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Covid spotlights need for progress on impact measurement - IDB Invest
21 August 2020The effects of the coronavirus pandemic have demonstrated the need for impact investors to allocate more resources to developing a stringent impact measurement and management approach, according to IDB Invest.
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Kommuninvest prepares social impact loans, eyes social bond
20 August 2020Sweden's Kommuninvest has established a 'committee on social sustainability' to examine applications for loans for investments in housing, healthcare, sports, education and culture.
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Impact investors should aim for explicit integration of human rights - report
18 August 2020Human rights should be more explicitly integrated in the investment decision-making process of impact investment funds, according to a report prepared for the European Parliament.
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Two Sigma creates impact arm to invest in 'jobs of tomorrow'
14 August 2020$60 billion hedge fund manager Two Sigma has created an impact arm to invest in companies it calculates can drive significant long-term growth in jobs in the consumer, business services, education and healthcare sectors.
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Increase access to financial services to cut racial inequality, investors told
13 August 2020Investing to increase access to financial services among 'people of colour' is perhaps the most important thing investors can do to reduce racial inequality in the US, according to a report by Cornerstone Capital.
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How Women Invest raises $5m for venture capital fund
12 August 2020The US-based How Women Invest (HWI) has achieved a first close of $5 million in four months for its first venture capital fund.
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$100m raised for oceans and seafood impact fund
12 August 2020S2G Ventures has launched a fund with about $100 million in commitments to invest in alternative food sources from the world's oceans.
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GIIN publishes Covid-19 guidance for impact investors
10 August 2020The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published guidance to help impact investors understand how they can best support their investees and enterprises through the coronavirus crisis.
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GISD calls for blended finance fund for increased UN SDGs funding
07 August 2020The UN-convened Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance has developed more than 60 proposals calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to receive accelerated funding, including through data standardisation and a blended finance fund.
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Mirova's sustainable ocean fund achieves $132m close
06 August 2020Sustainablilty focused asset manager Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis, has closed its Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF) with $132 million, above the target amount of $100 million.