Impact Alpha

MAY 1, 2024

The post Investment manager diversity matters when investing for health equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Editor’s note: This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2025

The report, drawing on a decade of on-the-ground research combined with public opinion data, unveils growing concern over the worsening impact of litter on public health, the environment and the economy. The report revealedoverwhelming public support for prevention measures to tackle the problem, including anti-litteringcampaigns.A

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

Without stringent health and safety protocols, however, the processes that extend your tank’s working life could pose significant danger to the specialists undertaking the clean. It also outlines the health, safety and procedural elements of the task – including personnel, equipment and emergency protocols. Entrapment and trip hazards.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2021

The analysis summarizes human health and environmental impacts associated with over 50 weed killers offered by one or both retailers online and in their stores. Human health. Consumers are increasingly aware of the health risks associated with common products. Reputational risk. While the U.S. Financial risk.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

As nonprofit hospitals shift from volume-based to value-based care, a powerful opportunity emerges to invest in the social determinants of health. The post How hospitals are partnering with CDFIs to invest in the social determinants of health appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Research indicates.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 6, 2020

Why the private sector needs to invest in conservation agriculture right now. One challenge is the increasing percentage of farms owned by investors who lease land year to year to the highest bidder, which gives farmers little incentive to invest in conservation practices that might take years to be fully realized. William Ginn.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Transformation will stall or fail if there is no alignment between business strategy and culture, and there is a lack of investment in the workforce. In general, organizations "try" to innovate from within, and water is a public health issue, so utilities can’t take risks. The competition is the status quo (the installed base).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Investing in the ground beneath our feet could have wide-ranging benefits for the environment, animal and human health – as well as moving closer to Net Zero, according to new research. Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The post Lightsmith and Chan Zuckerberg invest $16.6 million in Beep for in-home health in Brazil appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Beep Saúde has developed an app that helps patients obtain more than 30 vaccines, including for influenza and HPV, set up appointments with.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

To better support the health of these communities, Berckes’ organization employs local teenagers to plant and care for trees. In the corporation’s efforts to invest in communities that house its data centers, it funded Trees Forever’s work in 2019. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2021

We realized that we could estimate the health of the overall environment by using birds, as they are an indicator of biodiversity. Short-term targets are valuable, but make sure that your goal-setting reflects the time it takes to make an impact on ecological health, which is measured in decades, not years. million to 425 projects.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 28, 2024

The post InStride Health raises $30 million for pediatric mental health services appeared first on ImpactAlpha. About one-third of young people will struggle with anxiety disorder or obsessive compulsive disorders by the age of 18. Boston-based InStride launched in.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Funding tree planting in rural areas across the globe was an easy way for businesses to invest in green initiatives and to win points with the general public. . That’s one reason investing in urban forestry isn’t as simple; nor does it have the same sustainability impacts. But urban forestry has a different history.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 30, 2020

Here's what will help beyond immediate disaster response.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 22, 2022

Suzanne Biegel, a longtime respected advocate of “gender-smart” investing, on why corporate sustainability teams should double down on their understanding of gender equality and women’s health issues.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And we’re not starting from scratch: For years, Seattle’s transportation department and others in city leadership have been working to reduce the health-harming pollution from cars, trucks and other sources. Our public transit infrastructure needs — and deserves — investment. One surprising example? Which brings us to: .

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 20, 2024

Joe’s Organic Cleaners had a clear green mission, to protect the health of their people, their town and the local environment. They are ahead of the game with their investment in a dry cleaning machine that uses a non-toxic, K4 system. They knew becoming an eco-friendly business was key to their future and the right thing to do.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Recently, I was asked to participate in a webinar discussion about environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in the wake of COVID-19, and I had to ask myself, "Is the work we’re doing at SASB completely irrelevant or more relevant than ever?" . Finance & Investing. Corporate Strategy. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

health insurers are all invested in the fossil fuel industry" and will call on insurers to divest from these companies, calling them "the greatest threat to human health.". A report coming out later this week from the Australia-based Sunrise Project "will reveal that the top 10 U.S.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 9, 2024

New York-based Maven Clinic is among the growing number of women’s health ventures helping to plug gaps in care and information since the. The post Maven raises $125 million to expand digital health services for women and families appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

But CEO Mark Schneider took pains to position this investment as one that will be "earnings-neutral.". Nestlé will discuss its climate-related progress and investments on an ongoing basis, with the long-term view in mind. Their multi-billion-dollar investments are significant in their own right. Media Source. Courtesy of.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems. Among the emerging U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Also in February, investment firm Neuberger Berman announced a $175 million sustainability-linked corporate revolving credit facility, the first North American financial services firm to do so. Finance & Investing. By that afternoon, more than 300 investors had ordered more than $8 billion in debt. Featured Column. Two Steps Forward.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 3, 2021

Climate tech startups, and investments into them, are growing. In 2020, investments into early stage climate tech companies topped $60 billion and grew at a faster rate than all VC investments from 2013 to 2019. Accelerate is a fast pitch competition featuring startups across the circular economy value chain.

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GreenBiz

JULY 9, 2020

It analyzes the costs of the investment, the potential revenue, the labor implications and the anticipated yield. That includes formulating plans specific to keeping ownership of the investable assets (trees) separate from the real estate; that’s an important consideration for farmers who lease the land they are working.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Produces ingredients such as amino acids, polysaccharides, bioactive peptides, and lipids used in skincare and health applications. Investment and Timelines The fermentation lab builds on U.S. Air Liquide plans a 45 billion investment surge between 2022 and 2025focusing on hydrogen and sustainable technology fields like fermentation.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

I am thinking especially of global poverty, hunger, health and education — SDGs 1 through 4 — where the latest figures from the World Bank and other centers of analysis paint a bleak picture of years lost and lives threatened. But the analysis does not stop there. Virtuous cycles can turn vicious.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

Basic human health principles tell us that we should diagnose before we treat and that we should test before we diagnose. . Today, by leveraging advancements in technology and new medical discoveries, we are able to treat and prevent diseases and enhance our quality of life, health and wellness. Poornima Param….

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The robust data set reports on trends in forest areas including size, species, health, growth, mortality, removals and carbon sequestrations. For the uninitiated, additionality is the concept that the carbon removal is happening because of the investment from a carbon credit market and wouldn't have happened without that investment.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

Facing far less risk, people with the luxury of working from home nevertheless have faced new stressors on their mental health, including blurred work-life boundaries, social isolation and ceaseless caregiving. As the pandemic has killed half a million Americans, too often "essential" workers have felt expendable. Hearts and minds.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The trajectory of AI investments has added to the scale of the task needed.” We are now looking at additional investments, be it solar, and evaluating technologies like small modular nuclear reactors, etc.” Back in 2020, Google set a goal of running on carbon-free energy around the clock by 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Will Rogers is health and safety director at Eco Verde Energy, a firm that provides operational, advisory and back office support to anaerobic digestion plants. At EVE, we have recently reviewed the health and safety policy for all EVE-managed AD plants, to optimise worker safety. Addressing lone working has been a key element of this.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Ingram is the chair of investment advisory company Wilshire’s ESG and Diversity Committee. billion in assets under management and $168 billion in assets under advisement, recruited Ingram in 2017 as part of an effort to expand its ESG and socially responsible investing capabilities. Wilshire, which has more than $8.6

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

But the larger discussions about dismantling systemic racism are about how we will invest in people and communities. Sustainability is part of that necessary community investment. That means investing in people — specifically, creating job opportunities for BIPOC leaders in creating solutions for a healthier, greener planet.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It is a bit like voting: A single vote almost never sways an election; but the duty and mass activity of voting are vital to the health of a democracy. Paris Agreement-compliant: The entity specifies if and to what extent carbon credits and external investments in carbon reduction and removal factor into its strategy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

From developing company-wide environmental policies to making smart climate-related investments, Gen Z wants to see actionable plans and measurable progress. . As found in a recent UNiDAYS survey , 93 percent of Gen Z believes brands have an obligation to take a stand on environmental issues. Human rights.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This week, the company announced a Series A funding round to the tune of $63 million, led by The Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group. Core to this strategy is keeping the benefit of building electrification in these communities — creating jobs, improving health and saving households money.

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