En América Latina, más de 80 millones de personas viven con menos de 4 dólares al día, y otros 200 millones corren el riesgo de volver a caer en situación de vulnerabilidad por factores como las crisis económicas y el cambio climático. La mayoría de personas en esta situación viven de la tierra, e incluso hay … Continued
Acumen’s impact is ultimately about people. Identifying with, standing with, listening to and empowering people. This impact is delivered with dignity, respect, sincerity and generosity. And the affects impact everyone involved. Its Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative Partners experienced that firsthand on a trip to East Africa the first week of March. Led by Acumen’s Global … Continued
The opportunity to invest in women – as leaders, change agents, and key business stakeholders – has never been clearer. Acumen, with support from Unilever, Fossil Foundation, and Danone, is hosting its third Beyond Dialogue workshop today, as part of the Skoll World Forum, to explore precisely this opportunity. Beyond Dialogue: Integrating and Empowering Women … Continued
How do you get people to start giving a sh*t about sh*t? That’s the question constantly on the mind of Lindsay Stradley, Co-founder of our investee Sanergy, a social enterprise building sustainable toilets in the slums of East Africa and serving 55,000 residents daily. As Lindsay explains in her newly released TED Talk, addressing the global sanitation crisis starts with first … Continued
Acumen, in conjunction with UNIX Gallery, is pleased to present Faces Of Change, a solo exhibition by German photographer Martin Schoeller.
As a long-time partner of Acumen, I thought I knew the organization’s work very well, but after a recent trip to Pakistan, I was pleasantly surprised to see the extent of Acumen’s impact in the country. My journey started after being invited to attend Acumen’s first-ever Pakistan Partner Trip with a group of 11 partners … Continued
In 2017, we made five new Acumen America investments across our priority areas—financial inclusion, workforce development and health.
At Acumen’s Energy Summit in London, we chatted with sector experts about the current state of investing in off-grid energy. Collectively, we examined the types of capital required to scale off-grid energy companies and the magnitude of investment needed to achieve universal energy access. Led by Daniel Goldfarb, CEO of Lendable, and Amar Inamdar, Managing … Continued