Finance is changing rapidly. A growing number of investors, companies and policy-makers worldwide are slowly, but steadily, recognising the deep mutual interconnections between finance and sustainability. The COP21 agreement...
Investments are the key driving forces for the progress of our society. A new trend is being developed with impact investments, ensuring the societal value creation of the financial...
oikos Roundtable. Co-organized with the Henley Business School and hosted by UBS. Thursday, 15 September 2016, 9.30am – 1.30pm. By invitation Goal The momentum for sustainable investing is...
Abstract As a leader in sustainable finance in India, Yes Bank reached the milestone of mainstreaming sustainability within its core business principles with a vision of evolving as...
Abstract Established in 2001 by Chandra Shekhar Ghosh to address the dual objective of poverty alleviation and empowerment of women, Bandhan was the largest microfinance institution (MFI) in...
Abstract Socially responsible investing (SRI) is an investment process that screens investment opportunities based on ethical, social, corporate governance, or environmental. SRI has been growing rapidly; total U.S.-domiciled...
Abstract The case study is based on a dilemma faced by IFC, one of the financing arms of the World Bank Group, on whether it should release its next...
Abstract Founded in 1940, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) is a private charitable foundation endowed with John D. Rockefeller’s heritage made in the fossil fuel sector from so...
Abstract This case presents the history and development of a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) project in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, that was initiated by Rotarians...
Abstract Friends of the Children, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, was founded in 1993 by retired entrepreneur Duncan Campbell to serve youth at the highest risk of...