Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Martin & Brandon Leppke The next step in impact investing is the Delaware statutory public benefit limited partnership, which provides clarity of definition, assuages fears of greenwashing, and harmonizes manager incentives with public good. By Frank J.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Far from just a “nice thing”, community investing is something altogether different. But before we explore some of the deeper motivations community investing has for people of faith, particularly those in the Judeo-Christian tradition, perhaps a definition is in order.

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Environmental Finance

MARCH 3, 2023

More consensus is needed on the definition of an 'impact investment' to help the market continue expanding, Morningstar has said.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2021

Read the full story in the Financial Times. Coming up with accurate data on companies’ environmental, social and governance records has always been difficult for investors. Demand for so-called ESG funds may be high, but understanding where the green capital should flow is not always obvious.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 13, 2023

A technical committee is reviewing key ESG and sustainable investing concepts, which will go to a steering committee by the end of the year, says Mary Robinson, director of research and investor networks for RIA and a member of the CARET technical committee. As a result, the official estimate of sustainable investment assets in the U.S.

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James Militzer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Impact management systems are essential to delivering the transparency and accountability demanded by regulators, public funders and civil society. They help better manage risk, while enhancing — and providing credible evidence of — development impact. What should DFIs and investors be sharing more proactively?

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Stanford Social Innovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If you find yourself using the terms ESG and impact investing interchangeably, you’re not alone. This group would go on to found the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) , the leading network of practitioners promoting the infrastructure, research, and education around impact investing.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 15, 2022

December 15, 2022 /3BL Media/ MetLife Investment Management (MIM) , the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. About MetLife Investment Management. MetLife Investment Management , the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc. DESCRIPTION: WHIPPANY, N.J.,

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Earlier this month , the GSIA, the CFA Institute, and UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment outlined aligned definitions for five terms: screening, ESG integration, thematic investing, stewardship, and impact investing.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In mid-September, ESG Investor and Artemis Investment Management gathered asset owners and other experts to consider the current and future state of impact investments. Appetite for impact was strong, guided by emerging frameworks, but the forces of inertia were present too, both internal and external. Vast opportunities.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 17, 2023

By Jim Bildner In 2012, more than a decade ago, in response to a growing wave of impact investing obsession, Kevin Starr warned that impact investing was doomed to fail: “Few solutions that meet the fundamental needs of the poor will get you your money back,” he observed, and “overcoming market failure requires subsidy.”

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3BL Media

JULY 19, 2023

1 Represents responsible investments managed by MIM at estimated fair value as of December 31, 2022. 2 For definitions of responsible investments, impact investments and green investments, please see pages 96 and 97 of the Sustainability Report PDF. 3 Annual investments in 2022.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Investable World also provides investors with access to research-driven investment education resources across each of the key themes. Investable World brings transparency and accessibility to investors, empowering them to make choices that align with success on their own terms.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

But clarity is really important when we’re talking about responsible investment, whether we’re talking ESG integration, screening, impact investing, stewardship or other approaches. Quinn said: ‘”It’s great to see ESG issues elevated in the revised guidance.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2024

Founded in 2012, BSC ’s goal is to increase the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK. the social impact investment market is currently worth approximately £8 billion. The letter’s co-signatories included the Big Issue, Impact Investing Institute, and Snowball Impact Investment.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This reclassification reflects an increase in “conscious conservatism” by Canadian asset managers in the absence of industry- or government-regulated definitions, criteria or standards, she says, causing many managers “to err on the side of caution” and strip the “responsible investment” classification from some of their portfolios. .

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 19, 2023

19 – At least for those of us who aren’t there, it is definitely cooler to skip Davos than to attend. ImpactAlpha, Jan. The post What if they threw an elite global forum in a Swiss ski resort and no one cared? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

There are a lot of questions and doubts about its definition. How impact and sustainable investing could fit into it? What Is Green Finance and Why Does it Matter so Much? What is green finance? How does it differentiate from sustainable finance? What countries are the best for green finance? What is green finance?

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Chris Hall

JULY 10, 2023

ShareAction launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across the financial sector and help prevent greenwashing and misleading claims.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2024

Founded in 2012, BSC ’s goal is to increase the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK. the social impact investment market is currently worth approximately £8 billion. The letter’s co-signatories included the Big Issue, Impact Investing Institute, and Snowball Impact Investment.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 1, 2022

The UK impact investment market reached an estimated £58 billion in 2020 according to research published last month, which while representing a significant increase in total market share still amounts to less than 1% of the available assets under management. A survey conducted by the Impact Investing Institute reveals growing interest.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity. These terms, however, lacked clear definitions.

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Stanford Social Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

.” Part of the Collective Impact: 10 Years Later series. ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG by Jaclyn Foroughi. ESG Investing Needs to Expand Its Definition of Materiality by Tom Adams, Lindsay Smalling & Sasha Dichter. Does Your Nonprofit Board Need a CGO?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2022

However, the European Sustainable Investment Funds Study 2022 , compiled by Morningstar in collaboration with The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and consultancy Zeb, showed that even following the increase only 1.5% of total European funds’ net assets currently follow an impact investing approach.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Investing Institute, ESG Book, SIX, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, Marsh, Deutsche Börse and AirCarbon Exchange. Definitions of impact investing are provided along with information about legality and financial returns.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 29, 2020

Something’s definitely in the air, er, ground, when organic agriculture features in a Super Bowl ad. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 29 – Soil health is all the talk on the campaign trail in Iowa as well as on the slopes of Davos.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 15, 2023

In particular, the ESMA paper acknowledged there is continued “widespread concern about the lack of clarity of the SFDR definition of ‘sustainable investment’”. Common ground Experts speaking to ESG Investor were largely supportive of the ESAs agreed overarching definition of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 4, 2023

Despite the commendable and continued efforts of the Impact Taskforce, the Global Impact Investing Network, the Impact Management Project and other trailblazers, impact investing desperately needs an indisputable reference point – a model, an exemplar, an incontrovertible template for success.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 29, 2023

What if leaders could access significantly more and better-suited impact investment and grant capital for their communities? Tools that can fuel solutions to inequity, exclusion, and extreme concentration of wealth, and push toward inclusive, equity-building impact investing and its intersection with grant funding, are at hand.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Lack of data on biophysical impact, emissions and geospatial impacting investment and lending decisions and exposure quantification. In addition, uncertainties related to evolving climate-related data needs “make it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on the data gaps”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Lack of data on biophysical impact, emissions and geospatial impacting investment and lending decisions and exposure quantification. In addition, uncertainties related to evolving climate-related data needs “make it difficult to draw definitive conclusions on the data gaps”.

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Sense and Sustainability

JANUARY 12, 2022

As Millennials drive the trend towards sustainability and responsible consumerism across multiple areas, it is no surprise that they are also making a bigger name for investing responsibly. Key Definitions What does it mean to invest responsibly? In other words, a positive impact is valued above financial returns.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Difficulties in definition continue to thwart efforts to demonstrate the financial benefits of sustainable investments. Sustainable fund flows attracted US$37 billion of net new money in Q4 2022, with global sustainable fund assets reaching a total of US$2.5 ESG integration alone is not sufficient for inclusion.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Last year, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the Mansion House Reforms to boost pensions and increase investment in British businesses, which included a commitment by DC pension schemes to invest 5% of their assets in unlisted equities. Experts have said this could boost allocations to green and impact investments.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

St-Pierre said the competition would influence future manager selection and monitoring processes at Trottier, founded in 2000, which invests in projects to promote science, education, health and the environment, including an impact investment programme. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 8, 2023

In April, the European Commission responded to questions raised by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) on SFDR in September last year, which asked for clarification the definition of “sustainable investments”. In our fund we are only emphasising SDGs.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Under US SIF Foundation’s definition, ESG incorporation encompasses a range of strategies including ESG integration, positive screening, negative screening, impact investing and sustainability-themed investing.

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