Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, who led the company’s effort to incorporate ESG factors across all investment activities, recently published a three-part essay called “The Secret...
Interest in blended finance is growing in popularity, so it seems. Having personally designed and invested in multiple transactions involving blended finance structures, I felt it was time to take a step back from my usual discussion topics to describe what blended...
Last week an impressive group of young future leaders descended upon Canada’s capital to take part in the third annual Youth Innovation Summit. Hosted by the United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada), the British Council in Canada and the British High...
The UK’s first food waste supermarket has recently opened in Leeds. Described by its founders as the world’s first ‘anti supermarket’, the organization sells produce that would otherwise be thrown away. The supermarket is operated by volunteers from The Real Junk Food...
