by Dmitriy Ioselevich | Editor's Picks, ESG Investing, Financial Inclusion, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Premiums for the Planet is an Impact Entrepreneur nominee for the 2025 Earthshot Prize. Insurance firms today find themselves between a rock and a hard place. Despite controlling an estimated $40 trillion in assets globally and generating $7 trillion in premiums each...
by Hadas Webb | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Racial Equity & Justice, Regions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Systems Change
In the United States, less than 3% of venture capital (VC) funding is allocated to Black and Latinx founders, and funding to Black founders has decreased year over year since 2020. Additionally, Black investors constitute only 3% of the VC industry. These disparities...
by Hummayun Javed | Circular Economy, ESG Investing, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Racial Equity & Justice, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, Systems Change
The 2021 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report released in August rang the warning bells yet again, perhaps with the most alarming notes to date, on the state and future of climate change. Climate change observed today is largely unprecedented in...