The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) launched a 4-module e-learning course on “Impact Investing” on the Knowledge Hub of UNIDO’s Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation (TII). The course will allow to improve knowledge […]
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The launch event of the Cambridge Impact Framework brought together over 120 asset managers and asset owners, academics, sustainability experts, alongside EU Commission officials, to discuss the opportunities, challenges and next steps to measure investment impacts. The discussions were shaped […]
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Capital 4 Development Partners, a Dutch fund manager, announced today the first closing of the USD 30 million Capital 4 Development Asia Fund (C4D Asia Fund). The Fund invests in innovative growth stage SMEs in India, Indonesia and the Philippines […]
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As impact investors, we invest in mission-driven companies who do good for people and planet. How then do we support these companies to the best of our ability? What difference can we make in the companies we invest in? When […]
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In order to stimulate impact investments, a worldwide movement has been developed under the leadership of the Global Steering Group (GSG): the National Advisory Board (NAB). 21 countries and the EU as a whole have adopted a National Advisory Board. […]
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This week was the launch of Y Analytics, a new, independent organization established to drive increased and more effective investment in creating social and environmental good by equipping capital allocators with the research basis to effectively understand the impact of […]
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After the success of a crowdfunding campaign on Oneplanetcrowd which closed in mid August, Fairphone was able to close a major round of investments totaling €7 million. The mission-aligned funding comes from existing Fairphone investors such as DOEN Participaties and PYMWYMIC, as well as […]
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“Investing for Impact | The EVPA Survey 2017/2018” is the result of the analysis of data collected from 110 venture philanthropy and social investment (VP/SI) organisations across Europe, either focussing exclusively on social return, or seeking a social return alongside a financial […]
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Wire Group heeft een paper gepubliceerd met als titel ‘Impact investeren in beursgenoteerde aandelen’. Voor investeerders die hun vermogen bewust willen beleggen zijn ‘beursgenoteerde aandelen’ een belangrijke beleggingscategorie om onder de loep te nemen. Dit paper helpt je stil te […]
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Impactbeleggen is inmiddels de hype voorbij. Levert deze vorm van beleggen, naast maatschappelijke rendementen, inmiddels ook financiële rendementen op? Tijdens de BeleggersFair op 9 november a.s. gaan drie experts daarover in discussie. De wereld mooier maken, beter, houdbaarder en woorden […]
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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working to make it easier for institutional investors who hold nearly $100 trillion in assets under management worldwide to enter the fast-growing impact investing market and contribute to achieving the Sustainable […]
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De dienstenorganisatie van de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland en Oikocredit Nederland zullen zich ook de komende jaren gezamenlijk inzetten voor het promoten van het werk van impact investeerder Oikocredit. Daartoe hebben de organisaties vorige week een hernieuwde samenwerkingsovereenkomst gesloten. Zowel […]
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