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“The paradigm shift embodied in the impact investment community is from Egosystem to Ecosystem” Why should we be building Impact Economies across the world? And how can it be done? This is the mission of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG). Spearheaded by Sir Ronald Cohen, GSG are already enabling impact capacity building by establishing and supporting national impact advisory boards across 75 countries, including with our colleagues at the Hellenic Impact Investing Network (HIIN), here in Greece. With a goal to harness influence, stimulate innovation and foster the building of impact economies, GSG also push for knowledge sharing and collaboration, a natural trait of the impact community and something that is close to our hearts at Investing for Purpose. To hear more, Krisztina Tora, GSGs Chief Market Development Officer, tells the full story in this pod, including: - Why we need to develop impact investment globally and how local-to-global impact networks are key to the solution - The need to focus attention on early-stage companies - The stark differences between ESG and Impact investing - The importance of channelling capital flows into emerging markets and SDG aligned solutions - Why post-growth thinking is not comfortable, but is essential in an AI dominated future - The ABC definitions of impact categorisation As well as the Impact community as a 'family', how we can all get better sleep - and more! “Impact should become the driver for all decisions in business, investment, policy and consumption” GSG Global Steering Group for Impact Investment https://gsgii.org/ Hellenic Impact Investing Networkhttps://thehiin.org/ Impact Management Platform: ABChttps://impactmanagementplatform.org/?s=ABC Impact Frontiershttps://impactfrontiers.org/norms/five-dimensions-of-impact/ OECD wellbeing Indexhttps://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/ UN SDGshttps://sdgs.un.org/goals Social Value Internationalhttps://www.socialvalueint.org/Impact Europehttps://www.impacteurope.net/Global Impact Investing Networkhttps://thegiin.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mi invitado de hoy es Rodrigo Villar. Rodrigo es contador de formación que decidió retar el mundo del emprendimiento en México hace ya 20 años, dedicándose a la inversión de Impacto. Esta busca involucrar al sector privado en problemáticas ambientales y sociales, demostrando que lo rentable es amigo de lo sustentable. Él es el socio fundador de “New Ventures Group”, la organización líder en inversión de impacto en latinoamérica. También fundó Adobe Capital, VIWALA, Las Páginas Verdes the Ecofest, y el FLII (Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto). Es el presidente de la Alianza mexicana de inversión de impacto y hace parte del consejo de administración del Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. En el episodio de hoy hablamos de los inicios de su emprendimiento cuando “Emprender en México” aún era una frase ajena y más aún sumándole el hacer Inversión de Impacto. Discutimos los retos de estar primero en la curva y tener que vender una idea que presentará rendimientos a futuro. Hablamos de las empresas del futuro, de cómo entender el impacto ambiental y social como amigo de la rentabilidad y de entender estas problemáticas que usualmente se ven como responsabilidad del estado o de ONGs como oportunidades de negocio. Además hablaremos de los mayores errores que cometen los emprendedores sociales y de lo que significa encontrar propósito en tu emprendimiento.

The EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) seeks to enhance transparency in the financial markets about sustainability-related claims, prevent greenwashing and channel capital flows toward sustainable economic activities -- but it could also use a bit of tailoring. Jana Bour, Impact Europe's resident policy expert, sits down with Ben to take us through the advocacy around SFDR and the growing number of impact people in support of making some changes.  Learn more about Impact Europe's work on tailoring SFDR:  https://www.impacteurope.net/stream/sfdr Read the joint letter with National Advisory Boards and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment:  https://www.impacteurope.net/insights/letter-european-commission-sfdr 

Join the Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and I for this deep discussion on our changing world;".. There are a lot of areas in public policy where government really struggles;  keeping people out of prison, keeping children out of care, homelessness.  My view is 'Come on we're failing, let's open the door and try to find new, better solutions' It's not easy, but it's really worth it, if you push through the difficulty and strike that partnership between the elements in society where everyone brings what they're good at."In the first part 1 of this conversation we look at;- Moving beyond simply asking "What's Government doing about it?" or "What's the role of business" ?- Admitting when you don't have all the answers- Whole of Society approaches to a collaborative future- Achieving cross-sector Impact Partnerships- The challenges of accountability and trustDoing less harm is not good enoughWhat would it take to have a mindset that got up every morning, asking 'how can I combine sensible, adequate financial return, with measurable, positive, intentional impact?'In this section, we discuss:- The spectrum of ambition in the $40BN ESG movement- The rise and necessity of regulatory taxonomies - Social and environmental impacts of externalising cost- Integrating a third lens into investment decision making- Inertia, human impulses and leadership- Setting frameworks, culture and expectation - Establishing spaces for others to thrive and fullfill their potential in- Creating signals of approval and encouragement that people leap atThe plan to break through systemic inertia".. We need the money the flow; if we're serious about the SDGs and climate, if we accept that there are big, important emerging economies that have to transition to clean energy, if we accept our responsbility in that, and we are alive to the huge economic opportunity attached to investing in support of these transitions, then why wouldn't we try to put all our brainpower and energy behind thinking 'okay, how do we make this easier? How do we make this flow?' - because it's urgent, right? .."  - The Rt. Hon Nick HurdIn this section we discuss- Globalisation and Geopolitics  - The rise of the Global South- The African Union and the BRIC networks- Trillion dollar annual gaps and the challenges of humanity- Complexities, barriers, problems and risks- Transforming the landscape of investible supply- The distortion and magnification of risk- Demonstrable investment success- Mindset and system inertia- Dismantling barriers- Reducing the cost of capital- Accelerating copycat cultureIt's hard to argue against impact transparency With over 40 countries having setup their own National Advisory Boards, and a dozen or more countries wanting to join, how does the GSG build ecosystems that enable impact transparency and the flow of investment?  In the final part of our discussion; - Questions the GSG poses to catalyse change- Transparency as the great disinfectant- How Board behaviour is changing- Methodologies to put monetary values on impact- Changing the standards used to assess company performance- The popularity of French Solidarity pensions invested for social benefit- This is real.  It's inevitable and it'Support the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're on the ground at the UN's COP28 climate conference in Dubai covering the role the financial sector plays in addressing climate change.   Finance is a cross-cutting theme on the COP28 agenda, and the week kicked off with a day dedicated to the topic. In today's episode, we sit down on the sidelines of the conference with Dame Susan Rice to talk about what needs to happen to close the climate finance gap.  Dame Susan chairs the Global Steering Group of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), a nonprofit focused on working with the financial sector to deliver finance for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dame Susan is former Chief Executive and Chair of Lloyds TSB Scotland and former Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group, as well as a former Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England.   In the interview, Dame Susan talks about her hopes for COP28 outcomes and what needs to happen to get finance flowing to climate solutions.   "I hear all the time there's a lot of money out there, but it can't actually get to the other side," she tells us.   She says creative, hybrid solutions have a role to play.   "A lot of this change is at the frontier — it's companies, organizations, governments doing changes which haven't been done before," Dame Susan says. "So if you're an investor, if you're a banker, you don't understand the risk, you can't monetize the risk, and you become cautious and don't put the money in. So what I would love to see is really creative but sound, prudent finance."  Listen to more episodes covering COP28:  Optimism, hope for progress palpable at COP28: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/tetris-pioneer-turned-environmentalist-talks-climate-optimism-at-cop28   At COP28, solving for water challenges through public-private collaboration: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/at-cop28-solving-for-water-challenges-through-public-private-collaboration  As COP28 kicks off, talking climate finance with the Green Climate Fund: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/as-cop28-kicks-off-talking-climate-finance-with-the-green-climate-fund    For more information on COP28 developments, see news from S&P Global Commodity Insights here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/topics/cop28-un-climate-change-conference  Read the COP28 Special Edition of the S&P Global Sustainability Quarterly for research and insights on key themes that in focus in Dubai here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/insights/featured/sustainability-journal/cop28-sustainability-quarterly-page  This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.   Copyright ©2023 by S&P Global  DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk. This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. 

"We're on the threshold of a paradigm shift in our economic system - within 2 to 3 years companies will be mandated in some countries to publish impact statements that show their revenues, their costs and their impact.When that happens the whole economic system will shift. Consumers, talent, investors and government will know which companies are delivering positive impact."Join Sir Ronald Cohen and I from The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) #GSGSummit, where we discuss the great work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the recent International Foundation For Valuing Impacts (IFVI) that have got us to this point.If you are a company leader, investor or simply and most importantly, a citizen of our planet, transforming capitalism to genuinely increase prosperity and social progress for all is the necessity of our day, and you can be a part of it.How can you get involved?In addition to the GSG there is The Global Impact Investing Network, in  Australia we have the Climate Zeitgeist Climate Investor Forum, the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and guides working directly with Foundations and Family Offices such as Kylie Charlton and the team at Australian Impact InvestmentsIf you want to learn via courses, I've completed and recommend;Catherine Clark's Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business 'Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs' is excellent, Durreen Shahnaz and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) series of learnings including Measuring Impact for Sustainability and Innovative Finance Solutions for Resilience.My deep dive with David Carlin on the ISSB S1 and S2 frameworks is well worth your time, you can grab 'No More Greenwashing - Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing' via my website http://bravocharlie.globalAnd, Sir Ronald has a book called 'Impact' :)Support the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

Sign up here for updates on impactinvestor.ioThanks to all the Causeartist Partners - Check them out here.Subscribe to our Causeartist newsletter here.This content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.----------------------------------------Krisztina Tora, as the Chief Market Development Officer at GSG, plays a pivotal role in mobilizing capital for positive impact across 70 nations. Her expertise extends to advising governments, financial institutions, and other stakeholders on strategies to accelerate capital flow, ultimately benefiting both people and the planet. She champions the cause of systemic change, with a particular emphasis on addressing the financing gap for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in emerging markets. Krisztina also leads efforts to drive policy transformations and the establishment of innovative financial instruments and impact funds.Before joining GSG, Krisztina was a co-founder and leader of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Network (GSEN), a worldwide network of organizations dedicated to supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs across more than 50 countries, impacting the lives of over 2.5 million people globally.Krisztina's unwavering passion for making a difference has been a constant throughout her career. Prior to 2013, she held the position of Director at a prominent strategy consultancy, specializing in forging partnerships between multinational corporations and NGOs or social enterprises. Earlier in her career, she served as the International Projects Manager at Veolia, a global utilities company.She holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School in Paris, is fluent in French, Hungarian, English, and Spanish, and possesses proficient skills in German and Portuguese. ----------------------------------------Sign up here for updates on impactinvestor.ioThanks to all the Causeartist Partners - Check them out here.Subscribe to our Causeartist newsletter here.

Durreen Shahnaz is a global leader in social impact and a pioneer in impact investing. She is also the founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation. IIX is the home of the world's first social stock exchange and one of the world's largest crowdfunding platforms for impact investing. IIX is also a leader in impact assessment methodology and innovative financial structures, such as the world's first gender-focused social bond, the Women's Livelihood Bond Series. IIX connects the Back Streets of underserved communities to the Wall Streets of the world by innovating financial solutions and structures for women empowerment, climate action, and community resilience, thus driving Sustainable Development Goals. IIX and IIX Foundation's work has unlocked nearly US$300 million of private sector investment capital and impacted over 150 million direct household lives. Shahnaz is the recipient of the UN Women's 2020 Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles (WEP) award, the 2019 Sustainability Superwoman award from CSR Works, the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award, often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize for Business', the 2017 Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Impact Market Builder of the Year award, the 2016 Asia Society Asia Game Changer Award, in addition to the prestigious 2014 Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award given by the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. Recently, Shahnaz was named in the Forbes 50 over 50 list as a notable leader in the financial industry. Shahnaz has recently authored a book entitled The Defiant Optimist, which just had a global launch. Shahnaz holds a BA from Smith College and a joint degree – an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MA from the School for Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University. Orange Bond Initiative™ Insights Paper - IIX - Impact Investment Exchange (iixglobal.com) Sustainable Finance for Global Impact | IIX Global https://nexuspmg.com/

I'm pleased to introduce Professor Durreen Shahnaz, discussing her soon to be released book 'The Defiant Optimist - Daring to fight global inequality, reinvent finance and invest in women' - it's a deeply personal tale of challenge and family dynamics, a childhood marred in protest and war during the birth of a new nation (Bangladesh), and a growing awareness of the power of supporting business and seeding change .. "(My mothers) only requirement of the shop owners and entrepreneurs she assisted was that they agree to educate their daughters".In 2020 and 2021 I had the opportunity to learn directly from Prof. Shahnaz by certifying in Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) 'Measuring Impact for Sustainability' and 'Innovative Financing Solutions for Resilience', both of which I'd highly recommend.Also look up the "Women's Livelihood Bond" - the world's first gender-lens impact investing security listed on a stock exchange - "To date, the WLB™ Series has mobilized US$128 million and is empowering over 1 million women and girls across Asia and Africa."You can pre-order the book by visiting https://defiantoptimist.com/As her bio goes;Durreen Shahnaz is a global leader of social impact and pioneer in impact investing. She is also the founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation. IIX is the home of the world's first social stock exchange and one of the world's largest crowdfunding platforms for impact investing. IIX is also a leader in impact assessment methodology and innovative financial structures such as the world's first gender focused social bond, Women's Livelihood Bond Series.The company connects the Back Streets of underserved communities to the Wall Streets of the world by changing financial systems and innovating solutions for women empowerment, climate action, and community resilience, thus driving forward the Sustainable Development Goals.IIX and IIX Foundation's work has unlocked over US$288 million of private sector investment capital and impacted over 159 million direct household lives.Shahnaz is the recipient of UN Women's 2020 Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles (WEP) award, the 2019 Sustainability Superwoman award from CSRWorks International, 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Foundation Award, often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize for Business', the 2017 The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) Market Builder of the Year award, the 2016 Asia Society Asia Game Changer Award, in addition to the prestigious 2014 Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award given by The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. Recently, Shahnaz was named in the Forbes 50 over 50 list as a notable leader in the financial industry.Shahnaz holds a BA from Smith College and a joint degree, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MA from the School for Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University.If you enjoyed this content, please give it a like and leave a comment - if you're keen in helping me continue this independent journalism, you can support the show from $5 a month at https://www.patreon.com/SmarterImpact - it really means a lot to see your support coming in :)Smarter Impact is hosted by http://linkedin.com/in/philipbateman and produced by http://bravocharlie.globalSupport the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

A partir de hoy estrenamos la serie "Inversión de Impacto desde la raíz" la cual constará de 5 episodios llenos de aprendizajes como:  1. El Sector Clave: Los bosques

Introducing Rosemary Addis, Founding Partner of Mondiale Impact and Ambassador for The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), in the next of my contributor conversations for 'No more greenwashing: Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing'.We discuss the idea of perfect being the enemy of good, which came up during my conversation with Cliff Prior quoting Elias Masilela, and the reality that we've always been making decisions based on imperfect information.Moving into the trajectories of fund flows, market volatility and fiscal conditions, we discuss the step change occuring in impact methodologies, my discussion with Kristin Siegel and the Impact Management Project.Q. Where are all the skilled people? What does this labour transition look like and where is it coming from?In answer we talk through various channels including the excellent and very accessible course from Catherine Clark and Duke University on Coursera; 'Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs', and the work of Tideline and 'Bridges Insight' by Bridges Fund Management Ltd.Additionally, I ask questions that you need to be able to answer as a Directors or Business Leader; How do you go from being reactive to perceived risk, to asking “What would good look like? What would it look like for us to be able to manage this risk well and to move forward in ways that we're also using impact as an identifier of different types of opportunities to differentiate ourselves in the market?”If you haven't yet got our free report 'No More Greenwashing: Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing' you can download it at http://bit.ly/nomoregreenwashingSupport the showFor the latest insights on leadership, impact investing, global challenges, business strategy and storytelling, make sure to join me on LinkedIn, and get the newsletter, Smarter Impact - Every Thursday!

Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust, a British non-profit ‘action tank' whose mission is to promote peace and stability between Israelis and Palestinians through economic development.. He has been described as "the father of British venture capital' and ‘the father of social investment.' More recently, Sir Ronald is author of Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change, which we will discuss today, among other things. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/toby-usnik/support

In our seventh episode, we discuss impact investing in public markets with Krisztina Tora and Eric Rice. Krisztina is Chief Market Development Officer at GSG, the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. Eric is head of Active Equities Impact Investing at Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager. In our conversation, we discuss what makes impact investing through the stock market different from investing in private equity or other asset classes. We talk about what it takes to democratize impact investing and the role of shareholder engagement to achieve impact. Eric shares Blackrock's strategy to build a universe of potential impact companies and explains how his team selects investees out of this universe. Krisztina walks us through the different standards for impact measurement. Our conversation also touches upon the role of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to mobilize capital. We discuss that investments geared toward SDGs can achieve returns.   Links The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) The Impact Management Platform offers numerous tools for setting strategies around impact measurement Harvard's Impact-Weighted Account Project seeks to drive the creation of financial accounts that reflect a company's financial, social and environmental performance Krisztina recommends the DEI report by Rights CoLAB to understand market signals of diversity, equity and inclusion Blackrock showcases it's approach to impact investing in the Summary Global Impact Annual Report 2021   Timestamps On some podcast players, you should be able to jump to the section by clicking: (01:51) – Krisztina and Eric introduce themselves (07:44) - The continuum of capital (10:55) – Market rate returns or concessionary returns? (11:58) – Distinguishing impact investing from ESG (12:55) - Democratizing impact investing through public markets (16:45) - Added value of the investor to achieve impact (additionality) (24:21) - Blackrock's approach to build an universe of investible of impact companies (28:03) - GSG'S SDG Investor Opportunity maps in cooperation with the UN (33:38) - Shareholder engagement (38:50) - Best in progress vs. best in class (46:02) - The harmonization of standards related to impact investing (51:05) - The move towards auditing in impact measurement (52:31) - The rationale for long-term investing (01:00:48) - Social justice, diversity and inclusion   Contact For feedback on the show, or to suggest guests for future episodes, contact us at scifi@esmt.org

To conincidence with the launch of our new report 'No more greenwashing - Driving evidence-based practice in ESG & Impact Investing', I've done a series of interviews with the contributors, the first of which is Cliff Prior, Chief Executive Officer of The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG).This report is an overview of regulatory initiatives in Australia, the UK and Europe, and what to do with them, and you can get it by visiting http://bit.ly/nomoregreenwashing.  You can also watch this interview in video form directly on my Linkedin profile - http://linkedin.com/in/philipbatemanFind out more about the GSG at https://gsgii.orgSupport the show

Welcome to The Conduit's podcast series on Humanising Investment. Inspired by Gillian Tett's book, Anthrovision, this series will focus on inspiring the next generation of investors to recognise the value of responsible investing.  Hosted by Asha Lad, Chief Investment Officer at Conduit Capital, each episode will be talking to a leading responsible investor in the institutional responsible investing space, getting to grips with each of their stories, understanding what led towards a career in the space and how they feel we can begin to humanize the finance industry.  In this episode, Asha is joined by Sir Ronald Cohen. Sir Ronald Cohen founded and led international private equity firm Apax Partners before, at 60, deciding to dedicate himself to the Impact Revolution.  Sir Ronald is passionate about advancing impact - and the idea that companies need to be held to higher standards of seeking to do well (for their shareholders) and good (for the world). He is the chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG); the author of Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change, a World Street Journal bestseller, and considered to be one of the founders of the global venture capital industry.

En el episodio N°28 de CONVERSACIONES [CON IMPACTO], un podcast de IMPACTLATAM, conversamos con María Laura Tinelli, Directora y Co-Fundadora de Acrux Partners, una consultora de inversiones de impacto con foco en Latinoamérica. ambién es encargada del desarrollo de negocios estratégicos en Pro mujer Internacional, una de las organizaciones más destacadas en desarrollo, acompañamiento y microfinanzas para mujeres en Latinoamérica y trustee en The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. María Laura nos cuenta sobre su recorrido, experiencias, aprendizajes y proyectos. Comparte cómo fue su decisión de iniciarse en el camino de la inversión de impacto, como única vía posible para un cambio de paradigma. Links de interés del capítulo: Más información acerca del anfitrión Súmate a la comunidad IMPACTLATAM y sé parte del movimiento de impacto Más información acerca de nuestros programas. Acerca de María Laura Tinelli Acerca de Acrux Partners Acerca de Promujer Libro y película recomendados por María Laura: El valor de las cosas, libro de Mariana Mazzucato CODA, la película Por favor, déjanos una breve reseña de este episodio, cada feedback nos ayuda a crecer y mejorar. Hasta el próximo episodio. ¡Buenos días, buenas tardes y buenas noches!

En el episodio N°20 de CONVERSACIONES [CON IMPACTO], un podcast de IMPACTLATAM, conversamos con Sebastián Welisiejko, Chief Policy Officer en The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), una organización que busca potenciar la inversión de impacto en todo el mundo. Sebastián nos cuenta sobre su recorrido, experiencias, aprendizajes y proyectos relacionados con la economía especializada en desarrollo, inversión de impacto, urbanismo y conflictos globales. Links de interés del capítulo: Más información acerca del anfitrión Sumate a la comunidad IMPACTLATAM y se parte de este #movimiento de impacto Más información acerca del programa de aceleración de IMPACTLATAM Acerca de Sebastián Welisiejko Acerca de The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Libro recomendado por Sebastián: Besa el suelo, de Woody Harrelson Charlas recomendadas por Sebastián: Impact, de Sir Ronald Cohen Por favor, déjanos una breve reseña de este episodio, cada feedback nos ayuda a crecer y mejorar. Hasta el próximo episodio. ¡Buenos días, buenas tardes y buenas noches!

Sir Ronald Cohen, Author of IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change & Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment. Sir Ronald Cohen is an Egyptian-born British businessman, who fled his birthplace with his family in 1957, following the Suez Crisis, with only £10 to their name. Despite his family's economic struggles, Sir Ronald's hard work saw him win a scholarship to Oxford and then attend Harvard Business School.Referred to by the British press as ‘the father of British venture capital' and ‘the father of social investment', he is now leading the Impact Revolution – a movement seeking to achieve real social and environmental change. With an impressive background in management consulting, venture capitalism, and social investments, Sir Ronald has a compelling perspective on how to reshape capitalism. We spoke about his Harvard Business School research into impact weighted accounts. This research measured the environmental impacts from the operations of 3,000 companies and found 450 of them create more damage than profit, 1,000 create damage equivalent to 25% of their profit, and 2/3 create damage less than 25% of their profit. Sir Ronald believes changing the world and making a profit go hand in hand. He says investors should put money into the hands of those who do good and do well at the same time. More info at the blog post: https://www.stocksforbeginners.net/blog/srcPortfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/stocksforbeginnersDisclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use this link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they're offering something of value. Stocks for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn't financial advice, and you shouldn't buy or sell any investments based on what you've heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Stocks for Beginners. This podcast doesn't replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recognised as the father of Impact Investing and European venture capital, Sir Ronald Cohen is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, and private equity investor. He is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and Chair of the Impact Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School. In this episode, host Keesa Schreane chats to Sir Ronald about measuring impact weighted accounts, the importance of social factors such as diversity and inclusion and workforce engagement to stakeholders, and the evolution of capitalism.

Host: Ben Banerjee & Sveta Banerjee Topic: Impact Revolution Guest: Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Global Steering Group for the Impact Investment Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is recognized as the father of impact investment and European venture capital, and is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative at Harvard Business School, and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder and former Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide, a global private equity firm. He is also a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and former co-founding Chair of Big Society Capital. Oxford and Harvard educated, Ronnie was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK. He is now based in Tel Aviv, London and New York. He is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change, which was published in 2020 by Penguin Random House and is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller. The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG's worldwide to preserve the world for future generation. Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now.

With Africa arguably being the largest impact investment opportunity in the world, how do we mobilize to take hold of such an opportunity? Innovative finance serves as one of the strategies to capitalize on this investment opportunity. One organisation leading this charge is the Global Steering Committee. The GSG is a global organisation that catalyses impact investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet. In this episode we reflect on the recent Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Summit which brought together diverse voices across the global impact investing community. Click the subscribe button on our podcast profile to make sure you don't miss this episode! The links you need to know about: https://gsgii.org/ http://www.impactinvestingsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/IISA_Report2021_vf.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18WF85l18s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7__JxEjX0 Bertha Centre

With Africa arguably being the largest impact investment opportunity in the world, how do we mobilize to take hold of such an opportunity? Innovative finance serves as one of the strategies to capitalize on this investment opportunity. One organisation leading this charge is the Global Steering Committee. The GSG is a global organisation that catalyses impact investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet. In this episode we reflect on the recent Global Steering Group for Impact Investment Summit which brought together diverse voices across the global impact investing community. Click the subscribe button on our podcast profile to make sure you don't miss this episode! The links you need to know about: https://gsgii.org/ http://www.impactinvestingsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/IISA_Report2021_vf.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18WF85l18s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7__JxEjX0

From refugee to venture capitalist to social impact pioneer, Sir Ronald Cohen has dedicated his life to reshaping capitalism to drive real change. Listen as he shares how capitalism is being reshaped and the 3 major forces driving real change. Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital.  For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald's pioneering initiatives in driving impact investment have catalyzed a number of global efforts, each focused on driving private capital to serve social and environmental good. He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK's presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation's Innovation Award for innovation in social finance. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association. He is the author of Impact: Reshaping Capitalism To Drive Real Change published in 2020, which became a Wall Street Journal Bestseller. His previous book 'The Second Bounce of the Ball,' published in 2007, was described by the Financial Times as “one of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years.״ Sir Ronald lives in Tel Aviv, London, and New York with his wife of more than thirty years. Full Bio What We Discuss With Sir Ronald Cohen in This Episode Reshaping capitalism to drive social change The unintended consequences of capitalism How to measure the true social impact of business The scales are tilting in favor of businesses who do good 3 major forces helping us improve the world How capital is being directed to social impact initiatives through bonds Moving beyond doing no harm to doing good and doing well Tips for attracting impact investors to your startup idea Examples of specialist impact fund companies Why you don't need to sacrifice market returns for impact How soon we're going to look at the impact of a company the same way we do profit Which countries are leading the way Episode Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/mm2rc6xu 

Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust.

“If you want to run a big successful company or a successful growth venture, you have to bring impact into your decision-making.” – Sir Ronald Cohen Sir Ronald Cohen (@sirronniecohen) is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He co-founded Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and is Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He has served as chairman, board member, and trustee of multiple international investment companies and organizations, and is a graduate of both the University of Oxford and Harvard Business School. He recently authored Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. For more, explore the transcript of this episode Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/ronald-cohen-outlier-academy-show-notes  Chapters in this interview: Sir Ronald's background and career in venture capital What is impact investing? The second and third order effects of impact investing The three major forces that increase gains with impact investing Short term and long term decisions and how they affect impact in business How we can measure a company's impact Why impact investing is so important right now Early impact companies and their models How larger companies are addressing impact How companies can get started in making a positive impact The future of impact investing Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week. Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy. If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts.

In a meeting hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation in Italy in 2007, the term impact investing was coined. Yet seven years prior to that, in 2001, Sir Ronald Cohen (just Ronald Cohen at the time) was requested by the UK Treasury to establish the Social Investment Task Force (SITF). The SITF was tasked with exploring the ways in which the UK could create wealth, spur economic growth, and improve the lives of its most vulnerable people at the same time. It was his work here where he and his colleagues developed much of their thinking on impact investing. Only a year after establishing the SITF, Ronnie (as he prefers to be called) would become Sir Ronnie, not for his work in impact investing but for his three decades of work essentially bringing venture capital to the UK. Ronnie was only 26 years old when he co-founded Apax Partners, a private equity firm that would grow to manage $50B in assets with offices across the globe. By 2013, then Prime Minister David Cameron asked Ronnie to lead the G8 Social Investment Task Force (G8T) in order to "catalyze a global market in social impact investment." Not long after that he was then asked by the British Government to lead an effort to expand the G8T further globally and resulted in him establishing The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) in 2015. During this time, Sir Ronnie also contributed to creating the world's first Social Impact Bond which aimed to reduce recidivism rates at the Peterborough Penitentiary in the UK. He and his colleague's findings on SIBs were articulated in a now-famous report "Impact Investment: The Invisible Heart of the Markets" which kicked off a movement to spread the idea of impact investing across the world. All of that amounts to one hell of an impressive career by any standard but especially for a refugee who fled Egypt as a result of the Suez Crisis in the 1950s. At 11 yrs old, Ronnie and his parents arrived in the UK with just a single suitcase each and Ronnie clutching his precious stamp collection in his arms. Therefore, it is my great honour to welcome Sir Ronald Cohen to the podcast. Show Notes: Sir Ronald Cohen, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change (Ebury Press, November 3, 2020) Harvard's Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative Yuka mobile app (deciphers product labels and analyzes the health impact of food products & cosmetics) Episode 5 of this podcast where we discuss: "Following the birth of the Social Impact Bonds" *** Enter our giveaway to win a $500 impact investing prize pack by visiting www.davidoleary.ca/giveaway ***

Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust, and Badr Jafar, Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, discuss the role of financial investments in enhancing social outcomes.Also available on YouTube. Follow the link below:https://youtu.be/vD5op0-V8Fg

Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald's pioneering initiatives in driving impact investment have catalyzed a number of global efforts, each focused on driving private capital to serve social and environmental good. These efforts are leading the global impact investment movement towards an Impact Revolution. He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK's presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation's Innovation Award for innovation in social finance.He is the author of 'IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change,' published by Penguin Random House in 2020, which became a Wall Street Journal Bestseller. His previous book 'The Second Bounce of the Ball,' published in 2007, was described by the Financial Times as “one of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years.״——————————————————————Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videosFor podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail , I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.My very special guest on this episode is Sir Ronald Cohen, a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator and now with his new book, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change, a best selling author.In a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation commensurate with the scope, scale and well, the impact of Impact Capitalism, Sir Ronald takes us through a vivid career launched from Oxford and Harvard into essentially creating the private equity industry in the U.K.  He then lays out the principals of investing with impact, and how consumer and retailers can participate in one of the biggest movements in modern society to reform our value system Let's listen in.***************Thanks for tuning into today's episode of The Voice of Retail.  Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out on the latest episodes, industry news, and insights. If you enjoyed  this episode please consider leaving a rating and review, as it really helps us grow so that we can continue getting amazing guests on the show.I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company, and if you're looking for more content, or want to chat  follow me on LinkedIn, or visit my website meleblanc.co!Until next time, stay safe and have a great week! ********Sir Ronald Cohen is a preeminent international investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, social finance innovator, and impact pioneer, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution.https://sirronaldcohen.org/He is the author of 'IMPACT: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change' - a Sunday Times Bestseller. His previous book 'The Second Bounce of the Ball' was described by the Financial Times as “One of the best books written on entrepreneurship in recent years.”He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA and Israel; and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013-15), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000-10) and the UK's Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation's Innovation Award for Social Finance.He was the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global venture capital and private equity firm, and co-founder of the British and European venture capital associations.Oxford and Harvard educated, Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK. He is based in Tel Aviv, London and New York.Follow on twitter @SirRonnieCohen.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn.     

In this episode, we talked about the history of impact investing, it’s current state, how solving major problems is economical more so than political, and how to start measuring how companies are doing in regard to impact and ESG with Sir Ronald Cohen, father of social investment, chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing and author of Impact.  Listen to learn what you can be doing today to have an impact on the major issues facing our planet like climate change! For the Difference Making Tip, scan ahead to 18:24! You can learn more about Ronnie at SirRonaldCohen.org, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. Get a copy of Impact HERE Learn more about Money Alignment Academy and bringing Financial Wellness to your organization.   We’re honored to have been named one of the top podcasts for investing! We’re on YouTube, check us out! George is honored to be included on Investopedia's list of the Top 100 Financial Advisors for 2020! Have George speak to your organization. You can learn more about the show at GeorgeGrombacher.com, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook or contact George at Contact@GeorgeGrombacher.com.

Until now impact investing has seen steady market growth driven by international coalitions and the interests of a handful of global financial giants. That is no longer enough. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which has only worsened global economic and social challenges, impact investing must play a critical role in the recovery if it is to be successful and sustainable. This is especially true for developing countries that are at risk of seeing their progress over the past few decades wiped away. The failure to meet the challenge will be devastating. Join us for a discussion with Sir Ronald Cohen, Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, and Dolika Banda, Non Executive Director at CDC and CEO of African Risk Capacity Insurance.  The panel is chaired by Colin Buckley, General Counsel and Head of External Relations at CDC, and Nick O'Donohoe, CEO of CDC Group.

Press Play for:  Why Entrepreneurs think they Always have The Solution Leading with The Right Questions Thinking in Terms of Impact ReachOut Technology IPO Business Models that will Mark the Next Impact Revolution How to Make Money and Improve the Lives of Others Emotional, Mental, and Physical Costs for Your Principles Investing in BitCoin; Stigma, Supply and Demand Investing and the Stock Market What Risks Not to Take When Investing   We Meet: Sir Ronald Cohen; Global Impact Investor & Philanthropist   Episode References:  Smart Cups - https://smartcups.com/ Adam Smith - https://tinyurl.com/c9hx9zjs Warren Buffett  - https://tinyurl.com/pnv7hzma Sir Ronald Cohen’s Book - Impact - https://tinyurl.com/s8vbvne8   Connect: Connect with Rick: https://linktr.ee/mrrickjordan Connect with Sir Ronald Cohen: https://sirronaldcohen.org/   Subscribe and Review to ALL IN with Rick Jordan on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher    About Guest:   Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital.  For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald’s pioneering initiatives in driving impact investment have catalyzed a number of global efforts, each focused on driving private capital to serve social and environmental good. These efforts are leading the global impact investment movement towards an Impact Revolution. He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for innovation in social finance. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association.  

Press Play for:  Why Entrepreneurs think they Always have The Solution Leading with The Right Questions Thinking in Terms of Impact ReachOut Technology IPO Business Models that will Mark the Next Impact Revolution How to Make Money and Improve the Lives of Others Emotional, Mental, and Physical Costs for Your Principles Investing in BitCoin; Stigma, Supply and Demand Investing and the Stock Market What Risks Not to Take When Investing   We Meet: Sir Ronald Cohen; Global Impact Investor & Philanthropist   Episode References:  Smart Cups - https://smartcups.com/ Adam Smith - https://tinyurl.com/c9hx9zjs Warren Buffett  - https://tinyurl.com/pnv7hzma Sir Ronald Cohen’s Book - Impact - https://tinyurl.com/s8vbvne8   Connect: Connect with Rick: https://linktr.ee/mrrickjordan Connect with Sir Ronald Cohen: https://sirronaldcohen.org/   Subscribe and Review to ALL IN with Rick Jordan on iTunes Subscribe and Comment on CastBox Subscribe on Google Podcasts or Google Play Follow on Spotify Subscribe and Review on Stitcher    About Guest:   Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital.  For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald’s pioneering initiatives in driving impact investment have catalyzed a number of global efforts, each focused on driving private capital to serve social and environmental good. These efforts are leading the global impact investment movement towards an Impact Revolution. He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for innovation in social finance. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association.  

On today's episode of Capital for Good we speak with Sir Ronald Cohen, investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, statesman, author – and a leader of the impact investing revolution.  Sir Ronald is the Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the Portland Trust.  He is a co-founder and director of Social Finance UK, USA and Israel and co-founder and Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital.  Since 2000, Sir Ronald has chaired various taskforces that helped launch the field of impact investing, including the Social Impact Investing Taskforce established under the UK's presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007).  In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation's Innovation Award for innovation in social finance. This pioneer of impact investing also brought venture capital and private equity to the United Kingdom.  Sir Ronald co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005) and was founder and Chairman of both the British and European Venture Capital Associations. Sir Ronald has held several board and leadership roles at his alma maters, Oxford University and Harvard Business School, as well as the British Museum and the Institute for Strategic Studies.  He is author of The Second Bounce of the Ball, Turning Risk into Opportunity (2007), and now a new book, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change which examines the many ways impact investing can help us achieve more just, inclusive and broad based prosperity.  Given the health, economic, social and environmental challenges we are living through, this book couldn't be more timely. In this conversation, we explore the early days of impact investing – including social impact bonds and outcomes based financing – and its evolution and growth over time.  We look at very innovative mission driven companies addressing challenges in health, financial inclusion and other areas, and discuss how new ways to measure risk, return and impact, specifically impact weighted accounts, can help us properly value the true impact, positive and negative, of all companies and therefore drive real change across the capital markets and across our economy and society.   Mentioned in this Episode: Sir Ronald Cohen, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change (Ebury Press, November 3, 2020) Ronald Cohen and George Serafeim, “How to Measure a Company's Real Impact,” Harvard Business Review 3 September 2020 Ronald Cohen, “How to Mobilize a Global Testing Effort: Pay for Success” Barron's 18 April 2020 Harvard Business School Impact-Weighted Accounts Project   Thanks for Listening! Be sure to subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu. Follow the Tamer Center on social media on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more!

If you’re a budding entrepreneur, you can’t learn to swim by doing exercises on the beach, says Sir Ronald Cohen. “You can't keep preparing yourself for an entrepreneurial career. You learn by doing. And by your mid to late 20s, you're ready to do that. You don't have to prepare beyond that.”Sir Ronald is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. But before all of this, he co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners from 1972-2005.From immigrant, to grammar school, to Harvard Business School where he discovered Venture Capital, to setting up Apax Partners, to impact investing. Sir Ronald has had quite a life, his story is one of humanity and people. A 45-50 year overnight success story.“Venture capital was a way for me to do good and to do well, and at the same time create jobs and make money.” After becoming financially independent and at the age of 53, he informed his partners at Apax that he was leaving to deal with more important things. He wanted to help tackle social issues and try to contribute to achieving peace between Palestinians and Israelis.So, if you’re looking to create a social impact, Sir Ronald has a lot of sage advice for you - this is one episode not to be missed.“Principles have a cost, but they're always a bargain in the end. Don't try to take shortcuts. Live by your principles, you will attract the best talent, and you will be proud of your achievements.”We chat about:Founding Apax Partners Funding Dolly the sheepSocial investment task forceImpact investingSocial investment bankThe B Corp movementLinks:https://www.onimpactnow.org/Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real changeWant to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

Join a discussion with the CEO of Impact Investing Australia, as we discuss frameworks for impact, concessional returns and positive outcomes, putting impact at the heart of the COVID economic recovery, the Global Steering Group on Impact Investment, Impact weighted accounts, how to Make Your Money Matter and more!You can learn a lot by taking a look at https://impactinvestingaustralia.com, https://gsgii.org, https://impactmanagementproject.com and https://www.hbs.edu/impact-weighted-accounts/Pages/default.aspxIf you enjoyed this content, please give it a like, leave a comment, subscribe for more and share the video - it really means a lot to see your support coming in :)Smarter Impact is hosted by http://linkedin.com/in/philipbateman and produced by http://bravocharlie.globalBravo Charlie specialise in targeted video communication for impact investors and their portfolios, using marketing, business development, investing and production skills to engage stakeholders and amplify returns.At the apex of social change, we exist as the possibility of world leaders in business, politics and society being engaging, powerful communicators, and work to accelerate the transition of our world into a more environmentally aware, sustainable and loving place.Our best work is done with companies at a tipping point, with strong offerings, ready to launch into the next stage of their greatness.  The outcomes of our effort are a more harmonious society, empowering people with the resources and capabilities to lead good lives.We specialise in:- Documenting your Impact Measurement and Management- Making complex businesses and technologies simple to understand- Coaching senior executives to deliver at their best on camera- Creating compelling pitches and content, to support Seed/series funding and IPOs- Crafting digital marketing systems, engagement and growth strategies- Capturing the passion of your team and clientsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/SmarterImpact)

My guest this week is Sir Ronald Cohen. Ronnie has been a venture capitalist, private equity investor, and leader of the global impact investing revolution. He was co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners, And today, he’s the Chairman of the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing (GSG) which followed the G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force. He’s Chairman and co-Founder of The Portland Trust, co-founder of Social Finance UK, US, and Israel, and co-founder of Bridges Fund Management. Plus, he’s written a book, it’s called Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change. I’ve looked forward to this conversation for a long time. And right now, is a perfect moment to speak with Ronnie, partly because he’s published a book all about impact, but also, because of the revolutionary work he’s done in the contributing to the concept of Impact Weighted Accounts. It takes transparency to a new level and it has the potential to change the very foundations of accounting that we’ve depended on for decades. But we didn’t just talk about impact measurement, I wanted to know about the pivotal moments of Ronnie’s life when he left Egypt as a boy, to travel to England, and how that shaped his mindset. As well as his time at Oxford, Harvard, and the many stages of his career in finance. I got so much out of this one, and I hope you do too. Now for all the show-notes and links, jump onto my website at www.Johntreadgold.com And, you can leave us a review on iTunes, because that helps to spread the message of the show. And someone else who’s helping spread the message is RIAA, that’s the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. They have over 300 members managing more than $9 trillion in assets globally, they’re the largest network of people and organisations engaged in responsible, ethical and impact investing across Australia and New Zealand. They do great work and they’ve come on board to help support a series of upcoming episodes featuring the leading names in responsible investing. Head to www.ResponsibleInvestment.org to find out more. Enjoy the show

Sir Ronald Cohen’s motto is “do good - do well” He practices what he preaches.He is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust.He also co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. For nearly two decades, Sir Ronald’s pioneering initiatives have spearheaded the global impact investment movement towards an Impact Revolution.He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for innovation in social finance.He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association.Sir Ronald is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School and a Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University; a former member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers; a former director of the Harvard Management Company and the University of Oxford Investment Committee; a former trustee of the British Museum; and a former trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.He was President of the Oxford Union and serves as an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College. Sir Ronald was awarded a Harvard Business School fellowship.His latest book - Impact: Reshaping capitalism to drive real change is a fascinating blueprint for a hope-filled future underpinned by the social power of impact investingPraise for IMPACT is universal:"Sir Ronnie provides the core operating manual for those seeking to do good while also doing well." Bono, Lead Singer of U2 and Co-Founder of The Rise Fund'Impact is a new and very important idea to reshape and save our economic system.' Paul Romer, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2018'The book is timely, visionary, bold...and thoroughly persuasive.' Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks"The most genuinely hopeful and important work on finance and society I've read or imagined reading in decades." Peter Sacks, Professor of English and American Literature and Language, Harvard UniversitySir Ronald talks to Jonathan Gabay of Thought and Leaders about his vision for all our futures. This episode is truly inspiring. Listen, share the message - read the book, make an IMPACT.37 Minutes listening time

Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA and Israel; and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013-15), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000-10) and the UK's Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation's Innovation Award for Social Finance. He was the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global private equity firm, and co-founder and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association. Oxford and Harvard educated, Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK. He is based in Tel Aviv, London and New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of Rockefeller Client Insights David Rockefeller Jr., moderates a conversation between Melissa A. Berman, President & CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, Co-Founder Apax Partners; and Dr. Cecilia A. Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change, MacArthur Foundation; for a wide-ranging dialogue surrounding the commitment to positive change throughout the world.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guest Darren Walker. [Live show recorded: May 11, 2020.] Darren Walker is president of the Ford Foundation (https://www.fordfoundation.org/) , an international social justice philanthropy with a $13 billion endowment and $600 million in annual grant making. He chaired the philanthropy committee that brought a resolution to the city of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy and is co-founder and chair of the US Impact Investing Alliance. Before joining Ford, Darren was vice president at the Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing global and domestic programs including the Rebuild New Orleans initiative after Hurricane Katrina. In the 1990s, as COO of the Abyssinian Development Corporation—Harlem’s largest community development organization—he oversaw a comprehensive revitalization strategy, including building over 1,000 units of affordable housing and the first major commercial development in Harlem since the 1960s. Earlier, he had a decade-long career in international law and finance at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and UBS. Darren co-chairs New York City’s Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers, and serves on the Commission on the Future of Rikers Island Correctional Institution and the UN International Labor Organization Commission on the Future of Work. He also serves on the boards of Carnegie Hall, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Gallery of Art, Art Bridges, the High Line, VOW to End Child Marriage, the HOW Institute for Society, the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the recipient of 13 honorary degrees and university awards, including the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University. Educated exclusively in public schools, Darren was a member of the first class of Head Start in 1965 and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, which in 2009 recognized him with its Distinguished Alumnus Award—its highest alumni honor. He has been included on numerous annual media lists, including Time’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, Rolling Stone’s 25 People Shaping the Future, Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative People, and Out magazine’s Power 50.

Welcome to Episode 64 of Good Will Hunters, our Third Impact Investment Masterclass with Rosemary Addis, and the fourth time we’ve had Rosemary on the show. Rosemary is one of the world’s preeminent impact pioneers. She has helped to shape the system to deliver innovation and investment that benefits people and the planet. Her global portfolio includes Trustee of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, Senior Advisor to United Nations Development Programme’s SDG Impact and she has been an expert reviewer for impact initiatives of the OECD and World Economic Forum. Rosemary’s 30+ years track record spans sectors, disciplines and geographies from a global legal career with Allens-Linklaters and Kirkland & Ellis NY, where she ranked among the world’s leading lawyers, to the first Social Innovation Strategist for the Australian Government and member of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK Presidency of the G8 where she was invited to represent Australia as the only participating country from outside the G7 and EU. She was founding Chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing, for which she remains an Ambassador, and is founding Chair of Impact Capital Australia and Impact Investing Australia, Impact Investing Asia Pacific Market Builder of the Year (2018). We cover a lot of ground in this episode. We start with the state of the nation here in Australia, in particular the bushfire crisis that has faced our country this Summer. We talk about what the crisis means for leadership and for investment and the way we think about funding social change. We discuss the Social Impact Investing Taskforce and the opportunity we have to shape a better enabling environment for impact investment. We then discuss the review of our policy that is underway, including innovative financing opportunities and measuring progress against the SDGs. This includes discussion of the Pacific Infrastructure Financing Facility and one of my favourite programs, Investing in Women. Lastly we discuss what’s happening globally, including the launch fo the Impact Investment Institute in the UK and the Davos Manifesto 2020. Rosemary and I chat regularly both in these episodes and outside of them about why impact investment is so important for our aid sector. As Rosemary and I acknowledge in this episode, we’re in an environment in Australia where our government funded development spending is very unlikely to increase in the short-term, however we are having a refresh of our aid policy where we can all contribute to the discussion on what a great aid program looks like. Impact investment presents an opportunity to sustainably fund the sector for greater impact. All organisations that I chat to are actively considering impact investment, so I hope these episodes are, and continue to be, an opportunity to learn more about impact investment and how it relates to our aid sector. Also, tickets are now on sale for the Australasian Aid Conference, from 17-19 February at ANU in Canberra. The conference is run by the brilliant Development Policy Centre, which you heard about a few weeks back when I had Stephen Howes on the show. I’ll be at the conference, I’ll be interviewing a lot of the keynote speakers, and I’ll be hosting the Conference dinner! I would love to see lots of you there, so if you haven’t bought your ticket already, get on to it! https://devpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/annual-australasian-aid-conference/2020 Enjoy, Rachel and the GWH Team

Rosemary Addis, like most of my guests, had some major career shifts in her journey towards impact. Early-on she was a partner at law firm Allens Linklaters. But She would leave the law behind to help develop the impact investing sector. In 2013 she helped to establish the Australian Advisory Board, to the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce. And part of this process involved helping to build Impact Investing Australia, as the organisation that would manage it. Australia was the only country outside the G8 invited to work with the taskforce, which has since evolved to become the Global Steering Group on Impact Investment. She’s a senior advisor to the UNDP’s SDG Impact project. All the links are at www.johntreadgold.com If you want to keep the conversation going please follow along on Instagram and facebook. And if you’re an Apple user I’d love it if you would leave us a review, because that’s the best way to help other people find the show. Enjoy!

Cyrille Langendorff is managing director of the international affairs and private equity department of French bank Credit Coopératif (CC), a member of the BPCE banking group, and has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector. After achieving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Paris Dauphine University, Cyrille began his investment banking career at Banque Paribas (now BNP Paribas) and ABN AMRO Bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, London, and Paris for 15 years. Prior to his current role, Cyrille worked for four years analyzing and monitoring CC’s solidarity portfolio of investment funds managed by Ecofi Investissements (an asset management company in the CC Group) in France, and the European investments done with CC’s partners at the European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks (FEBEA) and the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). Cyrille represents CC on the boards of social finance and microfinance investment companies CoopEst, CoopMed, and Inpulse (CC’s subsidiary in impact investment funds), Microfinance Solidaire, a subsidiary of French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde, and on the executive board of FEBEA. He’s also a board member of the French NGO, ACTED. He’s been rapporteur for the French National Advisory Board’s (NAB) report on social impact investment (2014) and is now chair of the group representing France on the executive committee of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) under the chairmanship of Sir Ronald Cohen. He’s also chairing the Impact Invest Lab, an operational arm of the NAB.   “I think you learn from the mistakes, you learn from worst investments you made, so don’t be disappointed. It’s part of the investment life.” – Cyrille Langendorff   Worst investment ever Cyrille was a young investment banker in 1995, so he was still quite a rookie in the market. He (his bank and clients) had the opportunity to invest in Nokia stock, the Finnish mobile phone maker that was far more popular in the 90s. It was June 1995 and the stock had already gone up to 2 euros per share from around 1.10-1.20 euros in January. There was a lot of interest and many clients were coming to a big roadshow in Paris and Nokia management were also attending. Amid this positive atmosphere, Cyrille was not suspicious about this kind of event. Everybody was saying Nokia was a great story and rushed to buy the stock at the end of the roadshow the next day at around 2 euros. Very soon afterwards, the stock crashed and everyone was complaining that they had been convinced at the show by all the marketing events and promotion of the stock to buy it. The stock slid to around 1.25 euros by the end of the year. So basically, Cyrille lost 75 euro cents per share. It was a terrible investment in a short period. It took nearly two years for the price to return to 2 euros. Some investors were not patient enough, so they sold for a loss. But those who were patient who kept thinking it was a good story had to wait two years. So the timing was wrong but the stock even today is at around 5 euros. So, Cyrille says, if you were willing to wait for 25 years to make some money, that’s great. He also noted that it went up to much more in 2000-2001 (50 euros per share). Some lessons Don’t be discouraged by market movements. Markets can fluctuated quickly so be very persistent and patient. However, that patience and belief in the idea that the story is good, look deeper at what went wrong before you sell (and of course before you buy). This should include sector research, competitor analyses, detailed examination of the target company’s business model, and face-to-face visits with company management. It can take patience, perseverance, and also a strong belief in the story to hold on for the long term.Be very cautious about worldwide company roadshows. They can sometimes be dangerous to preserving your wealth or that of your clients. Andrew’s takeaways Be aware of companies’ “dog and pony shows”. Their purpose is to raise capital, so they really push the positive side of the stock’s story. They put a lot of energy, practice and marketing psychology into making a good presentation. Particularly if you are young in the industry, it is difficult to see clearly what is behind that show. Actionable advice Do your homework and be patient. Do your research. Don’t be in a hurry. Take a modest position after a rally to test the story. If you think the story is still good, and there’s a strong rally of the stock, just buy a small package of shares. Don’t use the whole of your position and see what happens. No. 1 goal for next the 12 months The French High Commissioner for the Social and Solidarity Economy and Social Innovation, will convene in Paris a global meeting to support the development of impact investing, inclusive economics and social innovation known as the Pact for Impact Summit on 10 and 11 July. In his role as chair of the Impact Invest Lab, Cyrille is working to be a strong promoter of the event and help in its organization in order to encourage his organizations’ best projects and best practice. Parting words “I’ve learned a lot (from my mistakes) and I have moved from listed to non-listed companies and now I don’t have to look at daily charts.”   You can also check out Andrew’s books How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market My Worst Investment Ever 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points   Connect with Cyrille Langendorff: LinkedIn  Connect with Andrew Stotz astotz.com  LinkedIn Facebook  Instagram Twitter  YouTube My Worst Investment Ever Podcast 

Global Steering Group for Impact Investment CEO Amit Bhatia speaks live from the 2018 Global Impact Investing Forum at the CEIBS Shanghai campus about the global impact investment revolution and how China can help shape Capitalism 2.0.

Amit Bhatia, CEO of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the British Council’s Dr Mairi Mackay, were both keynote speakers at Good Deals and Beyond Good Business, the UK’s leading social enterprise conference, which took place in London, in March 2018. Amit and Mairi took time out from the event to speak to Pioneers Post’s Julie Pybus about the power of private capital to tackle social issues, the role of creativity in building a purposeful economy and why millennials might be a big sign of hope for the social impact movement... We have released the podcast this week to coincide with the G20’s Development Working Group, where Mairi and Amit are meeting again. They’ll be discussing how to put social impact investment on the global agenda as a key approach to help countries transition to impact economies. For more podcasts, videos and articles on global social enterprise, head to the Global Perspectives collection produced in partnership with the British Council, on www.pioneerspost.com P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven businesses. Good journalism like this costs money, and we rely on subscriptions in order to keep delivering the social enterprise news. We’d love you to support us – have a look on our website: www.pioneerspost.com/subscribe.