Royal America sells and leases electricity-powered equipment for logistics and cargo in Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. The company issued a $26 million, seven-year …
The announcement last Friday of the Trump administration’s plan to decimate funding for medical and scientific research and disease prevention sent shockwaves through …
The Singapore-based impact investment marketplace links investors such as family offices, corporations and foundations with early-stage businesses and blended finance projects advancing UN …
Portugal’s Goparity is an online platform that enables individuals to invest in sustainability-focused projects across renewable energy, sustainable land use and biodiversity protection, …
Flood insurance in Bangladesh. Irrigation subsidies in India. Islamic finance for clean air in Egypt. “Renaissance bonds” for green buildings in Harlem, New …
NMB Bank launched the country’s first green bond with $60 million from the International Finance Corp., British International Investment and life insurance company …
Only a few people in the world can afford to be fitted for a bespoke, tailored suit. It is a very expensive, complex, …
Clime Capital last month reached a $175 million final close for its early stage equity fund for clean energy ventures in Southeast Asia. …
Nigeria’s AgroEknor sources hibiscus, ginger and sesame from a network of 5,000 smallholder farmers, 70% of whom are women. It then processes and …
The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles for more than three weeks in January were an unseasonal fluke—and a signal of the more frequent …
It’s 2050 and we are no longer worried about climate change. How did we get here? To paraphrase climate activist and marine biologist …
A small loan from a specialized investment fund will have a big impact on the economic stability of dozens of Syrian and Palestinian …
Affordable housing developers in the US aren’t waiting for the axe to fall on federally backed financing programs. They’re pulling together private financing …
Demand for critical minerals has set off a global scramble. Elements such as tin, cobalt, lithium and tungsten are key inputs for everything …
Innovative financing has taken center stage in global education discussions. The most recent sign: the Fortaleza Declaration issued by the UN-backed Global Education …
After two decades of providing flexible, patient capital to infrastructure projects in Africa, the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund saw opportunities to apply its …
Going public is typically an exit strategy for large companies seeking expansion capital and returns for their investors. A small group of companies …
Contraction in the venture capital markets has spurred tech startup founders to look for alternative funding sources, including non-dilutive revenue-based financing. New York-based …
Conversions to worker ownership can be complex for retiring business owners. They may be looking first to keep their enterprise going and second …
ImpactAlpha, March 8 — New funds are emerging out of Latin America and the Caribbean as the region’s impact ecosystem comes together and …
Although global efforts had been underway to improve digital health solutions at scale, it was the COVID19 pandemic that brought the necessity of …
ImpactAlpha, November 8 — Low-income communities that often bear the brunt of climate change also hold the key to many climate solutions. Candide …
ImpactAlpha, November 7 — Boston-based nonprofit Social Finance is launching a fund to attract some of the big pools of capital locked up …
Church steeples dot the skyline in cities and towns across North America. But with many congregations shrinking, aging and quietly going broke, many …
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 21 – The amounts are small, but the implications could be profound. When micro lender Pro Mujer earlier this year distributed …
ImpactAlpha, July 24 — SDG Outcomes Fund is seeking $100 million to provide upfront capital for approximately 15 to 20 “development impact bonds” …
ImpactAlpha, July 17 — Green banks, credit unions, community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, and other nonprofit lenders are scrambling for the mandate …
Impact investing has now reached more than $1 trillion in assets under management. With this growth, concerns over “impact washing” have also grown. …
ImpactAlpha, May 8 – Dental care is often an afterthought in global health. But as anyone who’s had a toothache knows, it can …
ImpactAlpha, April 24 – Luxembourg’s ministry of finance has committed $25 million to BlueOrchard Finance’s Green Earth Impact Fund, which seeks to raise …
Corporate, nonprofit and municipal issuers are designating bond proceeds to support organizations that increase access to finance for women and people of color. …
ImpactAlpha, February 22 — Chicago-based nonprofit lender Opportunity International has raised $101 million in philanthropic capital from backers including the Bill & Melinda …
Ghana securitized an education tax to improve access to education and a petrol tax to pay off legacy debts in the banking sector. …
ImpactAlpha, December 8 — British International Investment is investing $75 million in Nairobi-based African Guarantee Fund to guarantee loans from partner financial institutions …
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard’s unusual succession plan made waves with its massive commitment of the family-owned company’s future profits …
ImpactAlpha, November 23 — The Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, has awarded nearly $1.4 million in grants to Village Capital, Pacific Community Ventures, …
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP27) that began a few days ago will allow the world to …
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 9 – An old idea is finding new life in the municipal bond market, where a stubborn complacency with conventional ways of …
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 18 – In late July, The Rockefeller Foundation announced a major shift: it would make climate central to everything it does. …
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 18 – Faced with 2020’s cascade of crises, a group of foundations mobilized $3 billion from capital markets for community relief and …
ImpactAlpha, August 30 – The Rockefeller Foundation is backing a digital platform to aid policymakers in understanding how and where resilient infrastructure could mitigate …
The typical employee within a non-governmental organization doesn’t talk a lot to commercial banks, pension funds and insurance companies. But like everyone else, …
ImpactAlpha, June 13 — The global apparel and footwear industry is responsible for 2.1 billion tons of carbon emissions, equivalent to the emissions …
ImpactAlpha, June 6 – Apis & Heritage last year launched a buyout fund to help small and mid-sized businesses with large Black and Brown …
ImpactAlpha, May 26 — The Catalytic Capital Consortium, or C3, formed by the MacArthur and Rockefeller foundations and Omidyar Network, aims to expand …
