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Impact investing
Impact investing aims for a financial return alongside a measurable social or environmental outcome. Private markets are where much of that capital is deployed, from clean energy to community lending. This collection explains what impact investing is, the size of the opportunity, climate finance, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, community development loans, and how advisors build values-aligned portfolios.
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Bruce Herbert | Newground Social Investment
In our inaugural episode of the Advisor View, we highlight Bruce Herbert, founder of Newgrounds Social Investments. Bruce shares his remarkable journey from studying Buddhism in Asia to training on Wall Street, and how he integrates values-aligned investments into his clients’ portfolios. Discover how Bruce’s firm leverages shareholder engagement to drive corporate accountability and sustainability, setting a benchmark in impact investing.
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Values Aligned Investing in private Markets
Read transcript highlights or listen to the full episode to hear Katherine Fox and Josh Hile, founder of Citizen Mint
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We Need Trillions of Dollars for Climate Finance, Where Will it Come From?
Learn more about COP 27 in Egypt as world leaders discuss climate change funding and ways to address sustainability.
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Top Impact Investing Trends According to Industry Leaders at SOCAP
Discover the top takeaways from the SOCAP event on impact investing trends.
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What is a Community Development Loan?
Community Development Loans specialize in lending to individuals, organizations and businesses in under resourced communities to support community development activities.
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Top 5 Investment Areas to Counter Climate Change
Private markets are an area of focus for many impact investors as a way to diversify out of the public markets, while potentially helping to fund a higher level of impact and capturing a competitive market return.
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What is Impact Investing?
Impact Investments focus is on specific investment opportunities, often in the private markets, that aim to a solve an environmental or social challenge, materially, measurably and intentionally while also providing a profit.
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Impact Investing Guide
Learn more about impact investing opportunities to make a change while making returns.
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How to Combat Climate Change Through Investment
Climate change is an environmental issue but it has also become a financial one. Not surprisingly, more capital is being invested in products and services to mitigate or adapt to climate change.
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What are the UN SDGs?
While originally government focused, the UN SDGs have been adopted by companies, investment managers and investors as a map for allocating to impact investments.
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How Big is the Opportunity for Impact Investments?
The number of investable opportunities targeting one or more social or environmental positive outcomes has increased dramatically due to technology, innovation and increased awareness.
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Walk through the platform in 15 minutes
A short walk-through of how Citizen Mint helps build differentiated portfolios, for accredited investors and their advisors.