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ESG | May 10, 2021
Campbell “promotes circularity” yet continues to supply single-use packaging
Impaakt is a crowd-sourced platform that relies on collective intelligence to produce high-quality impact analyses and scores. Each week, the Impaakt reviewing team …
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Climate and Clean Tech | May 10, 2021
Mitsubishi and South Pole partner to finance carbon-removal tech
ImpactAlpha, May 10 — Carbon removal technology that captures CO2 from the air, coupled with permanent storage, will be key to decarbonization efforts, …
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Clean Energy | May 10, 2021
Einride secures $110 million to expand electric freight transit in the U.S. and Europe
ImpactAlpha, May 10 — Einride integrates electric and autonomous vehicles to move commercial products. The Swedish company’s Einride Pod is a fully-electric driverless …
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Catalytic Capital | May 6, 2021
Helping communities acquire assets and rebuild small businesses in Minnesota
ImpactAlpha, May 6 – The conviction of former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd sent a signal to residents of Minneapolis …
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Catalytic Capital | May 6, 2021
RSF Social Finance deploys capital from the Racial Justice Collaborative
ImpactAlpha, May 6 — RSF Social Finance has launched the Racial Justice Collaborative, a vehicle that aims to provide debt, equity and grant …
2030 Finance | May 6, 2021
Conservation of mangrove forests could get a boost from carbon credits
ImpactAlpha, May 6 – Farmers in Iowa and Illinois are getting $20 a ton for sequestering soil carbon. Tropical forests can collect $10 a …
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Agrifood Tech | May 6, 2021
MIT’s Solve Innovation Future fund makes four early-stage investments
ImpactAlpha, May 6 – Solve Innovation Future, the investment arm of MIT Solve, has committed $1 million to eight companies that were finalists in …
Climate and Clean Tech | May 5, 2021
EnCap Investments raises $1.2 billion energy transition fund
ImpactAlpha, May 5 – Houston-based oil and gas private equity firm EnCap Investments has raised 22 institutional investment funds totaling roughly $38 billion …
Good Jobs | May 5, 2021
Three ways to invest in the upskilling of workers for the post-COVID economy
The booming stock market has masked the wide gaps in the U.S. economy and labor markets that are increasingly a threat to a …
Community Finance | May 5, 2021
Boston’s Ujima Fund demonstrates the (investment) power of neighborhood democracy
Every Wednesday evening for the past few years—at least, before the pandemic—a group of Boston residents from the working class neighborhoods of Dorchester, …
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Dealflow | May 5, 2021
Mexico’s Graviti raises $2.5 million to help unbanked Latin Americans pay for appliances
ImpactAlpha, May 5 — Graviti, a Mexico City-based “buy now, pay later” company, launched in 2019 to help low-income and unbanked families in …
Dealflow | May 5, 2021
Something Better Foods secures $500,000 to bring plant-based protein to underserved communities
ImpactAlpha, May 5 — Oakland, Calif.-based Something Better Foods aims to make plant-based food affordable and accessible, particularly Black and Brown communities. The …
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Policy Corner | May 4, 2021
Agents of Impact see transformation – and trouble – in Biden’s first 100 days
ImpactAlpha, May 4 – More than 230 million COVID vaccine shots. Nearly $2 trillion in economic stimulus. A return to the Paris climate agreement. …
Impact Voices | May 4, 2021
Outsiders get the bulk of venture capital in Africa. Peer-selection can change the game.
It’s a warm April day in Lagos, Nigeria. Fifteen people are sitting in a circle in a conference room, for a ceremony called …
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Impact Voices | May 4, 2021
100 Days of President Biden: Progress and peril on the road to a just economy
As the Biden administration completes its first 100 days, I am both surprised by the ambition of this administration and disappointed by its …