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Place-based impact investing with Dame Elizabeth Corley and Pete Gladwell
Read this News article: Place-based impact investing with Dame Elizabeth Corley and Pete GladwellIn the first episode of our In Conversation series, our Chair, Dame Elizabeth Corley, speaks to Pete Gladwell, Group Social Impact and Investment Director at Legal and General Capital about place-based impact investing.
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Request for proposals – Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) training programme
Read this News article: Request for proposals – Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) training programmeWe are seeking a partner to co-design and deliver a training programme that will help increase the capability and capacity of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) to take on more institutional investment as part of our place-based impact investing programme.
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How to make sustainable investing work
Read this News article: How to make sustainable investing workFifteen years ago, An Inconvenient Truth sent a wake-up call to the world. The documentary featured Al Gore, former US vice-president, and shone a light on the climate crisis facing the planet.
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Leading global financial services firms join the Finance for Impact summit to back fair and inclusive Net Zero Transition
Read this News article: Leading global financial services firms join the Finance for Impact summit to back fair and inclusive Net Zero TransitionToday the City of London Corporation will host the Finance for Impact Summit alongside its partners the Impact Investing Institute (III) and KPMG, at which financial services firms with more than £3.6 trillion of assets and assets under management will announce their participation in a Just Transition Finance Challenge.
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Strong performance of Clwyd Pension Fund’s local and impact investments demonstrates the opportunities of a place-based approach
Read this News article: Strong performance of Clwyd Pension Fund’s local and impact investments demonstrates the opportunities of a place-based approachAt the Impact Investing Institute, we believe that a place-based impact investing approach creates opportunities for institutional investors to make market-rate, risk-adjusted financial returns while simultaneously delivering a positive social and environmental impact locally.
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Impact Investing Institute joins call for the SEC to publish rulemaking on human capital management disclosures
Read this News article: Impact Investing Institute joins call for the SEC to publish rulemaking on human capital management disclosuresThe Impact Investing Institute has signed a letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, urging the Commission to prioritise publishing a comprehensive set of human capital management disclosure requirements for U.S.-listed
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Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative award
Read this News article: Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative awardThe UK’s inaugural green gilt issuance, which was supported by the Impact Investing Institute, has been honoured by the Climate Bonds Initiative with their Largest Green Sovereign Bond and the Sovereign Green Market Pioneer awards.
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Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission marks a decisive step forward for investing with impact in charitable foundations’ endowments
Read this News article: Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission marks a decisive step forward for investing with impact in charitable foundations’ endowmentsFiduciary duty is not incompatible with impact investment – but, unfortunately, this remains a pervasive misconception. Now, with the publication of the judgement in the case of Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission, a decisive step has been taken towards dispelling this myth for good in the £72bn UK charitable foundation sector.
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Press release: HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce with Impact Investing Institute as a member of its Delivery Group
Read this News article: Press release: HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce with Impact Investing Institute as a member of its Delivery GroupWe warmly welcome HM Treasury’s launch of the UK Transition Plan Taskforce and look forward to working as part of the Taskforce’s Delivery Group to develop the gold standard for UK companies’ climate transition plans.
