Lack of access to funding is preventing blue economy startups to grow, and hindering the development of ground-breaking technologies which are crucial for preserving marine biodiversity, and for mitigating the effects of climate change
Launched in 2017, the Village Enterprise Development Impact Bond has helped 95,000 East Africans out of poverty during the pandemic, supporting more than 14,000 first-time entrepreneurs in Kenya and Uganda
SECO’s Liliana de Sá Kirchknopf explains how Switzerland is mobilising more private capital for developing countries aligned with the SDGs, and announces the first call for proposals under a new impact finance initiative
Organisations representing impact investors, including the the European Venture Philanthropy Association and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, are pooling resources to uncover a reliable picture of Europe’s impact investment sector
UK’s publicly-owned impact investor CDC Group has reinforced its commitment to broaden access to live-saving drugs across Africa with the acquisition of Moroccan pharmaceutical firm by portfolio company KELIX bio
InvestEU funding programme has been given a guarantee of €19.65 billion by the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and the European Investment Fund, to support investment projects across Europe
Darren Agombar, CEO of Connected Asset Management, tells us how he is bridging the gap between UK pensions capital and impact investment opportunities, and his plans for European expansion
Institutional investors and wealthy individuals have embraced impact investing over recent years. But, what will it take to unlock the market for retail investors? Impact Investor tries to find the answers
The implementation of the European Commission’s Social Economy Action Plan presents challenges, but it has placed social investment at the heart of the EU’s post-Covid recovery programme
Representatives of 175 nations have committed to develop a legally binding agreement to beat plastic pollution, hailed as the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris accord on climate
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