Inclusive growth

KKR Closes $2.8 Billion Global Impact Fund II

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Monday, November 6, 2023
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KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund II (“GIF II” or the “Fund”), a $2.8 billion fund dedicated to investing in companies whose products and services contribute measurable progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”).

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  • KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Global Impact Fund II (“GIF II” or the “Fund”), a $2.8 billion fund dedicated to investing in companies whose products and services contribute measurable progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”).
  • The Fund is the successor fund to the first KKR Global Impact Fund.
  • “We launched KKR Global Impact in 2018 because we saw an opportunity to invest behind proven companies that deliver scalable, commercial solutions to global problems,” said Robert Antablin, KKR Partner and Co-Head of KKR Global Impact.
  • For example, analysis by KKR Global Impact portfolio company Lightcast found that the skills requested for the average U.S. job have changed 37% since 2016, requiring a significant acceleration of upskilling1,” said Ken Mehlman, KKR Partner and Co-Head of KKR Global Impact.

Plugin & Inclusive Growth Chain: Leveraging Smart Contracts to Check Air Pollution in Real-Time

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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Research shows that there are links between air pollution and non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, and more recently COVID-19 health outcomes.

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  • Research shows that there are links between air pollution and non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, and more recently COVID-19 health outcomes.
  • Plugin & Inclusive Growth Chain: Who they are and what they offer
    Plugin is a decentralized oracle platform providing cost-efficient solutions to smart contracts that run on the XDC Network Ecosystem.
  • Pollution check is a blockchain-enabled use case that allows air pollution tracking and tracing in real-time.
  • Government agencies tasked with safeguarding the environment can leverage Pollution-check to pass laws on appropriate mechanisms to reduce air pollution.

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Centre for Public Impact Introduce “Built for All: A Global Framework for Building Inclusive Economies”

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
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Today, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Centre for Public Impact released Built for All: A Global Framework for Building Inclusive Economies .

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Centre for Public Impact released Built for All: A Global Framework for Building Inclusive Economies .
  • The economic approach of the past alone is not enough to support a future of inclusive growth, sustained prosperity, equal participation, and responsible stewardship.
  • Built for All is a framework to guide and stimulate deliberation on what is needed to create an inclusive global economy.
  • The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.

The Global Inclusive Growth Partnership Launches Benefits21; Initiative Calls for a Comprehensive Overhaul of a Broken Benefits System

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Monday, September 28, 2020
Articles, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Inclusive growth, Inclusion, Sustainable development

Increasingly, there is also a need to modernize benefits to ensure access for workers across work arrangements.

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  • Increasingly, there is also a need to modernize benefits to ensure access for workers across work arrangements.
  • The aim is to transform benefits along four key principles:
    People-centric, with workers and their voice and experience central to system design and delivery.
  • The Global Inclusive Growth Partnership was announced at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit in October 2019 with the recognition that, even in a period of economic strength, growing inequality was a crisis that necessitated urgent action.
  • The Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.

Canada Supports Inclusive Growth Through Economic Recovery

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Thursday, July 9, 2020
Articles, Energy economics, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Inclusive growth, Sustainable energy, Innovation

OTTAWA, ON, July 9, 2020 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to innovation and building a clean energy future.

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  • OTTAWA, ON, July 9, 2020 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is committed to innovation and building a clean energy future.
  • Minister O'Regan joined leaders from governments and industries around the world to discuss actions for sustainable recovery and clean energy technology innovation.
  • Minister O'Regan led a ministerial session on inclusive growth, which focused on placing people and communities at the heart of economic recovery and the long-term transition to a clean energy future.
  • Governments and industries alike have an opportunity to create more equitable and inclusive employment growth.Mobilizing the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups, including women, youth, racialized groups and Indigenous peoples, will be vital to the post-COVID-19 recovery and long-term economic growth.

data.org Issues an Open Call for $10M Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Launched in partnership with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation , the $10 Million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge seeks to foster and promote innovative, scalable solutions from people and organizations all over the world.

Key Points: 
  • Launched in partnership with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation , the $10 Million Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge seeks to foster and promote innovative, scalable solutions from people and organizations all over the world.
  • The Challenge will award up to ten winners with data science talent, software, training, funding and other support valued from $10,000 up to $10 million.
  • The Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge creates the opportunity to learn from, lift-up and build community around promising applications of data science for social impact, said Ginger Zielinskie, Interim Executive Director, data.org.
  • The Center for Inclusive Growth advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.

Mastercard Launches Toolkit to Help Community Leaders Drive Sustainable, Inclusive Growth

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Monday, October 21, 2019
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The announcement comes as private and public sector leaders gather in Washington for the inaugural Global Inclusive Growth Summit.

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  • The announcement comes as private and public sector leaders gather in Washington for the inaugural Global Inclusive Growth Summit.
  • To achieve better outputs we need to ensure better inputs, said Mike Froman, chairman, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
  • The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth focuses on promoting equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world.
  • As a subsidiary of Mastercard, the Center leverages the companys data insights, expertise and technology, along with administering the Mastercard Impact Funds philanthropic investments, to empower a community of thinkers, leaders and innovators on the front lines of inclusive growth.

Luohan Academy Unveils Report on Digital Technology and Inclusive Growth at World Economic Forum

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Thursday, January 24, 2019
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Luohan Academy an open research institute initiated by Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) today released its first report examining the oft-debated relationship between digital technology and economic growth at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos.

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  • Luohan Academy an open research institute initiated by Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) today released its first report examining the oft-debated relationship between digital technology and economic growth at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • The report demonstrates how digital technology can drive inclusive growth in ways previous technology revolutions have not, especially when policies and public-private sector cooperation are supportive.
  • The report Digital Technology and Inclusive Growth details why the benefits of the current digital revolution can be more evenly distributed than they were in previous technological revolutions.
  • At the macro level, widespread adoption and application of digital technology is no longer dependent on level of income and economic development.

Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism releases report to drive sustainable and inclusive growth

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Friday, November 16, 2018
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LONDON, Nov. 15,2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) today releases its report identifying value drivers important for sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as potential metrics to assess them.

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  • LONDON, Nov. 15,2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) today releases its report identifying value drivers important for sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as potential metrics to assess them.
  • The collaboration and dialogue evolving around The Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) report has been an interesting and rewarding project to be part of alongside other like-minded investors with a long-term focus.
  • Douglas M. Baker, Jr., Ecolab's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: "Ecolab supports the Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) and its focus on fostering long-term value and sustainable economic growth.
  • The Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (EPIC) project helps articulate the types of factors that aren't always captured in financial statements but are important to the long-term investment performance."