Tag: Investment
Impact Investing
The Impact Portfolio That Beat the Market
I had a mandate to create an investment portfolio wholly devoted to impact that would not sacrifice returns. After a decade, it outperformed its benchmarks of traditional market indexes and demonstrated that socially positive investments are long-term value investments.
Impact Investing
Market Creation Has Been Having a Moment. Now Comes the Hard Part
Shifting impact investment toward market creation means doing a lot more than changing how we talk about what we do.
Impact Investing
Paying for Public Failure Isn’t Always Charity
A response to Kevin Starr on the "philanthropy" of impact investing
Impact Investing
There Is No Such Thing as Impact Investing
There is philanthropic investing, and there is commercial investing, and there is nothing in between.
Impact Investing
Why Impact Investing Might Collapse and How to Stop It
The current paradigm of viewing impact in isolation from the systems surrounding investments is not sustainable. Applying a systems lens helps investors make better decisions related to sourcing, management, and measurement that lead to lasting positive impact.
Impact Investing
The Limitations of Investing in Universal Solutions
Systemic investing requires embedding investments in their context.
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Impact Investing
Impact Curious?
An excerpt from The Little Book of Impact Investing on impact investing for everyone
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A Mission-Aligned Investing Approach
Private-sector capital must be brought to the table in a more deliberate way to catalyze social innovation.
Philanthropy & Funding
Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy
There are many reasons why philanthropists still haven’t supported SMEs at the scale we need. They need to get over it; the opportunity to leverage impact is enormous.