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ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG

Stanford Social Innovation

If you find yourself using the terms ESG and impact investing interchangeably, you’re not alone. This group would go on to found the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) , the leading network of practitioners promoting the infrastructure, research, and education around impact investing.

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Reset Connect Showcases Net Zero Business Solutions at London Climate Action Week

3BL Media

Event speakers included Tanya Steele (CEO of WWF UK), Cliff Prior (CEO of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment), Professor Paul Minks (BEIS Chief Scientific Adviser) and Nina Seega (Research Director for Sustainable Finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership). About Acre.

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10 SSIR Stories on Impact Investing’s Next Phase

Stanford Social Innovation

By SSIR Editors Since the term was coined in 2007, the impact investing field has grown exponentially, with $1.164 trillion in assets under management globally today. Questions remain about whether impact investing can achieve market-rate returns while also driving meaningful, systems-level social change.

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Strengthening the Front Lines in the Fight Against Climate Change: A Call for Investment in Coastal Communities’ Resilience

James Militzer

It requires investment, not just in projects or businesses, but also in education, infrastructure, technology and social systems. Blue-green resilience investments represent one emerging approach to achieving these overlapping goals.

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M&G Fuels Impact M&A Trend

Chris Hall

UK manager’s Swiss acquisition strengthens impact investing ambitions. London-based M&G has become the latest large investment group to burnish its sustainable investment credentials by taking a position in a specialist impact investment firm. billion of assets under management.

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The Case for Investing in Employee Ownership

Stanford Social Innovation

Living Cities, a consortium of major US foundations and financial institutions, is an investor in the Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund recently launched by two California-based organizations, Project Equity , a nonprofit focused on business transitions to employee ownership, and Mission Driven Finance , an impact investment firm.

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The fight for a better tomorrow: Canada's top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders of 2022

Corporate Knights

As well, her work at the University of Saskatchewan reduced the school’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2007 levels, and she has helped 12 Canadian mosques implement sustainability initiatives via the Greening Canadian Mosques program. The Starfish board member is also big on empowering youth.