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Accelerate Your Fundraising: Create Urgency and Close Successfully – #EmergingManagers, leverage the power of urgency and scarcity by setting strategic closing dates and collaborating with anchor #investors. This speeds up the fundraising process and allows you to shift your focus to fund management and investment strategies more quickly. Learn more from the 2024 McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Conference Key Takeaways here. https://lnkd.in/dBTkVNwt #EMC2024 #LimitedPartners #EmergingManagers #PrivateEquity #LPs

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Join us for Participatory Investing 101: Moving from Principles to Practice organized by our AmbitioUS, Fellow, Nyia Hawkins. Explore the potential of Participatory Investing to create empowering economic change in our communities. Participatory Investing 101 is designed for funders and impact investors interested in using finance to shift power and close wealth gaps. We'll share insights from our journey with AmbitioUS, including lessons learned from our grantees and partners. Join us to reconsider how you align your investments with values that prioritize community well-being. Register at the link below. https://lnkd.in/g43NjThp #ParticipatoryInvesting #SocialImpact #SustainableGrowth #InclusiveFinance #EconomicEquity #CommunityEmpowerment #FinancialInclusion #ImpactInvesting #ChangeMakers

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Calling all impact investors... If you haven't already responded to Calvert Impact 's annual impact investing survey, now's your chance! Closes later next week. Takes <5 min and results will be shared. https://lnkd.in/gam5KkVg

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What are the opportunities for social investors in the climate and health sector?   We partnered with AVPN and Dalberg in the curation of the "Climate and Health Opportunity Primer" to highlight the need for social investments to support climate adaptation related to human health. Expect answers to the following questions: How can we navigate the nexus of climate change and public health? What are the existing barriers in realizing climate adaptation solutions for human health? What roles can social investors play? Swipe to read more! 👉 🔗 Link to the primer in the comments below! #SocialInvestment #ClimateChange #AVPN2024 #OneAsiaOneFuture #ClimateAction #ImpactInvesting

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Child-lens investing is key to ensuring a better future #ForEveryChild. We’re thrilled for it to receive this recognition and amplification from Fast Company 🎉     Learn more about our Child-Lens Investment Framework here: https://lnkd.in/ejVJZMKb 

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"Sickening." Rama Chakaki, general partner at TRANSFORM VC, calls out the lack of access to capital for diverse founders. This clip from our Women In Impact Investing panel explores the untapped potential of marginalized communities and the impact they could create with proper funding. RevHub is at the leading edge of the movement changing this paradigm. Our success is only as powerful as the collaborative work of forward-thinking individuals, organizations, research institutions, and public sector champions. For this reason, a key objective for RevHub is to continue to build a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem to address the key challenges underrepresented individuals face in starting and scaling their businesses—namely, access to social, intellectual, and financial capital. Learn more at revhuboc.com #WomenInImpactInvesting #SocialEnterprise #RevHubOC #RevHubEcosystem #DiversityMatters

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Elections aren't just about political shifts; they wield immense power over our economic landscape! In the intricate dance between politics and economics, the outcome of elections can send ripples through financial markets, shape economic policies, and influence investor confidence. Join us as we delve deep into the nexus between elections and the economy, uncovering insights that can help navigate through turbulent times and seize opportunities for growth.   Gain actionable insights at the TLOI Expert Series: Election: Economy Decode Date: 21st June   Stay tuned for more updates and exciting announcements!   Whether you're a business leader, CXO, or function head, this Expert Series is tailored for you!   Visit https://lnkd.in/d_KpEnd2 to register and validate your participation.   Sapphire Connect, Sapphire Human Capital   #TLOI #HR #ElectionsAndEconomy #PoliticalImpact #MarketConfidence #TLOIExpertSeries #EconomyDecode #BusinessInsights #LeadershipDevelopment  

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What does impact investing look like in practice? The Impact Investing Institute helps answer this with its bank of case studies containing real-life examples of impact investments across asset classes and geographies. We're thrilled to have been involved in the Endowments case study. In the study, our Head of Charities, Carli Baldasare, and Suzannah O'Brien, Managing Director of The Bishop Radford Trust, discuss our process for investing their endowment and how we manage it for impact. This conversational piece is great for those who understand the "why" of impact investing, but aren't quite sure about the "how". Read it in full here: https://lnkd.in/e5di8PDc #impactinvesting #endowments

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Insights from Family Office Leaders: Capitalism and Free Market Experiences Join us on the Capitalist Culture podcast as we dive deep into the world of family offices. Gain valuable insights, advice, and experiences from leaders who have navigated within our free market system and embraced capitalism. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the best and consider becoming a guest on the show to share your own expertise. #FamilyOfficeLeaders #CapitalismInsights #FreeMarketExperiences #CapitalistCulturePodcast #LeadershipAdvice #Entrepreneurship #BusinessSuccess #WealthManagement #FinancialInsights #PodcastInterviews

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Insights from Family Office Leaders: Capitalism and Free Market Experiences Join us on the Capitalist Culture podcast as we dive deep into the world of family offices. Gain valuable insights, advice, and experiences from leaders who have navigated within our free market system and embraced capitalism. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the best and consider becoming a guest on the show to share your own expertise. #FamilyOfficeLeaders #CapitalismInsights #FreeMarketExperiences #CapitalistCulturePodcast #LeadershipAdvice #Entrepreneurship #BusinessSuccess #WealthManagement #FinancialInsights #PodcastInterviews

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We’re excited to announce the publication of the Impact Performance Reporting Norms! Over the past 18 months, Impact Frontiers, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, facilitated a global public consultation with more than 350 impact professionals to establish shared expectations for investors in private markets about the content of impact performance reports. The resulting Reporting Norms present the emerging consensus from this feedback, as a voluntary “social contract” for adopters.    The Reporting Norms address a gap in the impact standards, frameworks, and guidance that investors already use. They are designed to guide the creation of impact performance reports shared privately by fund managers with their capital providers, as well as the creation of public impact reports.    Resources: ⏺ Reporting Norms Quick Reference (two pages): https://lnkd.in/eSbqynxC ⏺ Reporting Norms Executive Summary (six pages): https://lnkd.in/eAmBN6DD ⏺ Full version: https://lnkd.in/e7-JMFD9 ⏺ ImpactAlpha article on the Reporting Norms: https://lnkd.in/e7VW2Khj ⏺ A selection of impact reports that exemplify aspects of the Reporting Norms (in ImpactAlpha): https://lnkd.in/eAVis2jY    From 2024 to 2026, Impact Frontiers will facilitate a pilot phase with interested asset managers, asset owners and allocators, and assurance, consulting, and verification providers. We will host a series of webinars and in-person workshops at conferences to introduce this next phase of this project. If you would like to get involved please email: info@impactfrontiers.org    With thanks to The Rockefeller Foundation    #impactinvesting #impactreport   

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NEW: The Impact Performance Reporting Norms Version 1, published by Impact Frontiers, establish shared expectations for the reporting of impact results by asset managers in private markets. Released today, these norms are the result of an 18-month public consultation involving 350+ industry stakeholders, including BlueMark. We are proud to say that our impact reporting verification methodology aligns with Impact Frontiers' Impact Performance Reporting Norms. Our own Raising the Bar research highlights the need to address inconsistencies in how practitioners approach #impactreporting, as well as challenges with “impact-washing” and “cherry-picking” in impact reports. These Norms are a critical step towards consensus-building in impact reporting and harmonizing with broader impact management standards. Congratulations to the team at Impact Frontiers. More information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ggAJ6zPh  #impactinvesting #impactreport #impactmanagement

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The Impact Performance Reporting Norms Version 1, published by Impact Frontiers, establish shared expectations for the reporting of impact results by asset managers in private markets 📎 They are the result of an 18-month public consultation among more than 350 asset managers, asset owners and allocators, consultants, and assurance and verification providers 🗣️ Find out more information ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ggAJ6zPh    #impactinvesting #impactreport #impactmanagement

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How to produce decision-useful impact performance reports and avoid any “impact-washing” or “cherry-picking”? To answer this question, Impact Frontiers, with the contribution of Blue like an Orange and other Impact Principles signatories, has facilitated a consensus-building initiative for investors in private markets, focusing on establishing shared expectations for impact performance reporting. The result of this initiative has just been published — Version 1 of the Impact Performance Reporting Norms.   More information is available at https://lnkd.in/ggAJ6zPh.   These voluntary Reporting Norms are designed to guide the creation of impact performance reports shared privately by fund managers with their capital providers, as well as the creation of public impact reports. Blue like an Orange will take part to the pilot phase from 2024 to 2026 to help co-creating solutions to shared reporting challenges among the impact investing industry.    #impactinvesting #impactreport #impactmanagement #ImpactPrinciples 

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👉 We’re grateful to have been part of the Impact Reporting Working Group from the Operating Principles for Impact Management, which supported the elaboration of the Impact Performance Reporting Norms. For the past 18 months, over 350 asset managers, asset owners and allocators, consultants, and assurance and verification providers, have provided feedback with the aim to set common expectations for investors in private markets about the content of impact performance reports. These norms, published by Impact Frontiers, have been made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. 🌱 As a voluntary “social contract,” the Reporting Norms are designed to guide the creation of impact performance reports shared privately by fund managers with their capital providers, as well as the creation of public impact reports. You can check more information here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ggAJ6zPh. #ArcanoPartners #ImpactInvesting #ImpactReport #ESG  

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Common Approach is pleased to have contributed to the newly published Impact Performance Reporting Norms from Impact Frontiers! These norms focus on establishing shared expectations for investors in private markets about the content of impact performance reports. Common Approach participated in the 18-month public consultation, and the report's suggested approaches to portfolio-level reporting utilize Common Approach terminology. Read the post below to explore the reporting norms and learn how you can get involved in the next phase of the project.

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Congratulations to Impact Frontiers, Mike McCreless and the team for the publication of version 1.0 of the Impact Performance Reporting Norms!   The Reporting Norms address a key gap in the market, promoting alignment and best practice in how investors report their impact performance with consistency and transparency.   They are also deeply complementary to the Impact Principles, especially Principle 8 which calls for Signatories to “review, document, and improve decisions and processes based on the achievement of impact and lessons learned.” The Impact Principles are designed to promote transparency and rigor in the practice of how investors integrate impact throughout the investment lifecycle. Reporting is an essential part of that lifecycle because it offers an opportunity for investors to analyze impact results and reflect on what worked (or didn’t work). Thanks to the Reporting Norms and other innovations in the field, there is now greater alignment on what information should be included in an impact report to ensure it drives tangible improvements in investment decision-making and management processes.   Several Signatories to the Impact Principles contributed to the creation of the Reporting Norms through our Impact Reporting Working Group, led by Jocelyne Ozdoba of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital, ensuring the engagement of the Signatory community and reflection of their perspectives, as well as alignment of the Reporting Norms with the Impact Principles. We also look forward to continuing our strong engagement throughout the pilot phase of this important initiative.     See below to learn more about the Reporting Norms and ways you can get involved. Mokgadi M., Teresa González Barreda, Laszlo Bene, Caitlin Rosser, Annette Vogel, Juho Uusihakala, Patricia Cordeiro Nader, Neil Macaskill, Kristin Sadler, Silky Raheja, Antonia Sariyska, CAIA, Narina Mnatsakanian, Young-Jin Choi, FRSA (views are my own), Joohee Rand, Diane Damskey, Henry Vehslage #impactprinciples #impactinvesting

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🥇 Maximize your impact as a Gold Sponsor at the Emerald Summit 2024, happening in New York City this September! 🥇 This year’s theme is focused on boosting venture capital and project finance for climate startups, especially those led by women in sustainability, inclusion, education, and technology sectors. GOLD SPONSORS: For a contribution of USD 50,000, here’s what’s in it for you: 🌟 Brand Visibility: Get your logo on our marketing materials, website, and event collaterals. 🌟 Networking Opportunities: Access the attendee list, including names, companies, job titles, and emails. 🌟 Exclusive Benefits: - 1 exhibit booth (20x20) for your sales representative - 1 midday keynote speaking seat - 4 additional full-day FREE summit passes for your team - Present 1 out of 3 awards on the stage at the summit - Present about your brand for 5 minutes during the awards segment - 1 professionally recorded and edited video capturing your full keynote speaking session - 1 exclusive invitation to our small group executive dinner - 20% (summit) discount code for your community Join a community of startup founders, C-Suite executives, impact investors, and policy experts, and showcase your commitment to sustainability. 💡 Secure your spot now! For more details, visit https://lnkd.in/gchjy89u #emeraldsummit2024 #climateimpact #emeraldsummit #business #businessnetworking #networking # #sustainability #makeadifference #circulareconomy #sustainabledevelopment #ESG #walletmax #walletmaxevents #walletmaxhub #ecobusinessnetwork #sustainabilityevent #network #event

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