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Can impact be the guiding star for corporates?
21 September 2020The Value Balancing Alliance's methodologies for assessing companies' net impact will define the future of corporate decision making, Christian Heller tells Michael Hurley
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Healthcare impact investing complements our day-to-day work, says MSD
25 August 2020Impact investment by healthcare companies strengthens the impact their commercial operations deliver every day, MSD says, by helping them reach underserved populations. Ahren Lester reports.
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Covid-19 shapes the case for gender-lens property investment
24 August 2020A 'world-first' gender-lens fund is a proof of concept for impact investments post-pandemic, writes Keith Breslauer of Patron Capital
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Book review: Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change by Sir Ronald Cohen
20 August 2020Impact is a lucid overview of the nascent impact investing 'revolution', written by one of the movement's founders, says Michael Hurley
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Healthcare impact investing webinar: Investment need accelerating but data dearth hampers storytelling
13 August 2020American Century Investments explains how impact investing in healthcare can pay social and financial dividends, but that data shortfalls make the story harder to tell. Ahren Lester reports.
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Does private education have a place in an impact investment strategy?
13 August 2020There is a strong argument that private education has no place in impact investing. The reality is a lot more complicated, says UBP's Eli Koen
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Family offices and impact investing
06 August 2020Is a rush of family office-managed private wealth into impact investments inevitable, asks Michael Hurley
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Circular economy webinar: Integration and data are key to development
06 August 2020Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.
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Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?
14 July 2020The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports
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Allocate more to impact post-Covid-19, Canadian pension funds told
19 June 2020Traditionally risk-averse Canadian pension funds are gradually investing more to create positive impact but still lag their European counterparts, Michael Hurley writes