The aim is to increase healthcare capacity in the Netherlands. The first investment is in Momo Medical, which has developed an app to support more efficient working in nursing homes.
Accion and Nuveen are among backers for FlexiLoans, which is helping to support millions of India’s small businesses currently excluded from the mainstream financial system.
A joint study by the University of Zurich and Robeco shows why it pays off to bet on sustainable companies, and argues for new measure of corporate sustainability, based on the UN SDGs.
Acquiring accurate impact data to support impact investments does not have to mean swamping the often-limited resources of intermediary and beneficiary organisations with complex data requests, according to Oxford University researchers.
The latest monthly report from the Amsterdam-based consultancy shows growth of more than 10% in both the number of infrastructure impact funds on its database and the amount of capital raised by them over the last year.
Pension funds are setting aside money to invest in funds that make a positive social impact. But finding suitable investments and measuring impact still prove difficult.
Octopus Investments is expanding and diversifying its portfolio as it aims to nearly quadruple assets under management by 2050. Impact Investor talks to Benjamin Davis, the company’s CEO of Fund Management.
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