SUSTAINABLE INVESTING IS SMART BUSINESS
Examining how companies are solidifying sustainable business strategies and how purpose-driven leaders and organisations can thrive as they solve the world’s biggest challenges.
Are you ready to get started aligning your money with your values? Follow these easy, actionable tips to kick-start your journey. By EB Content Studio Corporate Responsibility. Clean-tech. Fair pay. As allegoric as these turns of phrase may sound in conventional business, many investors are now basing their investment decisions on such principles. Investors are […]
Many companies overlook the pressing, often surprising, array of climate risks they face. By understanding them better, leaders can safeguard their business and identify opportunities to compete in a decarbonising world By EB Content Studio Climate change is the most significant challenge for the planet. While Africa has contributed negligibly to the changing climate, with
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Technology entrepreneurs in Africa could solve the continent’s biggest problems while saving the planet but still need to bridge the “capital gap”, say founders and investors By Raconteur Climate tech is one of the hottest categories for European and US startups and scaleups, with more than $111bn (£97bn) raised globally last year. Hundreds of companies are developing innovative ways
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Getting capital can be daunting, and this is no exception for those starting social enterprises. Young entrepreneurs worldwide face the greatest difficulty in finding funding, mostly because of a struggle to access formal banking services. By EB Content Studio A great social change idea and a bankable business plan are the two things you need
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Ethical investing strives to support industries making a positive impact, such as sustainable energy, and create an investment return By EB Content Studio If you’d like to invest but are concerned about your investment shillings supporting industries you don’t agree with, ethical investing may be just what you’re looking for. Ethical investing is all about
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Africa’s capital markets are reputed to be challenging for foreign institutions to navigate. Despite this, the region could be the next frontier for ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing By Catherine Tinavapi African economies along with many other frontier and emerging markets suffered from heavy foreign investor outflows during the initial stages of Covid-19. Despite recovering somewhat since
Impact led social investment in Africa has experienced steady growth over the last decade, spurred by the need for a sustainable private sector. How can we ensure impact investing works to solve the challenges facing the continent with solutions that work for Africans? By EB Content Studio Frank Aswani, Chief Executive of the African Venture Philanthropy
By The World Bank The coronavirus pandemic has renewed interest in sustainable investing strategies that allow investors to both protect the financial value of their assets and contribute to solutions to global problems such as climate change. These investments have become increasingly mainstream, and now account for more than $39 trillion in the five major global
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By EB Content Studio Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to African startups to deploy their dry powder. British International Investment (BII), a DFI from the UK, told TechCrunch recently that it will deploy $500 million into startups by the end of 2026, and half of that
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