Investing in clean technology companies hoping to serve low-income markets comes with extraordinary technical, financial and management challenges. How should impact funds harness investment strategies to overcome persistent challenges faced by clean and renewable energy businesses, such as organizing last mile distribution, designing useful product features, setting …
Coal, oil and gas pose a financial downside risk to your portfolio as well as to the planet. Reducing or eliminating your exposure to fossil-fuel producers can make your investing more resilient as well as contribute to a wider effort for fossil-free investing. Learn from investors, investment …
Games are taking over. The dominance of games on mobile platforms is well-documented, as is the gamification of services from airline reservations to healthcare. Many feel threatened by this, that games encourage violence and other anti-social behavior. But instead of fighting it, how about harnessing this force …
The Global Innovation Network (GIN) is an international consortium of cleantech innovation and start-up support organizations to promote international cleantech collaboration between innovative startups, entrepreneurs, and investors. GIN reduces the friction of entering new markets by innovative cleantech companies. It supports startups in gaining experience in another …
There are few areas in social enterprise and impact investing, from public health, to poverty, to oceans, that are not directly impacted by a changing climate. The public discourse on climate change focuses either on denial or doom and gloom, and the amazing opportunities to address the …
In 2012 Tides joined leading Hollywood figures James Cameron (Director of “Avatar”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger to invest in a groundbreaking documentary series on climate change – “Years of Living Dangerously.” Co-created by 60 Minutes® producers Joel Bach and David Gelber, “Years of Living Dangerously” recruits top Hollywood …