Incofin is one of three portfolio managers of the Global Gender-Smart Fund, which was founded last year to address the $1.7trn gender gap in financial services in emerging markets.
Microinsurance offers financial protection to those most vulnerable to climate threats, but investors are being deterred by misconceptions over the risks involved, according to a new report.
Independent media, along with other businesses contributing to the UN SDG 16 goals of peace, justice and strong institutions are key to wider developmental aims, MDIF head Harlan Mandel tells Impact Investor.
Chief impact officer Servane Metzger-Corrigou has been named executive director of the endowment fund, which is now expanding its efforts beyond France into the wider European region and francophone Africa.
The report evaluated 37 impact funds managing $326bn in combined assets, and found that 97% of funds do not regularly check the quality of their impact data.
The loans will be used to upgrade Britain’s ageing social housing sector, which needs close to £36bn of investment to fully decarbonise, according to the National Housing Federation.
The fund has also announced its first investment into Bioline AgroSciences, which designs, produces and supplies microbials to replace pesticides in agricultural crops.
Young people can be most effective leaders in the fight against climate change. But to scale their solutions, they need support from experienced professionals, policymakers, and investors, writes Florian Hoffmann, founder of the DO School.
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