Impact Links: Canada Bans Single-Use Plastic; Britain Launches Impact Investing Institute; Omidyar’s Education Investments; Temasek’s New Impact Fund
What do boards need to know about sustainability ratings? Silda Wall Spitzer and John Mandyck discuss in the Harvard Business Review. Growing its education inve
Impact Links: Generation IM closes $1B fund; Nasdaq launches ESG guide; Catalyst Opportunity Zone Fund; Vanguard’s newest ESG fund; S&P 500 ESG Index
Generation Investment Management announced a newly closed $1 billion Sustainable Solutions Fund for growth investments. The fund will focus on investments in gr
Benjamin T.R. Fox to speak at NYU Grunin Center
MoFo Impact’s Benjamin T.R. Fox will speak on “New Approaches to Aggregating Capital into the Impact Investing Space” at the annual Legal Issues in Social Entre
Impact Links: Newly launched IRIS+ tool; OK passes benefit corporation legislation; Ocean Spray sustainability commitment; New studies show growing interest in impact investing
The Global Impact Investing Network launched IRIS+, a new tool for investors to measure, manage, and optimize the impact of their investments. The tool allows i
The Next Generation of Impact for Corporates
Co-chair of MoFo’s Social Enterprise & Impact Investing Group, Suz Mac Cormac, will present on “The New Generation of Impact for Corporates” at the 2019 GSAM Ba
MoFo Impact Hosts “Canadians Take on Social Impact Investing”
On May 15, MoFo Impact will host a session of “Canadians Doing Good” at MoFo Palo Alto. The session, organized by nonprofit Digital Moose Lounge, will gather Ca
SXSW 2019 – Mainstreaming Impact Investing
MoFo Impact partner Alfredo Silva spoke at SXSW 2019 on “Mainstreaming Impact Investing” with impact investors from Omidyar Network, DBL Partners, and Goldman S