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Blog Archives: July 2021

Embrace and Inspire at the Annual Practitioners Gathering 2021

July 22, 2021
Dana Lanza, Confluence Philanthropy
Long before the COVID-induced quarantine began, Confluence decided to entitle our 2021 Gathering “Embrace and Inspire.” At the time, it seemed like a prescient idea that was about scaling the values-aligned investing industry. We had no idea that it would become about our physical reality, as over the next year and a half our community would tilt into virtual isolation and sometimes feelings of frustration, uncertainty, and perhaps even hopelessness about the prevailing health and political crises, at a time when we could not physically ...

100% Investor Voices

July 21, 2021
Catherine Burnett, Phillips Foundation
In philanthropy, as elsewhere, innovation often appears in smaller, unheralded organizations before it does in large, well known entities. Case in point: In 2018, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) offered a “Roadmap for the Future of Impact Investing,” which outlined a plan to reshape financial markets by integrating social and environmental impact considerations into every investment decision. But in preceding decades—long before the practice gained public recognition—several private foundations and public charities with less than ...

ESG Investing: Raising the Floor and Raising the Ceiling

July 21, 2021
Katherine Kroll, Brown Advisory
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has reached an inflection point. A substantial proportion of institutional assets are now invested under some sort of ESG mandate (33% in 2020, according to U.S. SIF). A natural concern with ESG going mainstream is whether or not it will be diluted by the many new entrants throwing their hats in the ring. One of the most-discussed ESG topics in the media over the past year has been the threat of “greenwashing,” and a variety of regulatory frameworks are emerging to set a minimum or ...

Investing for Social Equity – Day 2 of Confluence’s 11th Annual Practitioners Gathering

July 20, 2021
Sarah DeNicola, Confluence Philanthropy
What would our world look like if we were to truly transform the way we relate to capital, to our land and water, and to one another? This question underpinned day two of Confluence Philanthropy’s 11th Annual Practitioners Gathering: Embrace & Inspire, which focused on the theme “Investing for Social Equity.” The day began with a keynote address by Dr. john a. powell, Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute and Professor of Law, African American and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Dr. powell shared the concept ...

Access to Capital for Women and Underrepresented People of Color

July 19, 2021
Darya Allen-Attar, Morgan Stanley
Day 2 of Confluence Philanthropy’s 11th Annual Practitioners Gathering provided a venue for an honest conversation about Access to Capital for Women and Underrepresented People of Color. We know that many values-oriented asset owners are focused on equity and inclusion and seek to align investment portfolios with that mission. We are so excited about this trend and hope it will continue, but the flow of capital to managers that represent true equity and inclusion is just starting. Our panel during the conference provided great insight as to ...

Generating Social and Environmental Impact in Latin America

July 19, 2021
Katie Naeve, Root Capital
Since coming to the fore in the late 2000s, impact investing has unlocked the potential of countless social entrepreneurs around the world. Despite this impressive growth, many enterprises across Latin America still lack access to the financing they need to combat some of the greatest challenges they face: poverty, climate change, and social inequity. During a plenary session at Confluence’s 11th Annual Practitioners’ Gathering, we discussed how social entrepreneurs are stepping up to address these colliding crises, and how we, as ...

Tapping into the Power of Finance to Fuel Climate Solutions

July 16, 2021
Kidan Araya, Wallace Global Fund
Climate Day at Confluence's 11th Annual Practitioners Gathering rounded out with an energizing conversation discussing how we can invest our financial resources to end energy poverty by investing in women internationally. “Providing Energy Access to All by Investing in Women” was the call to action and the subject of the Closing Keynote - Riverside Chat between powerful advocates Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All and Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All; the Honorable Mary ...

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