Tamara Abed has been supporting social entrepreneurs through BRAC, one of the world's largest NGOs, for 20 years. As the future of development finance is changing, she tells us why leaders must start prioritising what really benefits humanity.
Faith-based asset owners of all kinds urged to put their “money where their mouths are” as first-of-its-kind Multi-Faith Just Transition Fund launches to support transition to a low-carbon economy.
Seema Arora has spent more than three decades “nudging” business leaders towards sustainability. She’s proud of their progress – and it's time for Asian-led solutions to be in the spotlight, she says.
Our regular impact finance bulletin brings you the latest funds, deals and programmes in the world of investing for good. Read on for our selection of impact investment headlines from the past month.
Ahead of November's G20 Summit in Indonesia, the world's leaders are urged to rebalance capital flows in favour of the Global South to help pandemic recovery and meet UN SDGs.
Asia has huge scope for innovation and scale – not to mention wealth – but is often ignored on the global stage, says AVPN’s Naina Subberwal Batra, who urges social investors to grasp the “amazing opportunity” for action.
Ahead of this week's Spectrum event on closing the racial wealth gap, organiser Keisha Senter reflects on the task ahead for funders, what we can learn from creative leaders – and her 'ones to watch' when it comes to grassroots change.
The region's investors predict “a possible shift from profit supremacy” and say they are “taking this opportunity as a wake-up call”, in advance of AVPN's major online event next week.
A clearer understanding of the different types of financing labelled 'impact investing' can help us pick apart the factors shaping their actual impact, writes researcher Philipp Golka – and figure out the role each can play during Covid-19.
