Todd Boudreau to Speak at Impact Capitalism Summit Nantucket
- On July 17, MoFo Impact’s Todd Boudreau will moderate “No Longer ‘Alternative’: Building a Diverse Impact Theme Portfolio Through Private Equity” at the Impact Capitalism Summit Nantucket. The Impact Capitalism Summit is a large convening of investors focused on maximizing impact and maximizing return.... ›
Impact Links: CDP Report on climate risk; GIIN Annual Survey; Ralph Lauren Sustainability Strategy; Biz Schools Take on Impact Investing; New Flood Risk Database
A new report by UK nonprofit CDP reveals 215 of the world’s biggest companies face almost $1 trillion in climate change risks, with many likely to hit within the next five years. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) released its annual impact investor survey... ›Introducing the Public Benefit LLC
Four years after Delaware first enacted its Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) statute, the state has taken another step forward in advancing legal entity forms for social enterprises. In August 2018, Delaware added a new legal entity to its code: the Public Benefit Limited Liability... ›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 investments, Omidyar Network expanded its educational agenda to include investments in both early childhood and adult education programs. Canada announced... ›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 growth-stage businesses in three areas: 1) planetary health; 2) people health; and 3) financial inclusion. Nasdaq launched a new voluntary global environmental,... ›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 Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing conference, organized by NYU’s Grunin Center and the Impact Investing Legal Working Group. The session... ›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 investors to identify evidence-based metrics relevant to impact goals and offers practical guidance on refining their investment strategies.... ›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 Bay Area Women in Treasury Event on May 15, 2019. She will discuss new corporate forms, methods to... ›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 Canadian and Canada-friendly experts in the growing impact investment sector to discuss current trends and challenges, and... ›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 Sachs Asset Management. The panel explored what impact means to a variety of investors and described how fund structures, financing instruments,... ›