Mirjam Staub-Bisang, CEO de BlackRock Management en Suiza, y Claire Hedley, directora ejecutiva y AIMS Imprint en Goldman Sachs Asset Management, remarcaron durante su intervención en el VII S2B Impact Forum, el congreso de referencia en economía de impacto organizado por Ship2B, que para que la inversión de impacto avance “necesitamos tener una tesis de […]
The Impact Investing Institute, the Green Finance Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are delighted to welcome the UK government’s announcement to issue a Sovereign Green Bond today.[…] This Green Bond is a fantastic response to the investment community’s growing demand for investments that help secure a zero-carbon future. Our joint proposal for […]
As the impact investing industry continues to evolve and mature, impact investors are increasingly committed to integrating impact into decision-making and sharing results transparently. Credible and comparable impact data is key to achieving the promise of impact investing, yet 84% of investors cannot compare impact results with market performance because they lack the needed tools […]
The Covid-19 pandemic threatens already fragile social and economic systems and could potentially impact the lives of up to 2 billion people. Based on estimates by the World Bank, it would push 88-115 million people into extreme poverty in 2020, reversing decades of continuous progress. Covid-19 has already highlighted our global connectedness making it abundantly […]
Mientras una escuela rural de una zona alejada de la Argentina busca ahorrar costos fijos, un fondo de inversión en Wall Street busca una iniciativa que se adapte a las nuevas normativas, más sostenibles, que impuso su directorio. ¿El posible punto de contacto? Un bono verde para financiar energías renovables. Aunque este caso es hipotético, datos de la […]
In 1885, Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild became one the UK’s first impact investment managers when he established a fund that promised to provide “commodious and healthy dwellings” for the working class in east London — and a 4 per cent return for investors. But even with the fund’s success, both for the people living in the […]
New York – A new set of Standards released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) lays out how private equity funds can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — the world’s blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.[…] The new SDG Impact Standards for Private Equity Funds outline a clear system and […]
Santander se convirtió en el primer banco del país en lograr la certificación de sus créditos de impacto social. Desde el inicio de la pandemia y la implementación de la cuarentena, Santander ha otorgado préstamos por 52.100 millones de pesos en respuesta a la crisis sanitaria, siguiendo los criterios del marco de referencia para créditos […]
El interés por la inversión de impacto sigue creciendo, a pesar de la pandemia del coronavirus. Con más inversionistas que buscan lograr un impacto económico, social y ambiental junto con retornos financieros a tasa de mercado, la industria está evolucionando del “por qué” invertir para generar impacto es importante, a “cómo” integrar el impacto en […]
Fuente: Inspirarte TV