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October 05, 2021

Acumen, with the support of IKEA Social Entrepreneurship and partners, launched a report with new survey data demonstrating how social enterprises bring inclusion, sustainability, and social impact into corporate value chains. NEW YORK, October 4, 2021 — Today, Acumen, a nonprofit impact investment fund, in...
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September 01, 2021

The Energy Access Relief Fund — managed by SIMA — is an unprecedented partnership of 16 governments, foundations and investors and aims to provide essential financial support to energy access companies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. NEW YORK, September 1, 2021 — Today, a first-of-its-kind...
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August 12, 2021

New Acumen report, “Resilient. Farmers.” provides investors and agricultural businesses with recommendations to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, build their resilience, and increase their incomes.  Salana has been a farmer for 18 years, long enough to know that the weather did not use...
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July 27, 2021

The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) seeks to build an ecosystem of agribusinesses that improve farmers’ livelihoods and build their resilience to climate change. NAIROBI, Kenya, July 27, 2021 — The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) closed on June 30 at $58 million. This first-of-its-kind...
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By Liza Kane-Hartnett on July 19, 2021

In 30 minutes, a promising harvest can turn to crop failure. The ability to make a living or feed your family can disappear. For farmers, this isn’t an abstract risk, it is the reality of climate change, a daily threat that can strike any time...
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