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Brazil Becoming Toxic For Investors as Policies, Amazon Fires Raise Risks

Bruce Rule — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:46:53 +0000

Fires that raged in the Amazonian rainforest this year are doing more than destroying habitats and melting glaciers: they’re causing investors and companies to rethink strategies in the country and in some cases abandon business initiatives. Rainforest destruction and the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro, who has said environmental rules are suffocating the country, are […]

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Align17’s Georgie Benardete on Investing in the Invisible

Georgie Bernardete — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:30:47 +0000

“Is mining the sky a better investment than mining the earth?” This might not seem like an obvious question in the fight against climate change. Landfills, cars groaning out exhaust, and rivers red with pollutants are far more visible than the air we breathe. But if we are going to meet the challenges of the […]

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Advancing the Impact Investing Narrative: Three Takeaways from SOCAP19

Karma Partners — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 18:24:14 +0000

This content is brought to you in partnership with SOCAP. More than 3,000 investors, entrepreneurs and executives convened at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco from Oct. 22-25 for the 12th annual SOCAP19 conference. From gender and racial diversity to sustainable agriculture to alternative financing structures, the conference’s more than […]

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China Leadership Seizes on Blockchain as Tool for Cross-Border Financing and Loyalty Pledges

Margot Habiby — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 21:58:07 +0000

China’s Communist Party is the latest cheerleader for Blockchain, the technology underpinning Facebook’s Libra currency, with plans to use it to manage risk and ensure loyalty. Applied in conjunction with artificial intelligence, Blockchain may help in cross-border financing and settlement and further liberalize China’s capital markets, Lu Lei, a deputy head of the State Administration […]

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IMF Official Says $500 Billion Needed for Emerging Countries to Meet UN Sustainability Goals

James Quirk — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:25:36 +0000

Half a trillion dollars may be the minimum amount of investments developing countries will need if the world intends to meet the United Nations’ lofty sustainable development goals for 2030. “That’s 15% of total GDP for low-income and developing countries,” David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said this week at […]

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Nobel Prize-Winning Research Offers Investors Practical Insights for Addressing Poverty

Bruce Rule — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:13:58 +0000

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were recognized “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty,” said the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences when it announced the award on Monday. The question of how to fight a massive and deeply-entrenched problem like global poverty is not new. But what the three Nobel Prize […]

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Leveraging UN’s SDGs As a Guide to Emerging Market Investment

James O'Malley — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:51:05 +0000

Key Takeaway: Private equity investors are relying more on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals to guide their funding choices in emerging markets, a panel in London said today. The United Nations’ sustainable development goals, set up in 2015 as a roadmap to a better future, are serving as another kind of guide — helping […]

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New Metrics ’19 Connects the Dots in Impact Measurement & Reporting

Karma Partners — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:33:28 +0000

This content is brought to you in partnership with Sustainable Brands. Sustainability and impact investing are gaining traction with individual investors, larger financial institutions, major CPG brands and tech companies. However, standardized metrics for measuring the impact of those investments lag. Enter Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’19, an annual conference focused on introducing actionable tools […]

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EMPEA Summit Considers Ways to Close the $2.5 Trillion Funding Gap in Emerging Markets

Karma Partners — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:43:11 +0000

This content is brought to you in partnership with EMPEA. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development estimates that meeting all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will require between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in annual investment. But, without redirecting capital, the massive $2.5 trillion investment gap in developing countries could […]

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Frontier Economies Need For Capital May Mean Returns, Impact for Investors

Yoni Wilkenfeld — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:25:52 +0000

Not enough investment capital is flowing into emerging and frontier markets despite potential for strong returns and the opportunity to help the world’s poorest communities, according to a recent report from the Global Impact Investing Network. “Unlocking the Potential of Frontier Finance” found “that investors require more clarity” about how “to address the challenges” of […]

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