Living with unreliable or no power is still a reality for more than 1.8 billion people. Estimates say that nearly half a trillion dollars are needed to ensure access for all. Charm Impact has set out to help close this investment gap. By providing peer-to-peer lending opportunities, the startup connects impact investors with entrepreneurs in developing economies who sell clean energy solutions.
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5 signs that carbon footprint labelling is gaining traction
Accurate information about products’ climate impact enables consumers to make more environmentally responsible choices and emit less greenhouse gases. Here are five signs that 2020 could be the year that carbon footprint labelling is becoming mainstream.
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Clim8 to launch a sustainable investment app for impact investors
According to the UN, the world will need to invest 2.4 trillion dollars each year until 2035 in order to avoid catastrophic damage from climate change. With that in mind, London-based startup Clim8 is mobilizing small investors to drive the necessary change through its sustainable investment app, arguing that “savings shouldn’t cost the earth.”
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation is launching a ten-week circular economy program
Imagine a world without waste, in which materials shift from one function to another, with an economy that restores natural systems rather than disrupt them. As part of its aim to turn that vision into reality, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is launching an online program that introduces people to the circular economy. “It’s a new way to design, make, and use things within planetary boundaries.”
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