by Noelle St.Clair Lentz | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, 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, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
As trillions of dollars in business assets approach generational transition, employee ownership is emerging as a scalable, market-based solution — one capable of delivering competitive financial returns while broadening access to wealth for frontline workers and their...
by Bob Summers | Africa, Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Europe, Financial Inclusion, Gender Lens, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
Aid cuts are exposing how much of financial inclusion still depends on donor scaffolding. The sector now faces a forcing function: evolve toward locally anchored capital and blended-finance transition tools — or watch critical resilience functions collapse. For more...
by Chia Gan | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Financial Inclusion, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, Latin America, North America, Place-based Investing, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
When Toniic’s T100 dataset revealed that SDG 6 — Clean Water and Sanitation — received some of the lowest levels of capital allocation from impact investors, the findings were striking. But to Toniic member and longtime water investor Tony Stayner, they were anything...