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December 3, 2012
Expanding the social enterprise space in Singapore
There has been an influx of social entrepreneurs making Singapore as the base of their activities. When Grace Gai, co-founder of The Hub Singapore found out that there existed no HUB in Asia (HUBs world over are spaces for individuals using entrepreneurial approach to make sustainable impact), Singapore was chosen […]
December 3, 2012
The Impact Investor – A Market Emerges: The Six Dynamics of Impact Investing
This report by Ben Thornley, Cathy Clark and Jed Emerson is a project to build data-driven and practitioner-guided knowledge for the rapidly growing field of impact investing. It is published as a partnership between InSight, the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University, and ImpactAssets. Read the […]
December 3, 2012
Scaling Social Impact: A Literature Toolkit for Funders
This report by CASE (Centre for Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship) of Duke The Fuqua School of Business is meant to act as a guide for funders who are looking to contribute to scaling social enterprises and other institutions making impact. Read the report here.
December 3, 2012
Investing with impact or Impact Investing for commercial investors – what’s in a name?
This paper by SNS Impact Investing attempts to address basic questions that investors may have regarding impact investment, like what is impact investing, who can invest under what conditions and what can be counted as impact. Read this brief paper here.
December 3, 2012
Impact Investing: An emerging asset class
This document gives a beginners introduction to the concept of impact investing which is emerging as an alternative asset class. It provides several examples and enlists best practices followed so far. Read the document here.
December 3, 2012
2012 Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends in the United States
This report, available on purchase here has been released by the US SIF (Social Investment Fund). In this report it has been found that there is a growing investor interest in considering environmental, community and other societal or corporate governance (ESG) issues. This interest is reflected in the growth of […]
October 12, 2012
SolarAid and SunFunder launch a new solar crowdfunding project in Zambia
To be able to bring solar power to as many as 20,000 people in Easter Zambia, SolarAid and SunFunder will partner to launch a crowdfunding venture. To start it off, SunFunder will be providing US$50,000 in loans to SolarAid through its social enterprise arm SunnyMoney. Read more here.
October 12, 2012
Kenya: M-KOPA making solar more accessible
A new mobile technology start-up is helping low income earners in Kenya access the benefits of solar powered electricity by making cheap credit available to them. The company has so far facilitated the sale of 1000 units since its start in June. Read more here and here.
October 12, 2012
Portable solar device for the developing countries
Forty2 is an ‘all-in-one utility box’ that is shaped like a laptop but about 4 times the size of the same, and lined with solar panels. This device can generate as well as store enough solar power to run a dorm refrigerator for medicines, 2 fans, and as many as […]
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
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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..