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Our partnership with Grameen Pilipinas has witnessed the successful distribution of critical food supplies to the needy in Laguna, Philippines.

Arowana Impact Capital, the impact asset management arm of the Arowana group, is honoured to have signed a partnership agreement with Grameen in the Philippines, Grameen Pilipinas.

Despite being the 1st in Asia and 4th in the world in terms of financial inclusion, the Philippines still runs up against some sobering facts making financial inclusion a pressing issue up until now. This creates a growing recognition for the private sector to support the government’s efforts toward financial inclusion.

By sharing in the responsibility of alleviating “learning crisis,” investors are contributing to poverty reduction – and ultimately, towards greater and better human and societal development leaving a lasting generational impact.

The Philippines presents impact investors with several opportunities to venture into the blue economy, or the sustainable management of oceans to achieve accelerated economic growth, job creation, and poverty alleviation.

BCorps, UN SDGs & Entrepreneurs Jay Coen Gilbert, “We can’t create an economy that works for everyone if the biggest companies in the economy are moving in a different direction,” he said. “That doesn’t work.

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) released the IRIS+ to address pain points of impact investing such as what investors should measure, making sense of all the impact management products available and how to measure and manage impact.

In the world of impact investing, where trust and transparency are among the key challenges that withhold mainstream acceptance of investing in socio-environmental initiatives.