Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, which supports ImpactAlpha’s Investing in Health coverage. In partnership with J&J Impact. The post Impact investing to support health equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Impact Investing Can’t Deliver by Chasing Market Returns by Jim Bildner Is it possible to achieve both market returns and meaningful social returns? Jim Bildner, CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, takes aim at the common “it depends” answer to that question and suggests a coordinated capital approach for making an impact.

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James Militzer

JANUARY 8, 2024

As 2024 gets underway, we’d like to announce the results of NextBillion’s annual “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest. A yearly tradition since 2012, the contest highlights 12 of our most-read articles from the past year, giving readers an opportunity to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This year’s top article, “ The Relational Work of Systems Change ,” explores how readers can prioritize relationships in collective impact efforts. SSIR published the seminal article on collective impact more than a decade ago.) ” Part of the Collective Impact: 10 Years Later series.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Schroders has pursued a series of initiatives to bolster its impact offerings and capabilities over the past several years, including acquiring a majority stake in impact investment manager BlueOrchard in 2019, and joining the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) in 2020.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, it’s time for NextBillion’s annual tradition: our “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest. We’ve been running the contest since 2012, selecting 12 of our most-read articles from the past year and inviting readers to vote for the ones that influenced their thinking the most. 22 to Jan.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 21, 2022

NextBillion has been running our “ Most Influential Article of the Year ” contest since 2012, selecting the 12 most-read articles we’ve published each year and inviting readers to vote for their favorites. Other times, these articles reveal vital discussions that are happening behind the scenes in boardrooms and investor meetings.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 11, 2024

The new sustainability strategy follows the launch in 2019 of BNPP AM’s first GSS, focused on the integration of ESG factors into its investment processes and boosting its engagement and stewardship approach on ESG issues.

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3BL Media

MAY 25, 2022

This article shares a couple of our key findings from the search and selection process with Inthallo in an effort to start a conversation and grow consensus within the sustainable finance and impact investment space. 2021 EDI Survey for Sustainable Finance & Impact Investment Professionals. 1] [link]. [2]

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James Militzer

JANUARY 21, 2022

NextBillion runs our customary “ Most Influential Articles ” contest at the end of each year, in which we select 12 of our most-read articles from the previous year, and invite readers to vote for the pieces that impacted them the most. Photo credit: DFID – UK Department for International Development.

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2022

How Impact Investing moves capital to where it’s needed most. In my 15-year career working as a woman in impact investing and its various facets geared towards investing in women, I have learned that communities and families benefit greatly when women thrive economically. SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal.

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James Militzer

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“It’s hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle, after hurdle,” says Polo Leteka, founder and chairman of IDF Capital , a Johannesburg-based investment and advisory firm. And that’s what makes it prohibitive for a lot of fund managers, or potential fund managers, to get into this (impact investing) space.”

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

ImpactAlpha had no sooner published Dennis Price’s article last week detailing how investments in ‘people and places’ can demonstrate genuine impact in Opportunity Zones, when the New York Times unloaded its 4,000-word critique of the zones as a “windfall for the rich.”

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Impact Investing 85

Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This article will explore our often disheartening journey to raise investment through impact investors, corporate partnerships, grants, and contests. And despite the hype about impact investing, few funds exist to support entrepreneurs at the proof-of-concept or seed stage. Grant funding is nearly nonexistent.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The most popular articles published by SSIR online in 2021 focused on some of the most difficult problems facing the social innovation sector today. Other popular articles questioned the values and assumptions of major movements like cash transfers, corporate sustainability, and ESG investing. By SSIR Editors.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 3, 2024

This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing. The post Inspiring impact at Mission Investors Exchange 2024 national conference appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Investing 72

3BL Media

APRIL 10, 2024

Though the role of the public sector remains paramount in addressing the crisis, private impact investment has recently also emerged as a powerful tool. Investing in Household Water and Sanitation Solutions Impact investing focuses on generating positive social and environmental impact while seeking financial returns.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 24, 2022

Articles, Videos and Podcasts. For this commemorative issue we are looking back and including many of our Readers’ Favorites, i.e., the most-read articles according to Google Analytics. We have also included a few of our own favorite GreenMoney articles, videos and podcasts. SOURCE: GreenMoney Journal. of Morningstar.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 24, 2024

This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing. The post The climate transition and investment opportunities for family offices appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 25, 2024

This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing. The post Lessons from the Kellogg Foundation’s $310 million in mission-driven investments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Investing 72

3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

They should start by looking at how they invest their savings and which financial institutions they have relationships with. Read Lana's full article here - [link]. Tweet me: How #Millennials Can Make an Impact with Their Money -- by Lana Khabarova, founder of SustainFi -- [link] || #ESG #ESGinvesting #impinv #EVs #cleanenergy.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In a recent episode of the 'Let’s Talk About ESG' podcast with Citywire, Acre's Ian Povey-Hall, Global Head of Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing explains why investment firms are seeking a different kind of professional when hiring portfolio managers to run dark green Article 9 funds.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 20, 2022

(pictured above) Over time and with much, sometimes painful, lived experience, we began to realize that not only should program and investment not exist separately but sometimes there were important learnings to be achieved when they were contemplated together. Read more about aobut the learnings in this article. .

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By SSIR Editors Since the term was coined in 2007, the impact investing field has grown exponentially, with $1.164 trillion in assets under management globally today. Questions remain about whether impact investing can achieve market-rate returns while also driving meaningful, systems-level social change.

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Impact Investing 64

3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Impact investing has found a foothold in donor advised funds. From affluent individuals and families to community and corporate foundations, donors are looking closely at the investment side of their philanthropic capital and investing charitable assets in ways that provide immediate benefit to those who need it most.

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ESG Today

APRIL 11, 2024

Jaclyn Bouchard, EVP, Head of ESG Solutions & Corporate Responsibility at Preqin, said: “At Preqin, we look to empower anyone who invests in, allocates to or advises on ESG in Alternatives.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This intentionally concessionary capital can take many forms but it plays a critical — catalytic — role between truly charitable contributions (or grants), which are frequently limited, and the scale of impact offered through more traditional, market-rate, socially-oriented investments. Read Mark's full article here - [link].

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Today, we are witnessing some of the first “impact investing” pioneers coming together with a new generation of faith-based asset owners and an expanding set of networks that support them, to learn from one another, share knowledge and expertise, and invest their resources for a better world.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The future lies in impact investing. We need to encourage more targeted investments in nature-positive solutions that reverse biodiversity loss. Impact investing — investing money with the intention to benefit society and the environment — offers a framework for this. Read the original article.

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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

These days, it is my passion and interest in environment, social, and governance (ESG) investing that guide my career, not the job itself. Read my story in the full article) . Read Sarah's full article here - [link] . =. Today, I work as Chief Sustainability Officer and co-founder at Vert Asset Management.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In Europe, regulators have gone even further, establishing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation , which comes into force on January 1, 2023, requiring funds to categorize themselves as light green (Article 8), dark green (Article 9) or conventional funds (Article 6), based on the degree to which investments support sustainability.?In

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3BL Media

AUGUST 3, 2022

Read Cynthia's full article, featuring JLL's latest research study and their new Global Sustainability Report, here - [link]. But with approximately 80% of existing building stock set to still be standing in 2050, meeting this net zero goal is a huge challenge for the real estate sector.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One that accounted not just for the risks of ignoring climate and diversity, but for the opportunities that came with paying attention to them: of investing in innovators, creating good jobs, meeting the needs of all stakeholders, and working with investee companies to help them do better.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Read Rob's full article on his life journey to align investing and values, here - [link]. ==. Tweet me: Aligning Faith with Finances: A Personal Journey -- by Rob Carney of Eventide -- [link] || #ESG #impinv #investing #faith #values #morals.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

The firm is owned by Swiss not-for-profit Blue Earth Foundation, which re-invests 100% of the firm’s operating profits in support of its philanthropic activities.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 23, 2024

This article originally appeared on Climate & Capital Media. At a seminal moment in the historic breakup of U.S. corporate giant General Electric, The post Energy spinoff GE Vernova may have a bigger carbon footprint than GE claims appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Read Mary's full article and watch the Banking on Us series all here - [link]. Tweet me: Transformational Investing in Communities of Color by Mary Bruce Alford, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations @HopeCreditUnion -- [link] || #ESG #impinv #impactinvesting #BlackHistoryMonth #economicopportunity.

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