UNICEF USA's Impact Fund for Children continues to build the case for #ChildLensInvesting. In a new Op-Ed published today by ImpactAlpha, UNICEF USA and 60 Decibels dive into evidence of impact on children across sectors, including clean energy, agriculture and microfinance. Learn more about Child-Lens Investing and find the full article linked below.
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President & CEO of UNICEF USA, Relentlessly Pursuing a More Equitable World For Every Child | Child Rights Activist | Thought Leader
This morning, UNICEF USA's Impact Fund for Children and 60 Decibels published an Op-Ed in ImpactAlpha, continuing to build the case for #ChildLensInvesting by elevating impact on children in survey data across sectors that are not generally considered child-focused, like clean energy, microfinance and agriculture. This is an exciting yet crucial step in exploring how valuable business insights can be revealed when we consider children as beneficiaries.
Investors find child-lens impact through interviews with customers for cookstoves, clean energy and microfinance
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This $100 million impact investment fund is being launched by World Vision USA and VisionFund International to help us empower 200,000 women. It will result in even better integration of our water and economic development efforts to ensure that when women are freed from carrying water they have the agency to make choices for themselves and their families. A big step towards addressing the global water crisis and global poverty https://bit.ly/46muty2
World Vision and VisionFund launch Strong Women Impact Fund to promote economic empowerment for women in poverty
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The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change to poverty and inequality. To address these challenges, we need a new approach that brings together the best of the #businessandphilanthropic worlds. The SDG Loan Fund of $1B is a perfect example of this new approach (read more at the link provided in the first comment). This blended finance initiative is a collaboration between investment arms and Philanthropy Foundation. The fund aims to invest in loans that will help achieve sustainable development in emerging markets. The SDG Loan Fund is a win-win for both business and philanthropy. Investors get a competitive financial return as well as measurable impact, while companies in emerging markets access much-needed funding. This type of collaboration is a positive development in the field of impact investing. Let's recognize the growing power of bringing together the resources and expertise of the business and philanthropic worlds in finding solutions to the world's most pressing problems. #ImpactInvesting #Philanthropy #Sustainability #SDGs #Collaboration
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Our Project Director, Dilys Kyeiwaa Winterkorn, today joined a panel at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)’s #NextFrontiers2024 conference, discussing the movement from private ownership to #CommunityStewardship - an important area of work to revolutionise the #Investment and #SocialInvestment spaces. The Next Frontiers conference invites people from across the #Finance ecosystem to explore #TransformativeApproaches to #WealthManagement and #Redistribution, #Philanthropy, and #Investment. The participants at the conference are asking a critical question: where does wealth need to flow to, to better serve people and the planet? This is a question we all need to be asking, and Pathway is thrilled to contribute to this dialogue. During her session, Dilys outlined how Pathway believes that we need to be chanelling significantly more investment into Black and Ethnically Minoritised communities, for #EnterpriseDevelopment as well as #AssetAcquisition, to ensure that we see our communities flourish - and to ensure that capital is in the hands of those that need it the most. Pathway's recommendations and sector-leading approach will: 🔵 Enable the 75% of Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led social enterprises, that are calling out for repayable finance, to grow and scale their impact in the communities they are serving. 🔵 Unlock £24 billion for the UK's economy. 🔵 And with that, forever change the fact that only 2-5% of social investment goes to Black and Ethnic Minoritised-led charities and social enterprises. We're delighted to be there - and will be sharing further reflections on the discussions from this hugely important moment for the social investment sector. #NextFrontiers2024 #SocialInvestment
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Ethic is always on the lookout for organizations driven by values alignment. UNICEF USA is one such organization. I recently had a great dialogue with Michael J. Nyenhuis, the president and CEO of UNICEF USA, about the organization’s commitment to children’s rights and his thoughts on child-led investing, climate impacts, and corporate responsibility. What is child-led investing? What are some child- and family-friendly workplace policies that investors may want to consider when making investment decisions? Are there things the private sector can do or scale up to help youth access to capital? And how can we use storytelling as a catalyst for change? Michael answers these questions and more in this Ethic Insights article.
President & CEO of UNICEF USA, Relentlessly Pursuing a More Equitable World For Every Child | Child Rights Activist | Thought Leader
What is child-lens investing? I connected with Ethic's Melissa Banigan to talk about UNICEF USA's Child-Lens Investment Framework, as well as climate and the private sector:
15 Minutes With Michael Nyenhuis, President and CEO of UNICEF USA - Ethic
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We welcome Oxfam's excellent report Inequality Inc. and its support of social enterprises and cooperatives as “equitable business models” to “reinvent business”, recently covered in Pioneers Post. Social investors in the equality impact investing field can play an important role here - especially by targeting SEs and cooperatives that are explicitly equality transformative, i.e., those that aim to tackle the root causes, or structures of inequality, one of the five EII investing strategies. #equalityimpact #socialchange #philanthropy https://lnkd.in/gBpXSkay
Oxfam throws weight behind social enterprises and cooperatives as global inequality grows still further
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💡Half of the world’s population lives on less than $6.85 a day. How can we help these people rise out of poverty? I wrote a story about an investment fund, LeapFrog Investments, that does exactly that - by bringing healthcare to underserved communities and boosting local economies in Africa and Asia. Read more about it on the blog of the European Investment Bank (EIB):
How an investment fund fights poverty in Africa, Asia
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Impact investing for the creation of social and affordable housing 🏠 The housing need in Europe is huge: 900.000 persons are homeless, 42 millions are suffering from energy poverty and 64 millions are affected by housing cost overburden. The declaration of Lisbon (2021) set the objective of eradicating homelessness by 2030. In this panorama, together with other European organizations, we have created a network that aims to address the pressing issue of housing across Europe. Meet the European network for impact housing on February 27th at 11:00-12:30 CET We will explore ‘what is impact investment and how it can be applied to generate social and affordable housing’ and we will present our new network and give concrete examples of how we work in this field from across Europe. ✏ Register here https://lnkd.in/d7E9z7PQ to participate in the webinar #housing #impacthousing #socialhousing #impact Erste Social Finance Holding Fundació Hàbitat3 Habitat et Humanisme HOGAR SÍ Homes4All Srl Società Benefit B Corp Resonance Limited
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In our meeting last week with a senior team from Equity Bank, led by Ambassador Mary Mugwanja, we explored opportunities for collaboration and partnership to address challenges faced by low-income households, especially children, youth, and women. In our discussion, it became apartment how most of our strategies were aligned. Some of the strategic alignments are in enterprise development and financial inclusion, agriculture, environment and climate change, health, education, and social protection. We underscored the importance of civil society organizations (CSOs) working with corporates like Equity Bank to tackle development challenges effectively. By joining forces, CSOs and corporates can leverage their respective strengths to implement sustainable solutions. Multi-sector partnerships, such as this, have proven instrumental in driving impactful and sustainable change across various sectors. In the context of Africa, where development challenges are manifold and often complex, these partnerships hold even greater significance. By combining resources, expertise, and networks, CSOs and corporates can address the continent's growing challenges more comprehensively. From economic empowerment to environmental sustainability, such collaborations have the potential to catalyze positive transformation and improve the livelihoods of millions across Africa. The partnership between ChildFund International and Equity Bank exemplifies the power of collaboration in advancing development agendas. Together, we are poised to make meaningful strides in livelihoods programs, financial inclusion, food security, employment, health, education, and social protection, ultimately contributing to the holistic well-being of communities in Africa. As for next steps, we agreed to have our joint technical/program teams meet and develop a partnership roadmap with timed intervention areas with formalization of the partnership by June this year. ChildFund International Equity Bank Limited ChildFund International - Africa Amb. Mary Mugwanja Nixon Nyadiero Sekoh Alice Anukur Maureen Siele
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True global prosperity is impossible when half the world’s population is left behind. Accessing capital is a challenge as is—but it’s significantly harder for women across Africa. Thankfully, there’s a path forward. Both the public and private sector—as well as the donor community—have a responsibility to address this inequity. Here are three ways they can start today: ➡️ Remove regulatory barriers that prevent low-income customers from accessing credit; ➡️ Ensure lenders have access to funds from donor countries to manage perceived risks; ➡️ Digitize lenders to bring loan costs down and better assess credit-worthiness. This should all be a priority for global and national leaders who are looking to kickstart economic growth. Melinda French Gates spells it out clearly: by closing the $1.7 trillion gender credit gap, we can unlock $6 trillion in global GDP.
Women Entrepreneurs Can Make the World $6 Trillion Richer
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