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The debate about a supply-demand mismatch in impact investing has often centred on its characterisation as a relatively high risk strategy and...

The global textile and garment industry is at a crossroads. It is a three trillion dollar industry that encompasses the manufacturing and...

New compendium of blog posts from Markets For Good captures discussion and debate around how to strengthen the “information infrastructure” of the...

Why an E-Guide? Toniic is a global impact investor networkand platform whose members promote a sustainable economy by investing in entrepreneurs, enterprises,...

Impact investments, which aim to generate financial returns while creating measurable social and environmental benefits to address some of the world’s most...

Social enterprises (SEs) have the potential to make India’s spectacular growth story work better for its poor citizens. Currently, India’s rapidly growing...

In 2004, in order to meaningfully address the world’s most pressing social and environmental issues, the KL Felicitas Foundation (“KLF” or the...

Off-grid solutions based on renewable energy sources, particularly Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV), hold great promise to bring electricity to the 80 million or...

In India, venture philanthropy (VP) and allied organisations are making long-term strategic investments to build for-profit and non-profit innovative social purpose organisations...

The Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (ACSEP) is an academic research centre at the National University of Singapore Business School,...

April 5, 2013 marked 1000 days to the end of 2015. At the end of 2015, India and all the other signatory...

An emerging group of investors, globally and in India, are looking beyond the customary financial returns, and integrating Environmental and Social (E&S)...

Perhaps the biggest questions facing the social sector today are around scale and sustainability, creating greater and more long-lasting impact. This paper...

A personal reflection by Jed Emerson, December 2009. File Name: beyond-good-versus-evil-hedge-fund-investing

Created with the support of SARASIN & Highland Good Steward Management. Distribution Partners include The Private Banking Group of ABBL (the Luxembourg...

By Foundation Source Press, 2007. A review of "Checkbook Philanthropy", "Responsive Philanthropy", "Venture Philanthropy", "Results-Based Philanthropy", and "Collaborative Philanthropy". File Name: strategic-philanthropy-five-approaches-for-ma

A Report by IJ Partners, 2010. What is next for philanthropy after the great downturn? This edition of Viewpoint looks at what...

Final Report of the Social Investment Task Force, April 2010. It is now some ten years since the Social Investment Task Force...

Bridges Ventures is an investment company whose commercial expertise is used to deliver both financial returns and social and environmental benefits. File...

A KPMG Report on the unprecedented rise in M&A activity in India. 2009. File Name: the-indian-ma-landscape-a-perspective

A Citigroup Global Markets Report on the Indian landscape. With headwinds to consumption, investment and outsourcing now easing, we believe India has...

1,600 children die every day in India due to illnesses caused by lack of sanitation. Dasra’s latest research report, “Squatting Rights”, sponsored...

The deadline for nominations to the Sankalp Awards 2013 for socially relevant, sustainable and scalable enterprises has been extended until 31st January...

Unconvention, the conference series run by Vilgro, recently conceived of and launched Unconvention | L as a way to run smaller convenings...

Accion, the international organisation focused on financial services for the underserved and Saama Capital, an India investment firm, last week announced a...

Justrojgar is to receive an equity investment from Upaya Social Ventures to build resources and expertise to connect India’s poorest to the...

Last week Intellecap and Villgro today announced a partnership that will assist social entrepreneurs across India. The two organisations will jointly organize...