GreenArc Capital: 2022 Dec Year End Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments We are happy to report on some of the key developments over the latter half of last year and look forward to advancing these opportunities in 2023 ❖ GreenArc has joined Franklin Templeton’s Singapore Fintech Incubator, administered in partnership with F10. In addition to investment from Franklin Templeton, the 2-year program will provide […]
The play for Sustainable Re-development in Urban India: A kick-off for Dharavi
Sauradeep Bhattacharyya, Impact & Outreach Analyst December 8, 2022 Share A recent survey by the United Nations on the share of urban population living in slums among APAC countries placed India considerably high in the list, with 35% of its urban population residing in slums(1). Based on the country’s last census in 2011(1) the slum […]
GreenArc Capital: Q2 2022 Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments This quarter, we are happy to share the exciting news that GreenArc has officially opened our first office in the US! Having successfully completed two projects with US state government sponsored finance programs for impact measurement, we are looking forward to building on these opportunities and growing our market presence in this […]
The role of Impact in the approaching crisis
Shenglin (Forrest) Chai, Impact & Outreach Intern June, 2022 Share Summary The world economy is declining into a period of slow growth from a triple-whammy: a global recession caused by covid; commodity price shocks from the Russo-Ukrainian war and increased interest rates by the United States Federal Reserve. The gains that developing economies have had […]
GreenArc Capital: Q1 2022 Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments We are happy to report on a few of the key developments over the last quarter and look forward to advancing these opportunities over the year. Please follow us on LinkedIn for further updates. Filing of our first patent for our impact management process. The team would like to announce some exciting people developments […]
The Exponential Rise of Sustainability Linked Finance
Vandana Razdan, Consultant, Impact and Outreach March, 2022 Share Most of us are familiar with green/social bonds and loans. These are bonds/loans whose proceeds must be used for projects that fulfill certain “green” criteria or advance certain “social” or “sustainability” causes. The first ‘use of proceeds’ green bond was issued by European Investment Bank and […]
What is the Role of Social Investing?
Meeta Misra, Director, Head of Impact & Outreach January, 2022 Share Social investing, also commonly known as impact investing or purpose driven finance, has certainly been drumming up a lot of interest for itself over the past few years. Investors around the world are making social investments to unleash the power of capital for good, […]
The rising importance of ESG factors in corporate analysis and valuation
Lin Xuanchang, Impact & Outreach Intern January, 2022 Share Environment, Social and Governance factors, or ESG in short, has become unprecedentedly important in corporates’ operational and supply chain management in light of the global pandemic (Unnikrishnan, 2021). Aligning with the growing concern for ESG related issues, corporates worldwide have actively hopped onto the bandwagon and […]
GreenArc Capital: Year End Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments We are happy to report on a few of the key developments over the last quarter and look forward to advancing these opportunities over the year. Please follow us on LinkedIn for further updates. GreenArc partners with MUFG Bank and MAS’ Project GreenPrint’s GreenOn sustainability platform as their impact analytics partner Media and Events […]
Urban impact investing
Erin Gunanto, Impact & Outreach Intern October, 2021 Share The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social and economic inequalities across countries and demographics. As the world grapples with the socio-economic repercussions of the health crisis, the need for impact investing, investments made with the intention to generate positive social and environmental impacts, is greater than ever. […]
GreenArc Capital: Q3 2021 Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments We are happy to report on a few of the key developments over the last quarter and look forward to advancing these opportunities over the year. Please follow us on LinkedIn for further updates. Closed our first financing deal from the Social Impact Debt Fund with an MSME lender in Indonesia Joined the NUS […]
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) implementation pathways: where do financial institutions fit in?
Don Ferdinando, Impact & Outreach Intern July, 2021 Share Since its founding in 2015, the United Nations (UN) SDGs promised to be a comprehensive framework that is inclusive and one that addresses some of our biggest challenges, even going beyond 2030. The SDGs are a set of 17 goals that UN member states agreed to […]
Impact investing – incorporating impact into the investment process
Share Join GreenArc Capital CEO, Bikram Chaudhury, and Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory, and Finance (SSAF) APAC at Credit Suisse, Joost Bilkes, in this webinar organized by the CFA Society Singapore on how key impact principles can inform investment strategies and aid the investment process in both private debt and private equity markets. Watch Now
Leveraging impact measurement to drive private debt investor flows
Share “There is an imperative need for better integration of sustainability and impact data to reflect the outcomes on beneficiaries and meet client expectations.” Learn More
GreenArc Capital: Q2 2021 Newsletter
Share Exciting Developments Here are a few of our key developments over the last quarter, and we look forward to advancing these opportunities, and many more, over the year. Please follow us on LinkedIn for further updates. Awarded the MAS FSTI Proof of Concept (POC) grant in partnership with BNP Paribas to further develop our impact SaaS […]
What do the Game-changing EU Sustainable Finance Regulations Mean for the Wider ESG Industry?
Sonali Manimaran, Impact and Product Analyst May 6, 2021 Share The European Green Deal is our new growth strategy – for a growth that gives back more than it takes away. It shows how to transform our way of living and working, of producing and consuming”. These were the sentiments expressed by European Commission President, […]
Innovating with Purpose: Designing Systems for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Justin Seek, Credit Analyst March 2, 2020 Share When we think of basic financial services in many developing countries, we think of how the poor often rely on informal services, such as payday lenders, loan sharks, or even family and friends to finance their needs. Unfortunately, these services are often exceedingly costly or unreliable, or […]
The Role of Private Debt Within Impact Investing
Ritika Khetawat, Guest Writer December 30, 2020 Share Impact Investing has witnessed incredible growth, capturing fund AUMs and mind-shares alike over the last two decades. The allure of delivering positive real world change while making a financial return has attracted a growing number of investors to this sector. AUMs grew to an impressive US$715Bn1 by the […]
GreenArc Capital: End-of-Year Newsletter
Share What a year it has been! As we head into 2021 with renewed hope of returning to a new normal filled with more resilience, opportunity and travel, we would like to share with you some of the exciting highlights 2020 brought to GreenArc Capital. We thank all those who have supported us this year, […]
GreenArc Capital’s Chaudhury: “It’s a massive generational…
Share Catch GreenArc’s founder and CEO Bikram Chaudhury in this featured interview with RadioFinance on how GreenArc is fostering inclusive finance in emerging markets through AI technology! Watch
