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An independent source of news and information on #impactinvesting and #socialentrepreneurship. #impinv #socent

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Drew Corbyn@DrewCorbyn9 Feb 2024
Interview With @nedtozun : Perspectives of an #OffGrid #Solar Entrepreneur. @dlightdesign @GOGLAssociation impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @impactmoneyblog

Interview With Nedjip Tozun: Perspectives of an Off-Grid Solar Entrepreneur

Around 700 million people living in developing countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, lack access to electricity, while several billion have either no power or only intermittent ac…

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I'm pleased to have worked on a $100 million commitment to the Gigaton Fund which will provide debt financing to #offgridsolar and other distributed #RenewableEnergy companies in developing countries. #impinv #SDG7 mirova.com/en/news/mirova-an…

Mirova announces first closing of Mirova Gigaton strategy

This blended finance debt strategy aims to accelerate the clean energy transition in emerging countries in Africa and Asia Pacific predominantly, as well as Latin America and the Middle East.

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As the lead investment officer for the DFC's $100m loan to the Gigaton Fund, which will deliver #RenewableEnergy to people in poverty, I'm grateful to see it come to fruition. Congrats to @SunFunder #impinv #SDG7 #solarenergy realassets.ipe.com/news/miro…

Mirova raises $171m at first closing of Gigaton Fund 1

Blended finance debt fund aims to accelerate clean energy transition in emerging markets

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ACTIAM@ACTIAM24 Mar 2023
"To financial institutions, you are at pole position. I want to invite you to look at the sanitation market and engage with us, engage with all the partners here at the table, to see if you can use your distribution power" as stated by Theo Brouwers at the #UNWaterConference2023.
Aqua for All@AquaforAll24 Mar 2023
Our 2nd Panel, with @Incofin, @Danone, @DFCgov, @Oikocredit, @ACTIAM, @AquaforAll & moderated by @ClintonGlobal discussed impact investors' views on the #water and #sanitation sector and delved deeper into what Asset Managers have to offer. #UN2023WaterConference #WaterAction
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Aqua for All@AquaforAll24 Mar 2023
Our 2nd Panel, with @Incofin, @Danone, @DFCgov, @Oikocredit, @ACTIAM, @AquaforAll & moderated by @ClintonGlobal discussed impact investors' views on the #water and #sanitation sector and delved deeper into what Asset Managers have to offer. #UN2023WaterConference #WaterAction
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excellencia@excellencia_ltd25 Feb 2023
RT @AdvanceEsg: hbr.org/2023/02/rescuing-esg… #ESG #impactinvesting #climate #DEI #corpgov #sustainability #CSR #SRI #investment #sustainablefinance @AlexandriaESG @futureguru @impinvinstitute @ReclaimFinance @IFC_org @ImpactMoneyBlog @SharonAlpert @UpstartCoLab @NextBillion @GSGimpi…
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As a member of the DFC deal team that led our due diligence, it is great to see @SunFunder recognized at the #USAfricaBizForum. This is the 3rd & largest investment I have worked on to-date with them, financing access to off-grid, solar energy across #Africa and beyond. #impinv
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@DFCgov14 Dec 2022
Today at the #USAfricaBizForum, DFC announced our $100 million commitment to longstanding client Mirova @Sunfunder Gigaton Fund to increase access to reliable clean energy, including off-grid solar, for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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TRANSFORM@TRANSFORM_SDGs8 Jan 2022
"@Loowatt's water-less flush toilets might revolutionise the delivery of #sanitation in the developing world." Great feature on founder & CEO Virginia Gardiner @vg_loowatt's sustainable solution to the global sanitation challenge. ✍️ @millvalley69 bit.ly/31T8SRI
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"Loo What? The Story of an Entrepreneur Tackling the Global Sanitation Challenge" #HubMember @loowatt have been featured in @ImpactMoneyBlog, showcasing their mission to provide hygienic, waterless flush toilets to communities who lack access: impactmoney.net/impact-inves…
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Latest blog post: "we could see an additional 150 million people joining the ranks of the extreme poor by 2021 thanks to Covid" #impinv #socent How Did This Play Out? The Impact of the Pandemic on Small Businesses and Micro-Enterprises impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @millvalley69
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Reflections on the impact of Covid on micro, small and medium enterprises in the developing world for a recent webinar hosted by @BlueOrchardLtd How Did This Play Out? The Impact of the Pandemic on Small Businesses and Micro-Enterprises impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @millvalley69
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Green Bonds + Blue Bonds: How DFC’s Innovative Financing is Promoting Market Building in #ImpInv -- DFC approves $100 MM loan commitment to @waterequityorg Global Access Fund to help scale water + sanitation microloans. link.medium.com/SbjIHAnbLeb #impinv #DFIs @millvalley69
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WaterEquity@waterequityorg24 Mar 2021
A $100 million loan from @DFCgov will help us provide access to #water and #sanitation for millions of people around the world. #WaterEquity is proud to be part of their innovative approach to building markets and unleashing systems change. ow.ly/srY050E5zqd #impinv
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Kaleidofin: Can a Disruptive Fin-tech Create a Mass-Market for Savings and Investment in India?: impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @ImpactMoneyBlog #socent #socialimpact
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Can Business Be “At One” with Nature?: impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @ImpactMoneyBlog #socent #socialimpact
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Planet Tracker@planet_tracker13 Jan 2021
A new report by @ReclaimFinance reveals that, one year on: @blackrock still holds $85bn in coal. Our director of research, John Willis, says many investors are not aware of the environmental risks “hidden within the companies that are locked into an index" igniteseurope.com/c/3019944/…
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Dmitry Fotiyev@DmitryFotiyev7 Jan 2021
#BlendedFinance involves more risk tolerant (“catalytic”) capital takes a first-loss position to more risk averse “commercial” capital, thereby mobilizing the risk-averse capital into #impactinvesting to achieve #SDGs @millvalley69 @BlendedValue buff.ly/2mZDDjX
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CNote: A Retail Impact Investment Revolution in the Making?: impactmoney.net/impact-inves… courtesy of @ImpactMoneyBlog #socent #impinv
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"Imagine a parking with 7.8 billion cars. Now take all of that mass, and turn it into CO2 in the air. That’s what humans put into the atmosphere every year." #impinv #socent Interview with Tom Chi: Can Business Be “At One” with Nature? impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @millvalley69
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“we are talking about investing in ventures that are radically disruptive with deep tech that change the unit economics of core industries” #impinv #socent #climatechange Interview with Tom Chi: Can Business Be “At One” with Nature? impactmoney.net/impact-inves… via @millvalley69
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