselves as impact investors. But their approaches could be other forms of ESG investing in disguise—some just greenwashing or social washing—or they don’t have the roadmap, experience and resources to meet your impact goals.

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ESG Today

APRIL 3, 2023

Handmade craft marketplace Etsy announced that launch of the Etsy Impact Investment Fund, allocating $30 million to impact investments targeting economic empowerment and sustainability. The post Etsy Launches $30 Million Impact Investment Fund appeared first on ESG Today.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The global impact investment market is estimated to be worth US $1.16 trillion, but less than 2% of these investments are channeled to Africa’s health markets. It also has a low health worker-to-patient ratio — a gap amplified by the mass exodus of health workers to developed countries.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

This article shares a couple of our key findings from the search and selection process with Inthallo in an effort to start a conversation and grow consensus within the sustainable finance and impact investment space. 2021 EDI Survey for Sustainable Finance & Impact Investment Professionals. Application Accessibility.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“It’s hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle,” says Polo Leteka, founder and chairman of IDF Capital , a Johannesburg-based investment and advisory firm. And that’s what makes it prohibitive for a lot of fund managers, or potential fund managers, to get into this (impact investing) space.”

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Jean-Pierre Touzet, Head of the Agri-Agro – Guarantee – Capital Development division of Crédit Agricole, said: “This new fund offers companies in the agricultural and agri-food sector an alternative and complementary financing solution to traditional debt. The strategy has a total fundraising target of €750 million.

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And despite the hype about impact investing, few funds exist to support entrepreneurs at the proof-of-concept or seed stage. In 2020, only 2 percent of all investable assets went to impact companies. Grant funding is nearly nonexistent.

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Stanford Social Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. In some developing countries, up to two-thirds of the population are employed in agriculture, a sector that can account for more than 25 percent of GDP. But there is more.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The new sustainability strategy follows the launch in 2019 of BNPP AM’s first GSS, focused on the integration of ESG factors into its investment processes and boosting its engagement and stewardship approach on ESG issues.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Global investment manager Schroders announced the launch of Schroder International Selection Fund (Schroder ISF) Global Equity Impact, a new listed global equity impact fund aimed at investing in companies with solutions and actions addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Cleveland, June 8, 2022 /3BL Media – KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investments (CDLI) provided a $20 million term loan to Enterprise Community Loan Fund Inc. Partnerships like this directly support developers of color whose access to capital has historically been minimized. SOURCE: KeyBank.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

President and CEO at Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), and Acre’s Gloria Mirrione , Head of Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing to discuss the important role CDFIs are playing in ESG and sustainability-focused economic development. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Over the next five years, a third of impact investors plan to increase allocations to sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)’s 2023 GIINSIGHT series, which is based on data captured from 308 impact investors globally. This reflects ongoing investor interest in these emerging economies.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Cadence Racial Equity Fund focuses on investments that promote community development, such as supporting education, housing, and small businesses owned by people of color. “We Impact Investing at RBC Global Asset Management. “For She appreciates the partnership between RBC GAM and Cadence.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Adopting the GJA can create a real positive social impact for the employee base.” The PE firm has developed health and wellness programmes, skills training and ways to improve employees’ ability to participate in the company’s profitability whether via bonus or stock programmes. It’s already quite an impactful movement in the US.”

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3BL Media

JANUARY 15, 2025

These pillars include: Impact Locations : Identifying the communities where TTEC wants to drive change. Impact Education : Creating development programs in partnership with local educational facilities to help individuals progress and develop their skills.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2025

The Bright Futures scholarship program exemplifies our commitment to developing the next generation of leaders. Together with funding from the corporation and employees, its primary focus is on social impact investments that help advance essential care for women and girls on their journeys through puberty and motherhood.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Originally published on bloomberg.com Bloomberg today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind tool that investors can use to assess the potential impact of a company’s business on any of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 3 trillion per year for developing countries ( UN Sustainable Development Group ).

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3BL Media

JUNE 5, 2025

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur in sustainability, she was an Officer of LIN Broadcasting/ McCaw Cellular leading new services development. Cynthia is a national speaker on trends in sustainability and business intelligence.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

The newly launched international initiative Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures is developing a risk management and disclosure framework for organizations to report and act on evolving nature-related financial risks. The future lies in impact investing.

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3BL Media

MAY 23, 2022

The new rule-change proposal for public companies in the US to report enhanced climate-related risks is undoubtedly a positive development for the world’s largest economy. Acre is an executive search, leadership development & recruitment consultancy specializing in ESG and sustainability. SOURCE: Acre.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But before we explore some of the deeper motivations community investing has for people of faith, particularly those in the Judeo-Christian tradition, perhaps a definition is in order.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

December 6, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Land Betterment Corporation (“Land Betterment” or the “Company”), an environmental solutions company fostering positive impact through upcycling former coal mining and industrial sites to create sustainable community development and job creation, today released Episode #43 of its Impact Minute video blog series.

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3BL Media

JULY 27, 2022

Reset Connect is the UK’s largest sustainability ecosystem and green investment event which aims to help businesses understand how to strive to meet net zero targets and improve ESG results, as well as unearth any potential green investment opportunities. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The past two decades have seen remarkable expansion in the scope, scale and aspiration of development finance institution technical assistance (DFI TA ). In general, DFIs deploy TA alongside their investments in businesses, to reduce risk, increase or safeguard impact, increase value, and create a better enabling environment.

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ESG Today

MARCH 12, 2025

This promotion demonstrates the trust of BNP Paribas Group in their expertise and their ability to accelerate the development of the fund, which plays a key role in the Group’s digital transformation strategy. Lagalaye said: I would like to congratulate Marinus and Vincent on their appointment as Managing Directors.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The challenge of serving businesses like Kwely is well-known and widely discussed in the development finance sector. The Challenges of Funding Missing Middle Businesses The IFC estimates that 43% of formal SMEs in developing countries are financially constrained, representing a total funding gap of almost $4.1

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