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Impact investment and the definining and quantifying difficulties

There still exists considerable ambiguity surrounding the ease definitions of impact investing, yet it is wrong to say that impact investing lacks integrity because of lack of definition. There are a lot of factors that lend vagueness to impact investing, the diversity of activity that impact investing encompasses, which gives […]

July 31, 2012

East Africa: Impact investors give Pearl US$25 million

Pearl Investors and its African Agricultural Capital Fund had to take all of two years of intense negotiations to secure funding for its East Africa focused agriculture investment. Now a group of impact investors (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, JP Morgan, and Rockefeller Foundation) have collectively helped it […]

July 31, 2012

What is the impact of impact investing

Impact investing is the concept of doing social good by investing in projects of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) themes. This puts them in a separate class from philanthropic nonprofits, yet not completely in the class of the traditional for-profits in terms of operations. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

Market for Social Impact Investing by Private Equity Funds Stands at US$4 Billion in the United States

This report by INSIGHT at Pacific Community Ventures values the total assets managed by U.S. private equity managers with the goal of achieving both financial returns and intentional social benefits at approximately $4 billion. Read it here.

July 31, 2012

India: Jairam for green toilets on train

For the lower and middle class Indian, trains are the preferred method of travelling. However the sanitation facilities on the trains are less than satisfactory – the waste is thrown out of running trains onto the tracks. Now the rural development minister Jairam Ramesh is campaigning for the improvement of toilet […]

July 31, 2012

Zambia: The total sanitation roll-out

Chief Macha has been a major force in the implementation of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) – a UNICEF-supported strategy. Last Saturday UNICEF honoured the chief, who through his efforts has made his area open defecation-free (ODF), as a UNICEF Zambia Supporter for Sanitation. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

India: Rural Ministry to install DRDO’s green toilets nationwide

The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) have turned to developing technology for basic human needs after successfully working on missiles. Their ‘green toilets’ will be installed in various gram panchayats to check open defecation. Read more here.

July 31, 2012

20,000 poor families to get toilets in rural Rajasthan

Under the “Mukhya Mantri Gramin BPL Awas Yojana” in Rajasthan, India, Vedanta Hindustan Zinc has joined hands with the Rajasthan Government to construct house-hold toilets for 20,000 BPL (Below Poverty Line) families in Rajasthan. This programme aims to discourage and eventually stop the practice of open defecation, of which India is […]

July 31, 2012

Zambia: UNICEF blames diseases on poor sanitation

According to the UNICEF, 80 per cent of diseases in Zambia are caused by environmental, water and sanitation related problems. UNICEF specialist on sanitation, Giveson Zulu also says rural  areas in Zambia still record low percentages on sanitation coverage. Read more here.