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December 26, 2013
Julia Roberts joins the world clean cooking taskforce
Eminent Hollywood celebrity Julia Roberts is already a global ambassador of United Nation’s Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. And now, she has been appointed a curator of Catapult, which is to be the first crowd-funding platform for bettering the lives of women and young girls around the world. She is […]
December 26, 2013
A new design for an old problem
New discoveries related to an old problem have emerged – it is said that the European Industrial Age caused the accelerated melting of Alpine glaciers. Now the same is happening with the Himalayan glaciers, the source of drinking water for millions in India. Black carbon from inefficient stoves used by […]
December 24, 2013
USAID wPOWER India Quarterly Update III
Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) was awarded the wPOWER Project by USAID/India in October 2012 and now we have completed one year of implementation of wPOWER India. This also marks a year of successfully facilitating the creation of a network of clean energy women entrepreneurs, or “Sakhis” in rural India. This […]
December 23, 2013
CEEW, India, Dec 2013: RE+, Renewables Beyond Electricity
This report by Council on Energy, Environment and Water is a collection of alternate and innovative applications of renewable energy sources, other than simply to generate electricity. These new devices are designed for uses across the societal spectrum, and highlights innovations like solar aerator, geothermal cooking system, solar space heating system, solar […]
September 23, 2013
New fund for impact investment launched in Africa
A new fund, called the Impact Economy Innovations Fund (IEIF) is being launched in Africa by the Rockefeller Foundation and The Tony Elumelu Foundation. This fund was announced at the recent “Impact Investing in Africa: Accelerating the Industry Regionally” forum. This new fund will be managed by the GIIN (Global […]
September 23, 2013
UK: Facts associated with social enterprise training
A study looking at social enterprise training trends across the UK was recently conducted by Mark Richardson of Social Impact Consulting. It was found that social enterprise under-invests in training, social impact measurement intrigues most students, and expert practitioners are a must for a good training course. Read the other […]
September 23, 2013
GATE Gobal Impact to host impact investment meet at UN Summit
GATE Global Impact is an internet-based impact investment platform, which is also a part of US’s GATE Technologies. The firm has now been invited by the United Nations Global Compact to gather speakers for the UN Leaders’ Summit on September 19, 2013, where professionals from investment and development areas will […]
September 23, 2013
How to make money mean more
This post by Jean Case, the CEO of the Case Foundation recognizes the potential of impact investment while also acknowledging its loopholes. This post synthesizes insights generated regarding the same, through a collaborative dialogue with Sonal Shah (former Director of Social Innovation at the White House), and Sean Greene (former […]
September 23, 2013
5 lessons to learn from social enterprises that didn’t work
FAILFaire is a new project that looks at social enterprises involving use of ICT, which failed to take off in the long run. The recent FAILFaire was held at Nairobi this past month, and insights about what social enterprises should focus on were distilled, using the intelligence gained from social […]
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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..