Standard Chartered and CDC pledge $150 million for working capital for small businesses

50/50 split... Standard Chartered and CDC’s fund will invest $150 million over three years.
Current suppliers… to Standard Chartered’s large business clients will benefit most.

Olam’s $500 million club loan shows bankers will back sustainable agriculture

The incentives... The banks will cut Olam’s interest rate if the food supplier hits dozens of ESG targets, as measured by Sustainalytics.
Major banks crowded in... The 15 major Asian and European banks, led by BNP Paribas and ING Bank pooled their equal shares.
Putting a price on sustainable improvements… Loans like Olam’s show major banks are setting a price for environmental and social performance improvements.

Impact Terra raises $3M to provide ag data to Myanmar farmers

The problem...More than 60% of Myanmar’s workforce depends on farming for a living...but the country’s agriculture sector is among the least productive in Asia.
Impact Terra's solution...leveraging Myanmar’s mobile connectivity growth to provide agricultural data and advice...

SEAF backs maternal and infant care center in Vietnam

It's a follow-on investment.... In 2011, the Washington DC-based Small Enterprise Assistance Fund made a $2.9 million investment in the hospital.
The new investment... was made through SEAF’s Women’s Opportunity Fund...

Northstar Foundation invests in women, health and arts via Du’Anyam

Indonesia-based Du’Anyam... is a handicraft retailer that works with wicker weavers, specifically pregnant women in poor farming communities...

Northstar Foundation invests in women, health and arts via Du’Anyam

Philanthropy's investment will help protect pregnant women from strenuous filed labor...

SEAF backs maternal and infant care center in Vietnam

Impact goal: Phuong Chau hospital, a 250-bed obstetrics and gynecology facility in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, will expand to a nearby community...