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Harvard Alumni in IMPACT

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Furthering Harvard faculty, student & global alumni dialogue around Sustainability & IMPACT (Investment-Measurement-Policy-Advocacy-Climate-Tech4good)♻️

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Harvard C-CHANGE@HarvardCCHANGE19 Jun 2020
Air pollution disproportionately impacts black communties, leads to higher temps and higher rates of premature births & stillborns for black mothers. "Doing nothing about air pollution...is racism in action,"- @CathFlowers of @CleanAirMoms in @nytimes ow.ly/ck0c50AbIaS
Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most (Published 2020)

Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most (Published 2020)

Women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have premature, underweight or stillborn babies, a look at 32 million U.S. births found.

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Impact Management Project@impmgmt29 Sep 2019
By consulting with more than 2,000 organisations since 2016, @impmgmt has reached consensus that any type of impact experienced by people and planet – intended and unintended, positive and negative – needs to be understood across five dimensions of impact buff.ly/2nit8aX
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oscar perry abello@oscarthinks31 Aug 2019
Replying to @peter_haas @nytimes @Rachel__Reilly @LisaGreenHall @franseegull @rajshah @kr_cornett
Yeah, this is going to be hard, maybe close to impossible. nextcity.org/daily/entry/lon…
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Adam Rogers@AdamRogers203030 Aug 2019
Why accurate #data is needed to achieve the #SDGs: ✅for transparency ✅for action planning ✅for measuring progress ✅for mobilizing partnerships ✅& more (watch the video) cc: @undata @UNSDSN @SDGaction @UNGlobalPulse @KirkDBorne @SDG2030 @UNDP_SDGs @sdgsdataNg @SDGsData 🖥🖥 – at Bethesda, MD
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UN Global Compact@globalcompact31 Aug 2019
You have less than 24 hours to sign up for the UN @globalcompact #youngSDGinnovators programme. Apply now: unglobalcompact.org/sdgs/you…
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Fran Seegull@franseegull31 Aug 2019
This is why ⁦@ImpactInvestUS⁩ ⁦@BeeckCenter⁩ ⁦@NewYorkFed⁩ created the #OpportunityZones Reporting Framework—to support legislative intent of #community #econdev. ozframework.org. nytimes.com/2019/08/31/busin… v ⁦@BernasconiKohn⁩ ⁦#impinv #socent
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Just Capital
@JustCapital30 Aug 2019
#JUST polling data is featured in today's @ImpactAlpha piece about @BizRoundtable – confirming that the American public wants to see corporate purpose redefined and reimagined. spr.ly/6010EfL5s

Shareholders for Stakeholders: CEOs should safeguard, not silence, engaged investors

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 29 – The Business Roundtable’s statement from 181 CEOs committed to pay employees fairly, protect the environment and foster diversity and inclusion. ...

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Rise of the Rest
@RiseOfRest31 Aug 2019
"There’s no place like home. Dorothy knew it. So do #entrepreneurs." #RiseOfRest rvltn.vc/2KXbu4I
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ImpactAlpha@ImpactAlpha23 Aug 2019
Blokable developed a modular housing system that can be manufactured affordably and quickly constructed for either market-rate or affordable housing projects. Read molre. impactalpha.com/blokable-sec…
Blokable secures $23 million for modular housing that promises affordability

Blokable secures $23 million for modular housing that promises affordability

ImpactAlpha, August 20 – A third of U.S. renters are cost-burdened from housing and every state faces an affordable housing shortage. (Even rural renters feel ...

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Blue Haven Initiative@_BlueHaven2 Aug 2019
Successful #impactinvesting takes the traditional calculus for a successful stock/fund (revenues, debt, quality of management, etc.) plus a few non-traditional metrics (like a company's ecological footprint & how it treats employees). bit.ly/2Ki2GpI @brian_o_connell
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Vala Afshar
@ValaAfshar4 Jul 2019
Banana leaves as a sustainable alternative to plastic bags

Thailand Replaces Plastic with Banana Leaf Wraps Around Produce

Banana leaves have become a sustainable alternative to plastic bags in Thailand

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ImpactAlpha@ImpactAlpha12 Jun 2019
Sunbit raises $26 million to provide loans for unexpected expenses impactalpha.com/sunbit-raise…
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HBS SocialEnterprise@HBSSEI12 Jun 2019
Our @HarvardHBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellows are working around the globe, from Ecuador to Ethiopia #HBSInterns
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Brian Trelstad@trelstad6 Jun 2019
Or D) the future of accessible and affordable ways for investors, grant-makers and companies to listen to their customers and employees? Congrats Sasha, Tom and the team for getting to where you are and to @Acumen for the tremendous support along the way!
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@60_decibels6 Jun 2019
What is @60_decibels? (A) The volume of human conversation (B) A new tech-enabled social impact measurement company spun out of @Acumen (C) Both. #gottagowithC
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HBS SocialEnterprise@HBSSEI6 Jun 2019
New Impact Insights blog post! As part of our #SEI25 series, @monishakapila (@HBSAlumni 2005), Founder & CEO of @ProInspire, shares her insights on founding a #socent and pursuing social #impact hbs.me/2wEMXdY
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Kamala Harris
@KamalaHarris24 Feb 2019
We have failed to put resources into our public education system, instead pouring tons of money into a system of mass incarceration. That must end. It’s past time we invested more in the future of our country: our nation’s children.
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ImpactAlpha@ImpactAlpha24 Feb 2019
ICYMI: @jpmorgan's initiative to invest in minority entrepreneurs has launched in D.C. w/ $6.7M in available funding. @CapitalImpact Partners and the Clark Foundation together contributed $3M of the total, w/the @JPMorgan Chase Fdn investing the rest. impactalpha.com/entrepreneur…
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UN Global Compact@globalcompact20 Feb 2019
Social justice is the foundation for peace — but it can only be achieved if no one is left behind. If you want peace and development, work for social justice: un.org/en/events/socialjusti… #SocialJusticeDay
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Blue Haven Initiative@_BlueHaven19 Feb 2019
A @Kasaprekogh bottling plant in Accra, Ghana, will now operate on #solarenergy thanks to a collaboration with @CrossBoundary & @YNWAsolar: ow.ly/1PXW30nKUEd @afrik21 @jeanfogang
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Harvard Business School
@HarvardHBS16 Feb 2019
The biggest challenge facing today's #business leaders? Making their operations in harmony with the environment. hbs.me/2SG9dlm via @HBSWK
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