Podcasts by Investing for Impact
CDC is the UK's Development Finance Institution.
We support the building of businesses throughout Africa and South Asia to create jobs and make a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places.
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ESG Podcast: How businesses and investors can better manage water risks from 2022-02-17T07:00
Global water use has doubled in the last 40 years. This increase in demand for water, alongside the effects of climate change, mean businesses need to take action to manage their water use.
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Insight Podcast: The future of impact led investing in Africa from 2022-02-03T11:30
Impact led social investment in Africa has experienced steady growth over the last decade, spurred by the need for a sustainable private sector which supports the economic and social demands o...
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Understanding Impact: How a financial institution responded to the pandemic from 2022-01-13T05:00
When the scale of the pandemic became known in March 2020, financial institutions needed to respond quickly to support the individuals and businesses that use their services. This was especial...
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Productive, Sustainable and Inclusive Investment from 2021-12-16T12:08
In 2017, we launched a five-year strategy, which aimed to tackle the key development challenges facing countries in Africa and South Asia. A lot has changed since then - the pandemic has pushe...
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Understanding Impact: Why are women disproportionately affected by climate change? from 2021-11-18T12:30
Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men and, at the same time, can be critical agents of adaptation and resilience responses.
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Insight: COP26 – What do emerging economies need and how can we deliver it? from 2021-10-28T12:00
It is now beyond debate that emerging economies will shoulder the burden of the climate crisis. It is estimated that out of the $90 trillion needed for the infrastructure to meet the 2030 emis...
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Insight Podcast: COP26 – What do emerging economies need and how can we deliver it? from 2021-10-28T12:00
It is now beyond debate that emerging economies will shoulder the burden of the climate crisis. It is estimated that out of the $90 trillion needed for the infrastructure to meet the 2030 emis...
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Understanding Impact: How is climate change affecting businesses in emerging economies? from 2021-10-14T12:30
In this episode, we explore the impact climate change is having on businesses in emerging economies. We look at how it's affecting firms today, how it might affect their future plans and what ...
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Insight Podcast: Enabling impact led investments in emerging markets from 2021-10-01T04:00
A thriving private sector is the foundation of a healthy economy – creating employment, delivering vital goods and services, and providing valuable tax income. Which is why investment in emerg...
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Insight Podcast: How can technology support growth in Africa? from 2021-08-19T11:43
In this episode, we look back over our recent Insight events and ask what impact technology will have on economic growth on the African continent, and what challenges and opportunities it brin...
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Insight Podcast: What might we expect from COP26? from 2021-07-29T11:00
We are on a summer break from hosting our regular events, so we thought we’d share some of our highlights from the last year of Insight. In this episode we’re focusing on the issue of climate ...
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Understanding Impact: How are tech companies in India responding to the pandemic? from 2021-07-15T12:30
India's has been one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic, particularly when it comes to case numbers. Clearly this has had a significant impact on businesses and their employees to...
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Insight Podcast: Shaping Africa's Growth from 2021-06-24T12:30
Africa’s population is the youngest on earth and the fastest growing. Research recently published by the Lancet predicts that in the year 2100, five of the 10 most populous countries on earth ...
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Insight Podcast: Harnessing climate finance for sustainable development from 2021-05-27T11:30
The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing humanity, with the threat to the most vulnerable and exposed populations in developing economies especially acute.
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ESG Podcast: How businesses can benefit from better electronic waste management from 2021-05-13T12:00
This is an episode from our ESG Podcast series. In this one, we explore how businesses can benefit from supporting the circular economy and improving their management of electronic waste.
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Economic trends transforming African investment and development from 2021-04-29T11:50
The African continent has borne the brunt of some of the worst impacts of the pandemic, halting decades of growth, affecting millions of livelihoods and pushing much of sub Saharan Africa into...
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Insight Podcast: Economic trends transforming African investment and development from 2021-04-29T11:50
The African continent has borne the brunt of some of the worst impacts of the pandemic, halting decades of growth, affecting millions of livelihoods and pushing much of sub Saharan Africa into...
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Understanding Impact: What are DFIs doing in fragile and conflict-affected situations? from 2021-04-15T10:30
Global poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile and conflict-affected settings. A vibrant private sector that creates jobs and opportunities is essential in these environments, to help ...
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Reimagining global governance and development in the post pandemic era from 2021-04-01T13:00
COVID-19 has unleashed a devastating crisis which has tested the resilience of existing global governance structures and exposed massive societal imbalances. Developing countries have borne th...
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Insight Podcast: Reimagining global governance and development in the post pandemic era from 2021-04-01T11:00
COVID-19 has unleashed a devastating crisis which has tested the resilience of existing global governance structures and exposed massive societal imbalances. Developing countries have borne th...
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Understanding Impact: The economic impact of Covid-19 on women from 2021-03-18T11:30
Our Understanding Impact podcast series explores some of the biggest challenges facing developing economies and how impact investment can help overcome them.
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Insight Podcast: Harnessing impact investing for sustainable economic development from 2021-03-04T09:40
Until now impact investing has seen steady market growth driven by international coalitions and the interests of a handful of global financial giants. That is no longer enough.
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Insight Podcast: How can we tackle the climate crisis in a just and inclusive way? from 2021-02-18T09:00
Ensuring that we leave no one behind in the transition to net zero carbon emissions.
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Insight Podcast: The power of market creating innovations from 2021-02-05T11:41
What if there is a way in which we can support developing economies to evolve from poverty to prosperity in less than two decades?
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Insight Podcast: Driving social change in India from 2021-01-22T10:45:52
Join us as CDC's Colin Buckley speaks to Roopa Kudva, Partner and Managing Director of Omidyar Network India, and Srini Nagajaran, Head of Asia at CDC.
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Insight Podcast: Could COVID-19 shift the world’s economy towards exponential change? from 2020-12-14T13:33:10
In this CDC Insight Podcast we hear environmentalist, author, and serial entrepreneur John Elkington in conversation with CDC’s CEO Nick O’Donohoe.
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Insight Podcast: Building the recovery and the role of impact investing from 2020-10-22T13:40:27
In this CDC Insight podcast, we share a conversation with Amit Bouri, CEO and Co-Founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), in which he joins CDC’s Head of External Affairs, Colin ...
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CDC Podcast: Financing the SDGs from 2019-12-19T14:01:37
The start of 2020 marks ten years until the deadline to fulfil the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite the growth of the impact investment market, the annual funding gap for rea...
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CDC podcast: The value of sustainability: evidence from Bangladesh from 2019-09-05T15:04:14
In this podcast Pelayo Menendez from CDC’s E&S team interviews PRAN-RFL Group’s Corporate Finance Director, Uzma Chowdhury.
The PRAN-RFL Group is one of the largest conglom...
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Meet some of Africa's most exciting privately owned businesses from 2019-01-24T12:11:46
The London Stock Exchange Group has just published its second Companies to Inspire Africa report. The publication, produced in partnership with CDC, the African Development Bank and PwC, highl...
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CDC E&S podcast 8: Energy efficiency and current trends in emerging markets from 2018-12-21T11:31:21
CDC E&S podcast 8: Energy efficiency and current trends in emerging markets by CDC
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How can investment help artificial intelligence make an impact in India? from 2018-11-15T10:36:56
India is among the earliest adopters of artificial intelligence (AI). In fact a study from the Boston Consulting Group puts the country third behind the USA and China in terms of its uptake of...
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CDC E&S podcast 7: The role of the private sector in plastic waste management from 2018-10-24T16:10:09
In this podcast Dr. Veronica Di Bella from CDC E&S team interviews David Lerpiniere, head of waste resources and development at Resource Futures. Together they explore current challenges, ...
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Has impact investing gone mainstream? from 2018-10-04T12:24:11
Impact investing is an industry that's grown massively in recent years. So much so, in fact, that the Global Impact Investing Network (The GIIN) estimates that there are now $228 billion in im...
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Which technologies are supporting development (and which may still have something to prove)? from 2018-08-09T11:43:27
The potential of technology in supporting development is huge. We've already seen that, particularly through examples such as mobile money and off-grid solar systems, which have been adopted b...
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CDC E&S podcast 6: Managing the risk of modern slavery. Insights for companies and investors from 2018-08-07T19:48:10
In this podcast Lara Martin from CDC Group interviewed Cindy Berman (ETI), Shami Nissan (ACTIS), and Larissa Luy (IFC) and discussed modern slavery in the context of private sector investments...
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Where are the opportunities for advancing women's economic empowerment? from 2018-06-14T14:38:32
The stats on the advantages of women's economic empowerment need little introduction. McKinsey, for example, say that if women's participation rates were the same as men's it would add $26 tri...
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What does it take to lead a business in a fragile or conflict-affected state? from 2018-05-10T10:13:33
This is a co-produced Development Finance and CDC podcast.
Two billion people are living in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Fragility and conflict have a...
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CDC E&S podcast 5: Land acquisition and livelihoods restoration from 2018-03-27T14:26:56
In our 5th CDC E&S podcast we interview Philip Powell (Director of Eco-Livelihoods) to discuss the challenges around land acquisition and livelihoods restoration in the context of developm...
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What is a development finance institution? from 2018-03-15T12:12:05
This is a co-produced Development Finance and CDC podcast. Over the course of this 10 minute episode, we take a closer look at organisations that many people aren't that familiar with: develop...
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How the private sector can better support women in the DRC from 2018-03-08T09:52:13
Here we meet one of the inspiring women working at one of our investee companies in Africa.
Monique Gieskes has an impressive CV. She’s the regional director for the Democratic...
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CDC E&S podcast 4: The role of the board on ESG (Environmental and Social Governance) from 2017-12-15T15:49:31
This is the fourth edition in a series of podcasts from CDC Environmental and Social Responsibility team. This episode focuses on the role of the board on managing environmental, social and bu...
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Where next for the off-grid solar industry? from 2017-12-13T15:33:08
More than 1.2 billion people in the world live without access to electricity. It's an issue that's holding back development. The World Bank estimates that, with reliable power, African economi...
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CDC E&S podcast 3: How to build an ESMS (Environmental and Social Management System) from 2017-12-08T09:59:17
This is the third edition in a series of podcasts from CDC Environmental and Social Responsibility team. This episode focuses on how to build Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS)...
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CDC E&S podcast 2: The value of good labour practices - Philippa Spence from 2017-10-25T08:06:20
This is the second edition in a series of podcasts from CDC Environmental and Social Responsibility team. This episode focuses on labor and working conditions, where we discuss what good look...
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CDC E&S podcast 1: The business case for ESG - Mark Goldsmith from 2017-10-10T08:59
This is the first edition in a series of podcasts from our Environmental and Social Responsibility team, which focuses on how businesses can benefit from introducing high sustainability standa...
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How can we build businesses of scale in sub-Saharan Africa? from 2017-09-07T08:48:58
Economic growth across African countries is under half that of the South Asian economies, while Africa has double the portion of unemployed.
If the continent is to achieve dece...
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Can we still be positive about the economic outlook in Africa? from 2017-02-14T09:39:36
A decade or so of 'Africa rising' - a period of high growth for the majority of the largest economies on the continent - has given way to a more nuanced picture. A recent study from McKinsey G...
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Why should green buildings be a priority for investors in emerging markets? from 2016-11-16T11:37:56
Earlier this year, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency said improving building standards should be the world's number one priority when it comes to tackling climate chang...
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The importance of improving job quality in supply chains from 2016-09-02T09:12:11
It's difficult to dispute that everyone working in supply chains - whether businesses or individuals - should get a fair deal for the work or service that they provide. But often it can be di...
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How can we ensure everyone has access to reliable and affordable electricity? from 2016-06-20T13:38:12
Having access to reliable and affordable electricity has a transformative effect on people's lives. It means families can light homes and businesses can grow and create jobs.
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What does the future hold for investment in Africa? from 2016-05-12T08:47:09
What does the future hold for investment in Africa?
With 11 million people entering the labour market every year in Africa, investment is needed in order to provide jobs and opp...
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How can we better support women's economic empowerment? from 2016-04-01T13:53:19
Although progress is being made in supporting women's economic empowerment, there is still a great deal of work to be done.
Initiatives like the United Nations panel, Internatio...
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