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Impact Finance Research Consortium Releases Report Exploring Catalytic Capital in Impact Investing
The Impact Finance Research Consortium (IFRC) has released a detailed report shedding new light on the features and applications of catalytic capital, investments bearing a high level of risk or accepting lower returns to stimulate positive social and environmental outcomes that would likely not be possible otherwise. Read More
U.S. Immigrant Entrepreneurs Also Lured To Canada
(Outlet: Forbes Online) The United States loses immigrants and international students to Canada. New research shows Canada’s startup visa policy has encouraged immigrants in the U.S. to move to Canada. Read More
The ‘Woke Capitalism’ Movement Has Created a Climate Tightrope
(Outlet: The Magazine of the Sierra Club) ESG has landed in the crosshairs of conservative organizations, networks, politicians, and investors, while evidence is mounting that anti-ESG legislation could lose, not grow, investors’ money. Read More
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- This Company’s Sustainable Partnerships Helped Prevent Amazon Rainforest DeforestationA new study of Brazilian beauty company Natura shows how businesses can work with local stakeholders to preserve the environment and create change.…Read More
- How Accountable Capitalism Can Help the ESG MovementExperts at a Wharton LinkedIn Live event outlined how corporations, investors, and policymakers can marshal leadership, data, and more transparent processes to advance sustainability.…Read More
- Wharton Executive Education ESG Panel: Dispatch From the Front Lines of Accountable CapitalismIn this LinkedIn Live panel, Wharton professors and industry experts discuss the shifting landscape of ESG and where we are now.…Read More
- How the Share of Green Stocks in Institutional Portfolios Is Vastly OverstatedA new study brings stunning clarity to the ESG debate by finding that ESG-related tilts are only 6% of the assets under management of top institutions.…Read More
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