At the start of the decade, many global leaders lauded impact investing as a panacea to the $2.5 trillion funding gap the world needed to meet the SDGs. Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, does it hold the same promise? We spoke to Amit Bouri, CEO and Co-Founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) about the power and potential of impact investing throughout and beyond the crisis.
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On this first day of the new year 2022, we would like to wish you peace, health and happiness. May there be empathy and solidarity in striving for a world without injustice and suffering, in harmony with nature. In the year 2021, without much choice, many activities have gone online. Global U participated in the January 2021 World Social Forum and the 7th South South Forum on Sustainability, organized the Venezuela lecture series, as well as produced books and edited videos.
Hi Jamie, thanks for your time! What do you do? I’ve been a Senior Technician at the Howard Assembly Room, a music venue in Leeds, since 2015, working for the Opera North Company. We have all sorts of musical acts – Folk, World Music, Classical, Classical Indian Music – all kinds of stuff!
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