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The decision to host COP30 in Belém, Brazil placed the Amazon — the world’s most critical natural resource — at the center of global climate action. The summit shifted the global climate discussion ...

Sovereign wealth funds are leaning into impact strategies for climate tech, infrastructure and regional development as both financial opportunities and national priorities. State-owned funds ...

The Oslo-based company builds subsea water desalination plants powered by natural ocean pressure. The company says it can yield fresh water with half the energy required for conventional desalination.

It’s reset time for climate action. Climate Week NYC is a kind of pep rally for climate and impact investors who are back in the fray after pulling back to assess the extent of the policy damage of ...

The Indian startup offers a marketplace and credit options for farmers in India to acquire new or used tractors, harvesters and other farm machinery. It raised $22.6 million in Series A financing, led ...

Tonya Allen won’t take the bait. The president of Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation isn’t retreating in the face of right-wing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. Instead, Allen is ...

Despite our deep national divisions, most Americans agree on one point: the economy isn’t working for enough people. There are many reasons why, but one core cause is unequal access to investment ...

Often within the impact investing landscape, “impact” is defined by who we invest in and what we invest in. To truly create systems change and drive greater impact, we must evolve our definition of ...

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Worker ownership is becoming more common, as worker-owned cooperatives — and investment funds looking to support them — multiply. Less so: worker-owned holding companies with multiple businesses in ...

More frequent climate-driven disasters, wildfires, active-shooter incidents and other emergencies are pushing investors to explore new technologies and models for faster and smarter emergency response ...