SDGs
Clean Energy | October 15, 2020
Investors see a ‘blue wave’ of growth opportunities in sustainability and inclusion
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 15 – “Pro-business” really does have a new meaning. Just a few weeks ago, U.S. investors were said to be fretting about …
Africa | October 12, 2020
Tugende helps Uganda’s motorcycle taxi drivers survive the lockdown – and raises $6 million to grow again
ImpactAlpha, October 12 – It was looking like a stellar year for Tugende. The Kampala-based social lender, which finances the purchase of motorcycle …
Climate Finance | October 7, 2020
Helping companies make good on their commitments to stakeholders
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 7 – When 181 members of the Business Roundtable signed on to a new statement of corporate purpose a year ago, …
Climate Finance | October 1, 2020
Biodiversity summit aims to increase urgency and financing to avert ecosystem collapse
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 1 – If you think things already are bad, consider that we’re also hurtling towards what scientists are calling Earth’s sixth …
Dealflow | October 1, 2020
BestDoc secures $2.1 million amid India’s digital healthcare expansion
ImpactAlpha, October 1 – The challenge of universal healthcare access for India’s uninsured rural poor has been made starkly clear by the COVID …
Dealflow | September 29, 2020
Insurer QBE backs Save the Children’s impact fund
ImpactAlpha, September 29 – Save the Children, best known for its humanitarian aid work, has reached a $6 million first close for an …
Clean Energy | September 29, 2020
Eight climate finance innovations that can help accelerate a green recovery
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 29 – Innovation in climate finance is critical; with a global COVID pandemic raging, it’s doubly so. Eight new financial solutions …
Clean Energy | September 28, 2020
New fund aims to bridge the ‘city climate finance gap’
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 28 – Cities account for 70% of global CO2 emissions, a figure that is expected to rise steeply as another 2.5 billion …
Agrifood Tech | September 23, 2020
Beneficial Returns backs alt-leather manufacturer Ananas Anam with impact-linked loan
ImpactAlpha, September 23 – Ananas Anam, a woman-led enterprise in the Philippines, buys pineapple leaf waste from farmers and converts it into a …
Africa | September 22, 2020
Greenlight Planet raises $90 million to bring off-grid solar to new energy users
ImpactAlpha, September 22 – Africa and Asia’s off-grid solar sector has been on an upmarket march in recent years, shifting away from individual households …
Dealflow | September 16, 2020
Mexico issues $890 million Sustainable Development Goal bond
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 16 – Mexico has issued a $890 million Sustainable Development Goal bond. Proceeds from the seven-year bond will target vulnerable populations …
Agrifood Tech | September 16, 2020
Food startups NotCo and Climax Foods raise financing for plant-based alternatives
ImpactAlpha, September 16 – Chile-based NotCo uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to identify plant-based proteins as substitutes for animal-based food products. NotCo …
Dealflow | September 15, 2020
Bridges Fund Management and AEA Investors to float $400 million ‘impact’ SPAC
ImpactAlpha, September 15 – Bridges Fund Management and AEA Investors filed to float a $400 public offering for AEA-Bridges Impact Corp., a “special …
Clean Energy | September 14, 2020
Climate Week preview: Fusing climate action and the SDGs to the COVID recovery
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 14 – Wildfires raging across the U.S. west coast. Intentional burning ravaging tropical rainforests. Flooding in Bangladesh, India and West Africa. …
Clean Energy | September 10, 2020
U.S. regulator urges a price on carbon to stem climate risks
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – As wildfires tinged California skies an eerie orange, a key government regulator warned that climate change poses serious risks …