Impact Management
Catalytic Capital | February 24, 2021
ImpactAssets 50 showcases an increasingly diverse impact ecosystem
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – Worker ownership. Small business relief. Impact real estate. Climate solutions. This year’s Impact Assets 50 showcases a diversity of …
Dealflow | February 11, 2021
Colin Kaepernick teams up with The Najafi Cos. to form a SPAC
ImpactAlpha, February 11 — Former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick is teaming up with a private equity firm founded by …
ESG | February 3, 2021
Redefining materiality (again) to transform the role of business in society
“Materiality is being redefined – through pressure on business from wider civil society, and through precedents established by company practice and, increasingly, regulation …
Impact Management | December 15, 2020
The ABCs (and SDGs) of classification for impact investing strategies
Five years ago, we co-led a research project exploring the value of classification in impact investing, with the goal of making it easier …
Jamaica's Usain Bolt during the Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro | Photo credit: Shahjehan
Impact Management | December 8, 2020
The (impact) performance mindset
What on earth could connect 100 meter sprinting and impact measurement, two activities that, on the face of it, seem a world apart? …
An Accountability Counsel training in Oaxaca, Mexico on OPIC's Office of Accountability
Impact Management | December 3, 2020
What we learned about the state of impact accountability from 74 investors
The International Finance Corp.’s Operating Principles for Impact Management take a step to protect against impact-washing by requiring disclosures and verification. Genuine accountability …
Impact Management | December 2, 2020
Corporate impact face-off: Total vs. Neste Oyj
Impak Battles, an ImpactAlpha series with impak, a Montreal-based impact ratings agency, assesses the positive and negative impact of corporate operations. Each month, …
ESG | November 30, 2020
Updating investment ‘exclusion lists’ for deeper social and environmental impact
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 30 – Cluster bombs and hazardous chemicals. Tobacco and firearms. Child labor and corruption. “Exclusion” lists have for decades helped investors keep …
Impact Management | November 24, 2020
Valuable lessons to help investors integrate impact and financial management
Impact measurement and management isn’t just magical thinking. With enough effort and skill, the practice produces value and insights for investors, which can …
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Gender Smart | November 17, 2020
A guide for fund managers investing in gender equity
ImpactAlpha, November 17 – Venture capital, private equity and debt firms raised $4.8 billion for strategies focused on gender equity in 2019, up …
2030 Finance | November 12, 2020
Expected U.S. reset on climate action is a green light for allies and investors
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 12 – The 30th storm in a record-breaking hurricane season formed in the Caribbean. The U.S. Federal Reserve recognized climate change …
Impact Management | November 12, 2020
What the IFC learned about the state of impact management from 62 investors
One of the key features of the Operating Principles for Impact Management is that they require signatories to publicly disclose how their impact …
April 2019 White Hall JC Photography Christopher Lane
Good Business | November 3, 2020
Q&A: How ESG pioneer Amy Domini is finding impact alpha in ‘sustainable solutions’
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – At an earlier peak of COVID pandemic, Domini Impact Investments launched a mutual fund that looked a little different than …
Financial Inclusion | October 22, 2020
Investments in financial inclusion and agriculture deliver impact
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 22 – ImpactAlpha has covered hundreds of investments aiming to drive access to finance and more sustainable agriculture. Two reports from …
2030 Finance | October 15, 2020
Legal & General burnishes ‘stewardship’ credentials with push for aggressive climate action
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 14 – Out: Quiet engagement with executives. In: naming and shaming recalcitrant corporations. As more institutional asset owners look for active …