How Green Bonds Will Become Mainstream

By Abby Ivory, Paul F. Brown, & David Chen 1

What needs to happen before environmentally friendly investments can become an established part of the market?

Cracking the Code of Impact Investing

By Cathy Clark & Ben Thornley 7

The creation of “impact classes” as a classification system has the potential to address a number of stubborn barriers in impact investing.

Governance: The Secret to Mission-Driven Business Success

By Marta Maretich & Jed Emerson 1

New research reveals a cross-sector trend that sees organizations using governance to strengthen extra-financial performance.

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Making Markets Work

Foundation leaders consider the strengths, limitations, and potential of program related investments (PRIs), a form of impact investing intended to further a foundation’s programmatic and charitable goals.

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Philanthropy’s New Tools for Innovation and Impact

By Susan Desmond-Hellmann 5

Investing in smart strategies and passionate people.

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Leveraging the Balance Sheet

By David Bank 3

A conversation with Julie Sunderland, founding director of Program Related Investments at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Neglected No More

By Dennis Price

Nudging biotech startups to tackle diseases of the developing world.

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Unintended Consequences

By David Bank & Dennis Price

How a strategic investment steered an educational-technology startup into trouble.

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Banking on the Poor

By Dennis Price 1

Using the off-grid solar revolution to unlock credit for low-income customers in Africa.

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Guaranteed Impact

By David Bank

Increasing supplies and cutting prices for contraceptives without spending a dime.