Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Fiduciary Duty: a duty to care or a duty of care?
What does the legal obligation on trustees to act in the best interest of their scheme’s members mean in the context of the need to manage the world’s environmental and social challenges? Why – and how – might pension funds consider their impact on people and planet alongside seeking a financial return? We discussed how fiduciary duty as a concept has not changed, but our world has.
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Venture capital and impact investing: changing the world one idea at a time
Venture capital and impact investing intersect in their objective to bring new capital to enterprises looking to solve meaningful problems. Why does it seem so difficult to get capital to startup enterprises, especially when the founders are women, black, Asian or minority ethnic? And why do the larger pools of capital, especially institutional investors, find it hard to focus on some of the most exciting, potentially world-changing enterprises out there?
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People-powered Investing: tools for individuals to invest for impact
The coronavirus pandemic has seen record sums of institutional cash flow into sustainable investment funds, and awe-inspiring acts of philanthropy both locally and nationally. But is there a middle ground for individuals that wish to invest directly in expanding business models that do good in a sustainable way? Is investing outside of banks and stock markets really just for the professionals, or can individuals find ways to invest their savings in social and community enterprises to scale their impact?
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One year on: Impact Investing Institute anniversary
Thank you to everyone who joined us to mark our first anniversary event. You can now find the recordings for […]
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Adopting a gender lens to enhance post-covid investment opportunities
In this session we explored the topic of applying a gender lens to impact investing, providing good examples of how in doing so, you are able to increase your investment opportunities.
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Driving social and environmental change through shareholder engagement
Many socially-minded investors express their ESG preferences by divesting in firms whose practises they do not agree with. But engaging with listed companies as shareholders has enormous, and under-appreciated, potential to change the way companies do business. Our panellists will describe the power that investors can have when they collaborate on key issues, in both active and passive portfolios.
Read about this event: Driving social and environmental change through shareholder engagement