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Acumen launched its spin out of Lean Data SM, its unique approach to impact measurement, to impact investing and beyond.
60 Decibels raised $1.7 million in an investment round led by Ceniarth, a family office based in London, with participation by Acumen and four individual investors as part of its spin out.
Acumen and 60 Decibels will use Lean Data to put the voice of the customer back at the heart of impact measurement. It will bring impact investors and social business leaders and the international development sector closer to their customers and beneficiaries to make impact management both real and useful.
Lean Data combines voice, SMS, and other technologies to collect data remotely with proprietary survey tools to help clients listen more effectively and benchmark their social performance against their peers.
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When it comes to corporate social responsibility, India's government and public sector companies are at the top of the list. But when it comes to companies of all sizes, they're at the bottom,...more
The world's biggest state investors are getting into the business of making positive social and environmental impact investments. Singapore's Temasek Holdings, one of the world's largest state...more
"Our long-term vision is to see every dollar invested globally as a net positive for people and planet." So says Niklas Adalberth, the founder of Norrsken Foundation, which operates Norrsken VC,...more
When it comes to giving back to the communities in which they operate, India's companies are in a race against time to up their game. A new survey from Deloitte finds that just 28% of companies...more
Indian companies are spending more and more on philanthropic efforts. A survey of 185 companies by accounting and consulting firm Deloitte found that 25% of them spend more than $100 million a...more
Indian companies are spending more and more time thinking about how to make a positive impact on the world around them, the Economic Times reports. According to a survey of 185 companies by...more
During the Covid-19 virus, many businesses took a hard look at how they do business and realized they needed to do more to attract and retain top talent, Forbes reports. According to a report...more
"We've noticed that there are a wide variety of investment opportunities that can truly be transformative for women's and children's health and have confirmed, time and time again, that without...more
Italian crowdfunding site Ener2Crowd has just launched a new service called FidoGreen, which it says is the first "sustainable finance platform for sustainable investments," Quartz...more
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Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Backs Social Saturday
UK will be celebrating its first national celebration of social enterprises dubbed as Social Saturday. World famous celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who founded the Fifteen restaurant chain.
