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Walters Art Museum | Photo credit: Jill Fannon (pulled from Walters Art Museum's Facebook page)
Creative Economy | December 3, 2020
Cultural institutions start to put their assets to work for mission
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – Universities, private foundations and even large nonprofits have deployed hundreds of billions of dollars into ESG, impact and community-based …
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Dealflow | December 3, 2020
GoSite raises $40 million to digitize U.S. small businesses
ImpactAlpha, December 3 — The pandemic has forced traditional brick-and-mortar small businesses to lean into e-commerce to survive. San Diego-based GoSite helps small …
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Dealflow | December 3, 2020
Habitat for Humanity aims to accelerate affordable housing startups in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, December 3 — Habitat for Humanity’s will host two ShelterTech programs to help 20 companies in Southeast Asia and Latin America advance …
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Dealflow | December 3, 2020
Curio launches a $30 million fund for inclusive cannabis
ImpactAlpha, December 3 — Cannabis revenues in the U.S. could reach $50 billion by 2026. Blacks and other people of color risk being …
An Accountability Counsel training in Oaxaca, Mexico on OPIC's Office of Accountability
Impact Management | December 3, 2020
What we learned about the state of impact accountability from 74 investors
The International Finance Corp.’s Operating Principles for Impact Management take a step to protect against impact-washing by requiring disclosures and verification. Genuine accountability …
Clean Energy | December 3, 2020
Financing for climate action is not catching up to the climate emergency
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – The pace of climate change is accelerating: new records were set in 2020 for land and sea temperatures, Arctic …
Innovative Finance | December 2, 2020
Inclusio seeks to anchor its social mission by going public
ImpactAlpha, December 2 – Brussels-based Inclusio develops and manages affordable housing, schools, reception centers for asylum-seekers and other social housing and infrastructure projects. …
Impact Management | December 2, 2020
Corporate impact face-off: Total vs. Neste Oyj
Impak Battles, an ImpactAlpha series with impak, a Montreal-based impact ratings agency, assesses the positive and negative impact of corporate operations. Each month, …
Dealflow | December 2, 2020
Texas foundations sets up fund for COVID-impacted health clinics
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 3 – Health facilities in many parts of the U.S., and particularly low-income and rural areas, are buckling under the weight of …
SDGs | December 2, 2020
Blue like an Orange backs Mexican neobank kubo
ImpactAlpha, December 2 – Digital financial institutions have expanded financial inclusion in Latin America. Still, in Mexico, only 37% of adults have a …
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Dealflow | December 1, 2020
Ethical Housing raises £7.5 million for affordable housing in the U.K.
ImpactAlpha, December 1 — The Ethical Housing Company snagged £7.5 million ($10 million) from Teesside Pension Fund and Big Society Capital to acquire …
Refugee Lens Investing | December 1, 2020
Refugee investments provide blueprints for Biden’s reset on immigration
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 1 – As the Trump administration was building walls and new restrictions, impact investors and innovative humanitarians were creating a marketplace of …
Dealflow | December 1, 2020
Aphea.Bio secures €14 million to develop eco-crop treatments
ImpactAlpha, December 1 — For decades, modern agriculture has relied extensively on chemical-based, often environmentally destructive crop treatments. Belgium-based Aphea.Bio is among the …
Climate and Clean Tech | December 1, 2020
Third Derivative aims to accelerate climate tech
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 1 – In calculus, the third derivative is the rate of change of the rate of change, or to put it another …
Impact Management | November 30, 2020
Updating investment ‘exclusion lists’ for deeper social and environmental impact
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 24 – Cluster bombs and hazardous chemicals. Tobacco and firearms. Child labor and corruption. “Exclusion” lists have for decades helped investors keep …