Time for responsibility: As part of a special section on community service and responsibility, Time magazine just put out a list of “Responsibility Pioneers.” Acumen Fund is among them, along with investee D.Light Design, and peer organizations like KickStart, Ashoka and Living Goods. (Full list here.)
Ripple Effect makes a splash: IDEO and Acumen Fund have been partnering around innovation in the water sector, as this story on Forbes.com highlights.
Ecotact in the news: This video on CNN.com showcases the work of Acumen Fund investee Ecotact, which provides sanitation services in Kenya, as well as David Kuria, the entrepreneur behind the organization.
Outlook on GEWP: Outlook India recently featured this article on the success of drip irrigation and GEWP.
The pulse of Pulse: VentureBeat looks at the development and progress of Pulse as a platform for metrics in the social investing space.
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