Impact Investing 2011 | London | 30 September

Investments for profit, people and the planet

London, UK

Supporters

Toniic

Toniic is a global early-stage impact investor network promoting a sustainable global economy through investment syndication and critical expertise for impact organisations. This is done by discovering, evaluating, nurturing and investing in entrepreneurs, enterprises and funds seeking to change the world for the better. Toniic is a group of action-oriented investors working together to increase the velocity of money in the impact investment field, and subsequently addressing global problems like poverty and climate change.

   
 Social Finance

Social Finance, set up in 2007 to help build a social investment market in the UK, provides a range of financial advisory services to help build the social investment market. The organisation is dedicated to finding ways to raise capital through robust investment propositions and committed to driving financial innovation in the sector by designing investment products that deliver measurable social and financial return. Social Finance also has a broad range of research and advisory capabilities with which to enhance understanding and engagement with the social investor market.

   
UNEP FI

UNEP FI is a unique global partnership between UNEP and the global financial sector. UNEP FI works closely with nearly 200 financial institutions who are Signatories to the UNEP FI Statements, and a range of partner organisations, to develop and promote links between sustainability and financial performance. Through peer-to-peer networks, research and training, UNEP FI carries out its mission to identify, promote and realise the adoption of best environmental and sustainability practice at all levels of financial institution operations.

   
ClearlySo

ClearlySo is the first online marketplace for social business & enterprise, commerce & investment. It is:
- A visibility platform: Helping social businesses and enterprises raise their profile among peers, potential investors, the public and government
- A marketplace: Enabling social businesses and enterprises to trade with each other & access investment capital
- An information centre for anyone who is or wants to get involved in the social business and investment sector, helping them acquire and share expertise
- A meeting place giving social businesses and enterprises exposure to each other, key product and service providers and socially-minded investors.

   
 Eurosif

Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) is a pan-European group whose mission is to address sustainability through financial markets.  Current member affiliates of Eurosif include pension funds, financial service providers, academic institutes, research associations and NGO's.  The association is a not-for-profit entity that represents assets totalling over €1 trillion through its affiliate membership.

   
 UKSIF

UKSIF promotes responsible investment and other forms of finance that support sustainable economic development, enhance quality of life and safeguard the environment. It also seeks to ensure that individual and institutional investors can reflect their values in their investments.

   
Forum for the Future

Forum for the Future, the sustainable development charity, works in partnership with leading businesses and public service providers, helping them devise more sustainable strategies and deliver new products and services which enhance people’s lives and are better for the environment. Forum for the Future works with government and private sector investors to find ways to enable responsible investment in forests. Its work focuses on assessing the risks and returns of forest investment, showing where public sector support may be required and highlighting the emerging opportunities for different types of investor.

   
CSR International

CSR International was launched as a Community Interest Company (social enterprise) by Dr Wayne Visser in London in March 2009 to promote knowledge-based solutions inspired by CSR 2.0, an evolved concept of corporate sustainability and responsibility (CSR). Members are CSR professionals, students and enthusiasts from business, government, academia and civil society.  Membership includes access to the virtual CSR International Forum, access to different levels of free content (downloads, etc.) and other benefits.

   
 Eurekahedge

Eurekahedge is world’s largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 20,000 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide. Eurekahedge has produced a market-leading research data suite from which its hedge fund and Islamic fund indices are derived; an array of region-specific hedge fund, private equity fund, Islamic fund, real estate fund, enhanced equity fund and SRI fund databases; as well as a collection of educational guides for both funds and investors.

   
Global Change Foundation


The Global Change Foundation was formed to fund education with respect to energy and environmental issues on many levels. Its goals involve funding green initiatives in business, medicine, students, children, the arts, finance, and green jobs both nationally and internationally.

   
CMIA

CMIA is an international trade association representing close to 50 companies that finance, invest in, and provide enabling support to activities that reduce emissions. Solely representing organisations that provide services to and invest in the environmental sector, CMIA's membership does not include any entities with compliance obligations under cap-and-trade schemes. This results in a unique advocacy platform with emphasis on the environmental integrity of market mechanisms and climate change policies.

   
 Carbon Credit Capital

Carbon Credit Capital's mission is to generate carbon credits and clean energy in emerging economies. Carbon Credit Capital facilitates and develops clean energy projects by bringing together international and local partners in addition to its own resources for financing and implementing projects. Carbon Credit Capital is a wide disseminator of knowledge through print and media and frequent speaker about carbon and clean energy markets.

   
ICROA

ICROA (International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance), is a not-for-profit alliance of leading carbon reduction and offset providers. It provides leadership and a unified voice advocating for rigorous industry standards. ICROA members support a “reduce and offset” approach to carbon management. Members have adopted the ICROA Code of Best Practice and must report transparently on their compliance with the Code following the end of this year.  ICROA members currently serve thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of individuals.

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