GSG Global Impact Summit 2020
< 1 The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) is going virtual – and truly global – with the GSG Global Impact Summit 2020 on September 9th, 10th a…
Read More →Intersectional Environmentalism: Interconnection between Environmental Issues and Social Justice
3 In the past few years, climate change has become an increasingly popular topic whose incumbent and inevitable crisis shapes our lives today. It will continue to be a li…
Read More →From Niche to Mainstream: The Unstoppable Rise of Impact Investing
2 When I was invited to give a presentation to MBA students at Instead Business School’s Singapore campus two years ago, I uttered the word “mainstream…
Read More →Business as a Force for Good: The Way Forward to Stakeholder Capitalism
3 As our world is rapidly changing, under the coupled effects of global social injustice and incumbent climate change, the younger generations demand a more sustainab…
Read More →A Green Revolution in Finance
2 A green revolution in finance is about to begin! On July 8th, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Ms Christine Lagarde announced that ECB’s green polic…
Read More →Social Impact Bonds as a Social Investment Financing Vehicle
2 Social Impact Bonds is one of the vehicles used for the financing of social impact investments in Portugal where a successful roadmap has been made in the area of impact…
Read More →An Advocate of Blue (Interview with Şahika Ercümen)
6 The most amazing and hope evoking news of last week was; on June 8th World Oceans Day, the World Record Holder Free Diver Şahika Ercümen, who has dived in many places from…
Read More →Impact Investing is not an ESG Investment
2 ESG (Environmental-Social-Governance) oriented investments focus on environmental, social and governance factors and measurements. The environmental, socia…
Read More →Strategic Positioning of Impact Investing
< 1 It is essential that the fundraiser and the investee company using the funds agree that the investment is strategically focused on generating an “impact̶…
Read More →10 Golden Rules of Impact Investing
< 1 1. Impact investing is not philanthropy, it makes a profit. 2. While financial return is considered in impact investing, the social or environmental impact is also me…
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