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Deal spotlight: Trickle of financing to phase out coal
Predictions of peak coal have come and gone as global efforts to phase out the dirty fossil fuel founder in regions reliant on …
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The diverging paths of climate tech in Europe and the U.S.
Talent. Customers. And specialization. Transition-friendly policy and sentiment are helping set the European Union apart as a hub for climate tech. My colleague …
Black Farmer Fund is reimagining U.S. agricultural finance, on farmers’ terms
A century ago, Black farmers represented 14% of all farmers in the U.S. Now? Just 1.4%. Barriers to affordable financing have cost farmers …
How CDFIs are rethinking lending risks to build BIPOC-led businesses and wealth
The portrayal of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income populations as “too risky” for business investments is rooted in racism used to justify underinvestment …
A resilient pandemic recovery requires faster, cheaper pay-for-success initiatives
ImpactAlpha, June 1 – Pay-for-success financing represents an opportunity to fund new social services and build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic. But deal …
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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