SEEN & HEARD
Acumen's September 2013 Newsletter
Global Fellows Class of 2014
Our 10 Global Fellows come from all around the world. Read more about them.
Acumen Investee Wedu Featured in the New York Times
New York Times features Wedu in "Investing in a Future for Asia's Young Women"
Acumen Investee Virtual City Featured on Bloomberg TV
Bloomberg TV Features Acumen Investee Virtual City as a company that is revolutionizing sub-Saharan agriculture
Acumen in the News
- Pakistan Country Director Farrukh Kahn explains his journey into social investment and the Acumen model while at the Skoll World Forum
- BBC News features insight from Director of Portfolio Shuaib Siddiqui
- Jacqueline’s perspective is included in a Goldman Sach’s client newsletter on investing in women
- Jacqueline discusses the power of patient capital and the environmental movement in an interview with Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy, on Huffington Post
- Financial Times highlights Sanergy and those whose lives have been affected by it
Impact Investing in the News
SSIR Opens Up a Debate on Impact
Sacha Dichter's Response to SSIR
Acumen's Chief Innovation Officer at Acumen Responds to SSIR Article
"Save the World Field Trip"
In the NYT, David Bornstein says Charity:Water's silver bullet message is misleading
Impact Investing in the News and Other Relevant Articles
- Peter Buffet critiques “Philanthropic Colonialism,” calling for humanism and a new operating system
- Krishnamurthy Vijayan, former executive chairman of JP Morgan Asset Management India, launched an impact investment fund that will invest in India
- History is made as Delaware became the 19th state to enact benefit corporation legislation; business leaders have a new freedom to make decisions that are in the best interests of society as well as their bottom line
- The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to build urban resilience in cities around the world.
- Citi Microfinance and Kiva are launching Kiva U, a new program to engage students and educators in a global effort to expand financial inclusion
- “Triple Strength Leadership” discusses what skills and qualities tri-sector leaders cultivate to be successful in solving the world's toughest issues
- Interactive Infographic on American Giving
- Bangladesh Plans to Take Control of Grameen Bank Founded by Nobel Winner Yunus
- Soap Opera becomes a medium for social change - World Bank research found that Scandal! had significant positive impacts on the financial literacy of its viewers
- Social Entrepreneurship contests and challenges waste time and money, according to Kevin Star in “Dump the Prizes”
- 5 Ways To Avoid Failure, From Social Enterprises That Didn't