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Impact investing has grown to be a $500 billion industry. In a recent GIIN survey, 80% of impact investors said that more transparency around impact investing results would help reduce "impact washing" and “industry-mission drift.” This week, we speak with Fleur Heyns. Fleur is the co-founder of Proof of Impact, a technology company that enables the tracking, measurement, and verification of the impact of investments. Fleur was previously the founder and CEO of Global Trader, now the largest online stockbroker and trading platform in South Africa. She has been an investor, advisor, and founding shareholder of many initiatives across South Africa and Europe including Emerge Education, ClearlySo, and Ardmore Design. "If you were able to make impact visible, and every single company were completely transparent, it is totally obvious that only the companies that have positive impact would thrive and be financially successful," says Fleur. "It's not what you do but how you do it that matters."

Tamsin is the co-founder of Onloan, a UK based fashion rental company. Having always been passionate about doing something meaningful, Tamsin has had several impactful roles in her career including volunteering for Technoserve at a coffee mill in Zimbabwe, working for impact investor Acumen as the Executive Operating Officer of a Cotton Ginnery in Uganda and helping social entrepreneurs get funding while at ClearlySo. Tamsin has also refined her business skills while working as a Management Consultant in London and is energised by combining business with social impact - a passion that led her to Onloan! Onloan believes that great clothes should be enjoyed, not consumed.  So they loan women clothes, for work and the weekend, from the best contemporary brands, on a monthly subscription. Tamsin shares her thoughts on squiggly careers, fast fashion and why now is the time for fashion rental. We also cover how Onloan works and some of the extraordinary brands they offer. And of course, the world is still smack bang in the middle of dealing with and figuring out how to recover from COVID-19 so we chat about that too.   ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Find the show notes here ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ *** SOCIALIZE WITH US *** Website Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube

In this exchange, you will learn how impact investing has evolved and become mainstream among institutional investors and family offices in Europe. In the early days, it was only a selected few who seek businesses that bring long term value and sustainable impact. As time progresses, Next Gens also plays a pivotal role in mobilising more capital into this space as they see first hand the immediate effects of climate change and how it is affecting all of us. Additionally, the ClearlySo team shares two projects they are working closely on — a high-tech health company that develops prosthetic devices, and a project that focuses on closing the education gap for the less privileged. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the forerunners in the space and catch the full podcast. Support the show (http://goimpact.today)

Rodney Schwartz is CEO and Founder of ClearlySo, the leading impact investment bank. ClearlySo is working towards a world where the financial system is a powerful force for good and the impacts of businesses are considered in all investment decisions. It is their mission to bring impact as the third dimension into investing, where all investors consider risk, return and impact – creating an environment for entrepreneurs and businesses that make a difference to thrive. Highlights: Rodney’s personal journey from investment banking to running fintech VC firm Catalyst The motto of ClearlySo is to create 100 Just Givings Impact businesses are less risky Why a dream team beats having the best founders How JustGiving pivoted their way to finding their customers Examples of smart energy services and experimental companies tackling food waste Useful links: ClearlySo https://www.clearlyso.com/ Just Giving https://www.justgiving.com/ Project Drawdown https://www.drawdown.org/ Upside Energy https://upsideenergy.co.uk/ Bulb Energy https://bulb.co.uk/ Tonik Energy https://www.tonikenergy.com/ OddBox https://www.oddbox.co.uk/ Lettus Grow https://www.lettusgrow.com/ Time stamp: [01:30] Who is Rodney Schwartz and what is ClearlySo? [03:36] Why work in the social impact investing space? [09:30] Creating a 100 JustGivings [12:28] Where we get deal flows [18:08] Do they have a dream team? [22:21] JustGiving and their journey pivoting toward their real customers [24:30] Lettus Grow, OddBox and other examples [31:00] Paying for impact measurement [32:25] Future of ClearlySo For more information go to Green Add Venture (https://greenaddventure.com/) This episode is hosted by Jake Woodhouse - connect with Jake on Linkedin (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jakewoodhouse) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/jakewoodhous) This episode is produced by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/) Designs are made by Joshua Barnes

At the end of 2018, the Impact investing market had grown to $228 Billion. The standard ways of measuring performance of an investment using Risk and Returns is being enriched by another dimension of performance measurement - it's Impact. The three dimensional methodology of measuring the outcome of a business is gaining popularity amongst the younger generation.In this episode of Shades of Grey, Arun Krishnakumar and Theodora Lau speak to John Lloyd. John is the Chief Marketing Officer at ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical, and/or environmental impact as well as financial return.John discusses his journey to ClearlySo and how he moved to London from Florida, after an MBA at Columbia. They also discuss the opportunities and trends in impact investing, and the differences between Europe and Americas in this field. Listen in for John's insights on impact investing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

At the end of 2018, the Impact investing market had grown to $228 Billion. The standard ways of measuring performance of an investment using Risk and Returns is being enriched by another dimension of performance measurement - it's Impact. The three dimensional methodology of measuring the outcome of a business is gaining popularity amongst the younger generation.In this episode of Shades of Grey, Arun Krishnakumar and Theodora Lau speak to John Lloyd. John is the Chief Marketing Officer at ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical, and/or environmental impact as well as financial return.John discusses his journey to ClearlySo and how he moved to London from Florida, after an MBA at Columbia. They also discuss the opportunities and trends in impact investing, and the differences between Europe and Americas in this field. Listen in for John's insights on impact investing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rodney Schwartz is a leader in impact investing and the founder & CEO of ClearlySo, Europe's leading impact investment bank. He founded the company 10 years ago, the same week in which one of his former employers - Lehman Brothers - collapsed, and it has now helped over 100 companies obtain access to more than £200m in funding. In this episode, he shares his wisdom and experience of decades as an investment banker and pioneer in impact investing. He also highlights some of the challenges that we are still facing to really push the agenda and access to capital, as financial institutions have been more of an obstacle in how capital moves from people with money to people who need money to generate impact. Highlights in this episode: * Impact is the 3rd dimension to investing * The accelerating growth of impact investing * How ClearlySo became the leading European Impact Investment Bank * The challenge of creating impact and future of impact investment * Returns from impact investing * The players that are active in impact investing * How large banks are slowing down impact investing * How can people get involved with ClearlySo * Drivers of growth in impact investing * Leaders’ tips on hiring and working with investors Useful link: ClearlySo [https://www.clearlyso.com/](https://www.clearlyso.com/) Partners Group [https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/](https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Axa Investment Managers [https://www.axa-im.com/en/](https://www.axa-im.com/en/) Lombard Odier [https://www.lombardodier.com/home.html](https://www.lombardodier.com/home.html) Bulb Energy [https://bulb.co.uk/](https://bulb.co.uk/) IESO Healthcare [https://www.iesohealth.com/](https://www.iesohealth.com/) Weeding Tech [https://www.weedingtech.com/](https://www.weedingtech.com/) Third Space Learning [https://thirdspacelearning.com/](https://thirdspacelearning.com/) ClearlySo blog [https://www.clearlyso.com/category/blog/](https://www.clearlyso.com/category/blog/) Chapters: [00:40] Intro [01:50] What is impact investment? [04:00] What variables do you look at when looking at impact? [05:30] Why impact investing is attracting so much money? [08:40] Growth of impact investing will be from institutional investors. [10:00] ClearlySo's investor base and deal flow [11:00] Financial institutions are obstacles to impact investing [16:00] Bulb Energy - energy sector desperately needs change [17:45] The UK has developed an amazing startup incubation ecosystem [20:20] Chamath Palihapitiya on inflated growth [25:00] Faster growth and VC models are good for impact [28:00] These are no just startups [30:00] There is more than enough money out there [37:00] What can investors do? [40:00] Fiscal titling - taxing polluters and giving credit to impact [43:40] What returns can impact investors expect? [45:50] There is strong evidence that there is no additional cost to impact [49:00] Taken us 10 years to get to a point where it is sustainable [52:00] Growing and hiring people to ClearlySo [55:00] Advice to the younger Rodney [57:00] How can people help ClearlySo? Where ClearlySo will be in the next 5 years? [1:00:00] Not being a fortress-like other investment banks [1:04:40] Impact investment will be ubiquitous in 10 years Connect with JP Dallmann on [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jp-dallmann/), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/JPDallmann), or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/inspiredbyjp/). How to incorporate SDGs into your business - [Fast Forward 2030](http://fastforward2030.com/) Find talent and careers with impact - [realchangers](https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Leaders is produced and published by Woon Tan of Podcast Publishing (See: [http://podcastpublishing.help/](http://podcastpublishing.help/)) To get 10% discount when launching your new podcast use discount code: ImpactLeaders

Rod Schwartz created Clearly So - the ethical investment company - with the vision to create one-hundred Just Giving's.

Rodney is Founder of ClearlySo which works with high-impact businesses, charities and funds in the UK to raise capital, and introduces them to institutional and individual investors. ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, and has helped some 100 clients raise more than £108 million in investment capital by leveraging its extensive network of high-net-worth... The post Episode 19 Interview with Rodney Schwartz, Founder of ClearlySo appeared first on Financing Social Entrepreneurs Podcast.

In this episode we meet Rodney Schwartz, CEO at ClearlySo. They work as an investment bank, but with a twist. They care about social and environmental issues just as much as financial return. It’s called Impact investing and it refers to investments made with the intention to generate a beneficial social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return. Rodney talks about the business and it's impacts as well as his personal incentives for engaging in the environment and social progress.

In this episode we meet Rodney Schwartz, CEO at ClearlySo. They work as an investment bank, but with a twist. They care about social and environmental issues just as much as financial return. It’s called Impact investing and it refers to investments ma...

In this episode we meet Rodney Schwartz, CEO at ClearlySo. They work as an investment bank, but with a twist. They care about social and environmental issues just as much as financial return. It’s called Impact investing and it refers to investments ma...

In this episode we meet Rodney Schwartz, CEO at ClearlySo. They work as an investment bank, but with a twist. They care about social and environmental issues just as much as financial return. It's called Impact investing and it refers to investments made with the intention to generate a beneficial social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return. Rodney talks about the business and it's impacts as well as his personal incentives for engaging in the environment and social progress.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2iRFP69. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. ------------------ London-based ClearlySo is an investment banking firm that helps social enterprises raise capital from impact investors, those who seek a social impact along with a financial return. Last week, ClearlySo announced a new impact measurement service for private equity and venture capital funds. Founder and CEO, Rodney Schwartz, is excited about the new product, which he says will make impact reporting easier. He says, “We launched our impact assessment tool, which, for the first time, specifically addresses the needs of PE/VC firms to measure and report on the impact of their privately held portfolio companies. It does so in a way that is portal-based, efficient, robust, easy-to-use, inexpensive and requires no lengthy questionnaires to be filled out by fund managers or investees.” ------------------ Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2iRFP69. Need a corporate social responsibility speaker? Learn more about Devin Thorpe at http://corporatesocialresponsibilityspeaker.com.

Rodney is Founder of ClearlySo which works with high-impact businesses, charities and funds in the UK to raise capital, and introduces them to institutional and individual investors. ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, and has helped nearly 100 clients raise more than £108 million in investment capital by leveraging its extensive network of high-net-worth...