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Agents of Impact features news on companies that are seeking to contribute to the greater good and for funds to invest in companies that seek to do good.
These are investments made into organizations, companies and funds with the intention to create a measurable, beneficially social or environmental impact along with sustainable financial returns.
Hugh Lawson, the head of ESG and impact investing at Goldman Sachs now manages a $21 billion client pool of money invested explicitly with environmental, social and governance, or impact objectives.
MoneySingapore's Temasek's new impact fund, called ABC World Asia, helps to "bridge the gap in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals" as it focuses on sustainable long term returns.
London-based tech investor MMC Ventures and social enterprise lender FSE Group will receive a hefty £100 million from London's Mayor's office to cultivate entrepreneurship in the city.
Victor Huang of Kauffman Foundation shared a post about the foundation's recent report on removing barriers to access to capital for entrepreneurs. He asked his Twitter followers, "What's your biggest idea to help expand capital access for entrepreneurs?" Entrepreneurs and investors replied to his post with answers that include: inclusive fund incubator, overcoming bias, more data-driven models, social capital, and business networks.
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PepsiCo has selected eight startups from the Middle East and North Africa region as finalists in its Mega Green Accelerator program, which aims to " nurture the next generation of innovators as they...more
Funding for green technologies is on the rise in India, and the country's biggest investment fund is aiming to raise $1 billion for a climate-related fund by 2022, Bloomberg reports. The fund,...more
Foundation: Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
A nurse in Fond du Lac, Wis., is this year's recipient of the DAISY Award, given to those who go "above and beyond" to provide excellent patient care. Haley Birschbach, a nurse in medical...more
It's time for the US to get serious about regulating artificial intelligence, according to a new report from a bipartisan group of senators. The report from the Bipartisan Senate AI Working...more
Rayees Rahman may not be a household name, but he's the winner of a prestigious life-sciences investment competition in the United Arab Emirates. The 21-year-old won the JP Morgan Asset...more
Foundation: GE Foundation
"You showed up in the classroom. You showed up in the laboratory. You showed up on Zoom. And you showed up here today," University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes told...more
The 14th annual Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival is scheduled to take place in October, and in addition to food and wine, festival-goers will get a chance to support local farmers, fishermen, and...more
More than 6.6 million people in the US are affected by alopecia areata, a disease that causes hair to fall out of the scalp and beard, usually before the age of 20. There's currently no treatment...more
"In the dynamic home furnishings industry, excellence shines through industry professionals' dedication, innovation, and unwavering commitment." That's what the Home Furnishings Association has...more
Rayees Rahman may not be a household name, but he's the winner of a prestigious life-sciences investment competition in the United Arab Emirates. The 21-year-old won the JP Morgan Life Sciences...more
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Vertical Farming: The Way to Feed a Global Population
Vertical farms are designed in a way to avoid the pressing issues about growing food crops in drought-and-disease-prone fields miles away from the population centers in which they will be consumed.
