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"Women and other underserved groups are disproportionately impacted by the global climate crisis, but they are also uniquely positioned to lead the fight for #sustainability:" buff.ly/3PQg9W2 via @HarvardBiz

"Just how instrumental are [Digital Financial] services?... What – and where – is the evidence? Where is it well-established, still nascent or non-existent? And where are there gaps?:" buff.ly/3R0r1kN

"If we want to build #climateresilience among rural communities, we need to ensure that women farmers own the land they work on" via @idr_online: buff.ly/3FKyAHS #gender

To address the challenges of accounting for upstream and downstream emissions in the #GHG protocol, authors Robert S. Kaplan & Karthik Ramanna introduce the notion of an E-liability accounting system: buff.ly/3KAZNhX via @HarvardBiz

"There’s recognition that in order to continue to serve low-income consumers, the key is enabling access to finance – that means new financial services and products, and consumer protections.” bit.ly/38FgpHa @ImpactAlpha #PAYG #offgrid

The case for measuring the competitive sustainability for impact investors. "While it’s tricky to compare social impact metrics across organizations, funders can evaluate the competitive sustainability on an apples-to-apples basis" buff.ly/3LxiW4O @ceciliachapiro

A good example of how local communities and stakeholders can come together to combat plastic pollution. Here is a glimpse of the Chemnad Beach Cleanup from Kerala. youtu.be/ijiNbTgKHvY #oceanplastic #plasticpollution #beatplasticpollution #wastemanagement #circulareconomy

A robust discussion of the ethics for reimbursement and compensation of research participations for #monitoringandevaluation via @idr_online: buff.ly/3uOAN19

A recent success story of how value addition for small scale farmers can increase farmers' profit margins and support more sustainable farming practices: buff.ly/3JJiu1G

. @ClaraGMillerlays aptly outlines 6 ways business leaders can start to move the needle on climate change and promote #equity via @ImpactAlpha: buff.ly/3DWPd2i

"Our top-line data shows that focusing on gender as the defining characteristic of a female client is exactly the wrong approach. Women are not a homogeneous segment... we must go deeper into the sub-groups that they inhabit:" buff.ly/3Latx5c @NextBillion

Greater transparency from companies—through rigorous and disaggregated reporting of environmental and social impact data from different business areas—may reveal their abilities to generate sustainable cash flows: @IntBanker: buff.ly/3tiGynf

"The contemporary debate on business and biodiversity still takes a narrow view...But instead of trying to fit nature into conventional business logic, we should start recognising that nature protection is itself a viable business proposition:" buff.ly/3I8GtXp

Can #nonprofit leaders create hybrid experiences that are better than either in-person or remote meetings? @markzitter thinks so, and he shares the techniques and tools to make it happen. #nonprofits ssir.org/articles/entry…

This short piece about a groundwater project in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh perfectly illustrates the need to center local expertise in projects & programs: @goonj @idr_online: buff.ly/3h2v9ks

Press Release Via @OneAcreFund: @essmart and One Acre Fund Partner to Expand Farmer Services: bit.ly/3g1iz48 #agriculture #lastmile #smallholder

"Addressing the #climateemergency will require business model transformation and cooperation with a broad network of partners — including competitors" an excellent read from @charmianlove & Robert G. Eccles via @HarvardBiz: buff.ly/3KK7WBa

"Valuing these true costs of #foodsystems... is essential if we are to progress on climate, food, health, and other issues of global significance." A great read on #TrueCostAccounting from @alexander_tmg & @RuthOpenBlue via @SSIReview: buff.ly/3HwCwvZ

An apt analysis of how the 'New Formal' economy, made up of skilled artisans, blends the best of the #formaleconomy (social productions, data & mobility) with the #informal economy (cultural networks & relationships): via @NextBillion: buff.ly/357aN6I

Accelerating Digital Transformation: Why Technology is the Key to Eliminating the #MSME Finance Gap in Emerging Markets: buff.ly/3EbAkYk via @NextBillion