On September 22 at Climate Week NYC, ANDE and partners convened investors, leaders, and youth innovators to explore holistic capital strategies
Marilyn Dos Reis is ANDE’s Finance Manager, responsible for financial analysis, budgeting, reporting, and compliance across global programs and regional chapters. She also supports the Finance Associates in standardizing processes to strengthen financial operations throughout the network. Before joining ANDE, Marilyn served as Program Assistant at the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she supported advocacy…
Drawing on insights from Villgro's SAAF Cities report and ANDE's Investment Guides, this analysis examines the financial barriers and opportunities shaping circularity's growth.
SAAF Cities is a joint initiative by HDFC Bank and Villgro Innovations Foundation, designed to bring together innovators, Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), and corporates to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart waste management solutions.
This report, developed in partnership with SAP and informed by insights from ecosystem leaders from around the world, highlights the critical importance of unlocking the full potential of social procurement. By embedding measurable and verifiable results into procurement structures, we can move from intention to accountability, and from outputs to definable results.
While enthusiasm for systems change has grown steadily over the past decade, we find a significant gap persists between this enthusiasm and execution. Funders attempting to implement systems change consistently face 9 challenges, including unclear outcome attribution, long commitment horizons, and complex stakeholder coordination.