by Allison Lee | Creative Economy, Impact Economy, Island Nations, Latin America, North America, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDGs, Tech for Social Good
The Blue Economy Resilience Initiative (BERI) is an initiative focused on economic development via ocean- and marine-related industries. Since its inception in 2018, and led by Bluetide, it has grown into a multi-tiered and diverse group of organizations. Following on...
by Rachel Lim | Africa, Asia, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Oceania, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Tech for Social Good
In the impact investing world, the spotlight on biodiversity has been small, but growing. As more attention is driven into investing in biodiversity-positive businesses, the question needs to be asked: What does that even look like? How is investing into biodiversity...
by Allison Lee | Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, Island Nations, North America, Scaling Solutions, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 15 - Life on Land, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Systems Change
Resilience. Most people understand and know the word, but how is resilience defined as an industry, as a field? To explore this concept further, this correspondent reached out to David Dodd and Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, experts in resilience. In Stewart’s experience,...
by Anne Field | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Financial Inclusion, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, Island Nations, North America, Place-based Investing, Policy & Regulation, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
This article was updated on 9/17/2022 to clarify certain information and add additional detail. In September 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by a catastrophic double whammy — Hurricane Irma and, just two weeks later, Maria, both devastating storms with Category 4+ winds....