OXGAV, The World’s First Ever Conservation Venture Capital Studio
Oxford University, in collaboration with Global Accelerated Ventures (GAV) and the research commercialization arm of the university, Oxford University Innovation, are forming the Oxford GAV Conservation Venture Studio (OXGAV). OXGAV was designed with a very specific purpose: to vigorously help launch technological innovations that can
The Great Green Wall: Its Status, Impacts and Need for More Support
The recent One Planet Summit drew to a close bringing hope for a climate-action orientated 2021. The one-day event drew-in around 30 government leaders and representatives – most notably Emmanuel Macron, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, and Justin Trudeau– to discuss
The Importance of Investment and Farmer Innovation
FAO Investment Centre Deputy Director John Preissing speaks about the importance of investing in farmers. The FAO Investment Centre has helped to design and implement over 2,250 investment operations across 170 countries, bringing development to scale through investment support with the
ESG Investing: No Longer Just For The Generous and Wealthy?
Environmental, social, and governance-minded, or ESG, investing has never been so profitable and it's becoming a trend. It is not anymore only for those "generous and wealthy" but it is becoming a viable option for many other people. ESG is a
Connecting the People Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way
Everyone is talking about trees. In January, the World Economic Forum founded the Trillion Trees initiative (1t.org), an effort to protect and grow enough trees to fight climate change and build healthy rural landscapes and economies. Around the same time, major
‘Green’ Investing: The Future of Business?
The choice between economic development and sustainability is often considered to be irreconcilable. However, viewing the elements of ecosystems as resources that provide services puts a price on nature, helping, through through green investing, to shape the future of investments
China and South America: The Pacific Alliance
Since 2011, the South American neighbourhood has concocted a novel regionalist scheme, the Pacific Alliance (PA). Oriented towards motivating deeper trade and investment relations with Asia through intergovernmental understanding – while avoiding any sort of supranationality or requirement to (partially) give up sovereignty,
Investment in Climate-smart Agriculture: Why Do it Now
Investment in climate-smart agriculture offers, at this point in time, unique opportunities across the value chain to address the SDGs. This article explores the promise of impact-investing in agrifood, a crucial sector for sustainable development. Globally, agriculture and food — or
Private capital for public goals: Getting business involved in financing sustainable development
SERIES TITLE: Pipe dream or achievable vision: How can we deliver on the 2030 Agenda? The 2030 Agenda foresees a bright future for humanity, one in which everyone enjoys peace and prosperity on a bountiful planet. But, with nationalism, populism and protectionism
Global Partnership: How it Empowers Sustainable Development
Collaboration and multi-stakeholder partnerships have now become overused terms, new fashionable expressions adopted by companies, public institutions and the non-profit ecosystem. They have been presented as the answer to the demands of a growingly complex world and to the challenges
Digital Social Innovation: Everyone Has Something to Give
Nesta is an innovation charity in the UK helping people and organisations bring their ideas to life. Their work includes tackling social challenges by investing in research, partnerships and projects. Once a niche, now digital is a hype and part
The Secret to Driving Customer Engagement
BOOK REVIEW HOOKED: HOW TO BUILD HABIT-FORMING PRODUCTS by Nir Eyal 256 pages, Penguin (2014) Winner of best Marketing book in 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards 2014 Engagingly written, this book is a brilliant application of behavioral psychology to business situations. As the Internet has