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GIIRS: A Financial Times Feature

B Lab’s new social impact investment tool, GIIRS, has been profiled in the Financial Times. This is an exciting step towards directing capital towards positive change. As co-founder Andrew Kassoy is quoted, “A lot of capital is being kept on the sidelines by the lack of a useful tool.” We hope to provide the solution [...]

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Channeling Investment for Impact: New rating system helps investors move beyond responsibility

Alleviating global poverty and stemming environmental deterioration are not small or easy problems, but a new network of investors is willing to put their money towards this mission. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)- comprised of large institutional investors such as JPMorgan Chase, TIAA-CREF, Prudential, and Rockefeller Foundation – is working with B Lab to [...]

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Directing Investment to Companies that are Changing the World

In 2002, I worked with small producers in a township outside of Cape Town, South Africa to help launch a small business. The official unemployment rate in Cape Town at that time was around 30% and for many of the men and woman I worked with, running their own business was the first job they [...]

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