Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Sir Ronald Cohen, veteran venture capitalist and impact investing guru, explains why he believes we’re on the verge of an impact revolution. Last month, the IFVI issued its draft methodology for impact accounting, building on the work of Harvard Business School’s Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative , which Cohen also chaired.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 1, 2023

And the IFC’s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability have become industry practice across the DFI community when it comes to assessing and managing environmental, social and governance issues. As both the scale and the need for DFI TA programmes continue to grow, it’s time to start this conversation.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Further, depending on the jurisdiction, emerging guide rails being established by policymakers and investor-focused organisations have slightly differing perspectives on what it means to be socially sustainable. . All investors want to understand is where investee companies are on their journey to becoming socially sustainable.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

An important key to unlocking that finance lies in green and sustainable emerging market bonds, which promise lenders both returns and the opportunity to invest in projects with an ESG impact. Rich countries have since struggled to deliver on this pledge, but the private sector have begun to step in.

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James Militzer

JULY 20, 2022

The World Bank estimates that the combined crises of the last two years – the pandemic, rising prices and now the war in Ukraine – will lead to an additional 75 to 95 million people in extreme poverty in 2022. A Model for the Future: Bringing Results-Based Funding to Scale.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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