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IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... billion Turkish liras in financial support, to help them grow and, in turn, drive broader economic growth." The collaboration is part of IFC's strategy in Turkey to boost financial inclusion, especially for women entrepreneurs. IFC noted that in the ...

Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is merging with U.S. based Empower Generation, creating a combined social enterprise that will operate in India and Nepal. Women Entrepreneurs ...

Future of mobility requires key action by business, policy makers: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... transition - market disruption; evolution of the workplace, customer journeys and how goods are moved around; and collaboration with government and other business to catalyse business action. "One of the big insights is that a lot of businesses are ill ...

Climate Disclosure Standards Board issues TCFD aligned framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... sector has been sending to voluntary reporting organisations has been heard loud and clear: ensuring alignment and collaboration among the reporting frameworks and standards is critical to reach a tipping point in effective environmental reporting," ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Climate Leader Cristiana Figueres has unveiled the Green Bond Pledge, which calls upon cities, pubic authorities and corporations to increase the use of green bond finance for infrastructure investment programs. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... climate policy and thereby jeopardizing the long-term value growth of our pension portfolios. We see global investor collaboration as key in reaching better transparency on companies' political engagement."

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... social enterprise designed to provide funding for eye care centres throughout South East Asia. Alina Vision is a collaboration between the Fred Hollows Foundation, social entrepreneurs David Green and Ben Midberry, and Japanese pharmaceutical company ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... FinTechs, governments and external partners on innovative mobile applications and digital payment solutions. Such collaboration can lower the cost of customer acquisition and foster financial inclusion." What big banks lack in certain cases is the agility ...

PRI publishes guide on responsible investment in infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... established a PRI Infrastructure Advisory Committee in February 2017. The work stream "provides a global platform for collaboration between institutional investors and managers to understand and develop good practices in infrastructure investing," PRI ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... will help underpin meaningful actions towards future sustainability." "The Task Force's vision was to encourage collaboration and consistency in approach," notes Mercer partner and FSB Task Force member Jane Ambachtsheer. "This project fits the bill. ...