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January 7, 2013
ESG aligned investments reduce client risk and increases yields
According to Australian investment management company Dalton Nicol Reid, ESG aligned investments limit risk for funds and increases client returns. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
4 crowdfunding mistakes that social entrepreneurs must avoid
This post enlists the traps that social entrepreneurs must avoid when sourcing the funding for their projects through crowd funding, explaining what social entrepreneurs may be doing wrong. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
Better networking, the next hurdle in impact investing
While the idea of impact investment may be well recognized, key facilitators and stakeholders still have trouble finding each other, and finding key information regarding impact statistics (as the new GIIN reporting standards are not followed more often than they are) that are imperative to enable meaningful impact investment for […]
January 7, 2013
The concept of ‘Responsible Investment’
This post talks about how 4 INSEAD MBA graduates walked away from lucrative jobs to prove their theory that creative and equitable investment could change the world. They recognized a gap of financing for social enterprises bigger than the usual microenterprises, but smaller than the ones eligible for emerging markets […]
January 7, 2013
Taiwan donates 10,000 solar lamps
The Taiwanese Government recently handed out as many as 10,000 solar lamps to the country’s 50 constituencies. This was done as a part of the national initiative called “One Student One Solar Lamp”. Read more here.
January 7, 2013
Haiti: NRG Energy Inc and helps complete ‘The Sun Lights the Way: Brightening Boucan Carré’
The Energy Company NRG recently completed the last round of installation for its project “The Sun Lights the Way: Brightening Boucan Carré”. Under this, the company has installed solar electric system at 20 schools, a fish farm and more, through its US$1 million fund channelled through the Clinton Global Initiative. […]
January 7, 2013
Solar lanterns – the next big thing after mobile phones?
70 per cent of Africa, included in the 1.6 billion figure of people living in the world without electricity possibly have only one sustainable and safe way out of this crisis – solar lamps. This post argues for the case of solar lamps being the next big developmental vehicle in […]
January 7, 2013
How solar energy brings power to rural India
This post discusses the receptivity of rural households in India to the transition from kerosene to solar powered lights. As a part of the California based company SunEdison’s pilot programme named The Eradication of Darkness Plan, the company stumbled across the formula for success to have the households accept it. […]
January 7, 2013
How solar energy brings power to rural India
This post discusses the receptivity of rural households in India to the transition from kerosene to solar powered lights. As a part of the California based company SunEdison’s pilot programme named The Eradication of Darkness Plan, the company stumbled across the formula for success to have the households accept it. […]
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..