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The Singapore-based capital firm is issuing its third Women’s Livelihood Bond aimed at creating sustainable livelihoods for women in developing countries – and its first to focus on Covid-19 recovery.
It’s been a year of huge unpredictability – but social entrepreneurs have shown time and again that they can turn crisis into opportunity. Next week’s Ashoka gathering will draw on their experience.
Sewing machines and micro-savings groups are just some of the tools used by social enterprises to create community cohesion and keep people healthy. Such innovations could help us redesign a resilient health system that starts at home, say experts.
US-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation chiefs say Brexit was a key factor in deciding on their first Europe base – as it prepares to ‘double down’ on its international portfolio.
Can philanthropy tackle the root causes of climate change and inequality? Laudes Foundation CEO Leslie Johnston thinks so. The second in our series profiling European leaders in corporate philanthropy.
Funders can help accelerate the post-Covid recovery by taking a leaf out of the venture capital book – and by emulating their investees' ability to pivot and adapt to market needs.
India’s IAN Fund and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation back circular economy company Phool.co, which employs marginalised women to turn discarded temple flowers into luxury incense products.
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.
