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Ghana: Centre for Impact Investing launched

VCTF (Venture Capital Trust Fund) and GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration) have collaborated to launch the Centre for Impact Investment and Policy Research in Accra. Read more here.

September 23, 2013

It is hard to ‘save the planet and make money’

According to the GIIN’s annual survey, as many as 66% of investors are looking to get market rate returns from their impact investment. However, making a profit while tackling social ills like poverty and education, is difficult. According to Triodos Bank’s Dan Hird, making social impact is not the problem. […]

September 23, 2013

Impact investing could be more popular than socially responsible investing

According to industry observers and new research, socially responsible investing is being trumped by impact investing, a more socially proactive form of investing. This fact was uncovered as a result of a survey conducted by Spectrem Group. Individuals and investors between US$5 million to US$25 million in liquid net worth […]

September 23, 2013

What keeps impact investment from going mainstream

Impact investment, according to a report, is one of the more preferred options over socially responsible investing. Despite the hype around it, it is still not mainstream. Read this Q&A session with Sonal Shah of Case Foundation to achieve more clarity on this complex issue, here.

September 23, 2013

Making impact investible

This report attempts to bridge the gap between the hype about impact investment, and where it actually stands. While impact investments are much sought after by governments, businesses and nonprofit leaders, definitions still remain numerous, and returns questionable. This report is by Impact Economy, an impact investment and strategy advisory […]

September 23, 2013

The Future of Investment: Impact Investment

This new report by the UKSIF (UK Sustainable Investment and Finance) Association points to the global industry of investment which is more receptive to and engaged with impact investment. The report predicts this trend despite the fact that 66% of investment professionals (according to a poll carried out by CFA […]

September 19, 2013

Calling attention to lack of sanitation, at the World Water Week

At the World Water Week, a number of stakeholders gathered to eliminate the taboo around sanitation once and for all. A number of facts surrounding the world wide issue of lack of adequate sanitation to 2.5 billion people were presented. According to experts, increasing and scaling usage of innovative technology […]

September 19, 2013

New sanitation financing fund launched by ADB and Gates Foundation

The Asian Development Bank and the Gates Foundation took the opportunity of launching a Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund at the ongoing World Water Week in Stockholm. The fund aims to increase support for non-networked sanitation projects, business models, policies, etc. through identifying, testing and piloting of the same. Read […]

September 19, 2013

Coca Cola partners with WSUP

TCCC (The Coca Cola Company) and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) recently partnered at the World Water Week in Stockholm. The company intends to help WSUP support new programs in Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar and Mozambique through a grant of US$4.6 million. Water kiosks, capacity building of local […]