by Impact Entrepreneur Magazine | Africa, Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, Island Nations, Latin America, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs
The unveiling of the $1.1 billion SDG Loan Fund heralds a transformative development in the landscape of impact investing. This pioneering collaboration between Allianz Global Investors, the Dutch development bank FMO, and the MacArthur Foundation is engineered to...
by Catherine Griffin | Editor's Picks, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Racial Equity & Justice, Regions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
The reverberations are just beginning to be felt following a lawsuit filed in August against the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm focused on bridging the gap in venture capital funding for women of color founders. The plaintiff is the American...
by Isabelle Swiderski | Editor's Picks, Europe, Global, Impact Economy, Intrapreneur, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Systems Change
“The planetary crisis is, at its core, a professional crisis,” explains American futurist Alex Steffen. “The big decisions—the ones that make our world more (or less) sustainable, that prepare us for the coming disasters (or leave us brittle and vulnerable), that...
by Laurie Lane-Zucker | Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Europe, From the Editors, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Opinion, Place-based Investing, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
A recent article in the New York Times draws our attention to an alarming aspect of our social fabric: the rising costs of long-term care. This issue is a microcosm of a broader systemic inadequacy in our current social, financial, and political frameworks. It...
by Allie Burns | Africa, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDGs
In its symbolic form, fire embodies a paradox: it has the power to annihilate and to catalyze new life. This past summer, the reality of the former was inescapable for many of us. The relentless news of devastating wildfires infiltrated our daily lives — tainting the...
by Julie Davitz | Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Measurement & Management, Regions, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Communicating impact is hard. It’s a complex effort that, more often than not, takes a lot of work to get right. Your company’s impact-based decisions happen everywhere: how you compensate employees, who is in your supply chain, the ingredients you use, how you...
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