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Blog Archives: January 2023 — December 2023

An Experiment in Deep Listening and Co-Creation: Reflecting on a Confluence Session

April 04, 2023
June Wilson, Compton Foundation
As participants arrived at our session, “Co-imagining a Reparative Economy,” Stevie Wonder’s song “As” played in the background. My co-facilitator, Donna Daniels of Heron Foundation, and I invited them to sit in a large circle. The session’s title frequently prompted the inquiry, “What is a reparative economy?” from folks as they trickled in. Our reply, “Yes, what is it?” set the tone for the type of conversations we envisioned. We began by immediately getting the 23 participants on their feet. We asked them to “map” themselves within the ...

The Outsized Impact Opportunity of Investing in Women

March 06, 2023
Renske Lynde, 1st Course Capital
On this 112th anniversary of International Women's Day there is much to celebrate about how the role of women in many countries has dramatically improved since the founding of the Day in 1911. However, we would be remiss if we did not also acknowledge that much remains to be done to achieve anything close to equality across the genders or equity within them. In this piece, we will discuss two intertwining challenges that carry significant implications for equality, equity, and economic empowerment. They are the fact that women remain highly ...

A Look Back on The Road to Net Zero

February 23, 2023
Steven Godeke, Godeke Consulting
Confluence Philanthropy convened twelve of its foundation and family office members along with their investment advisors for a two-day Net Zero Intensive at Amalgamated Bank in New York in early February. Our goal was to explore the challenges facing asset owners that want to commit to a Net Zero investment strategy and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and just economy. Through facilitated seminar sessions, we learned from a range of experts and asset owner peers, shared experiences and sought to better define Net Zero. Here are my ...

Philanthropy Support Organizations in Action!

February 14, 2023
Sarah DeNicola, Confluence Philanthropy
It is clear that transformative change is needed on a massive and systemic scale. The systems change required to address the biggest challenges of our times, such as racism, wealth and income inequality, threats to democracy, and avoiding the worst outcomes of climate change, will require organizing and collaboration across sectors and movements. Yet, while we know that the philanthropic industry has great potential to leverage assets to support the movements and community organizations doing the work, the urgency to organize is not ...

Capitalism’s Better Angels Have Emerged to Revive the American Dream

February 09, 2023
Rupal Patel, Good Scout Capital
There is no denying that American capitalism has built the modern world. Consider that 7 out of the top 10 public companies in the world are U.S. companies, while out of the top 100, 54 are from these United States[1]. American capitalism celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit, its ingenuity, its hard work, and innovation; and the rewards have been there. Of the top 10 billionaires in the world, 6 fly the stars and stripes, and among all the world’s 2,668 billionaires, about 27% are based in the U.S[2]. This wealth was built by the legacy ...

Building Emerging Managers: A Partnership Between Confluence and ImpactAssets - Thought Leadership Series

February 02, 2023
Kavita Vijayan, ImpactAssets
The world of emerging impact funds is one of promise—with breakthrough ideas, fresh leadership, exciting new portfolio companies and disruptive business models. This sort of pioneering approach can be particularly powerful in the areas of climate solutions and racial equity investing, where innovation can often create outsized impact and financial returns as well as challenge long-entrenched investment practices. So why is it more challenging for emerging fund managers and business models that show early promise of success to scale? We know ...

Legal Perspective: New Fronts on the “War on ESG”- GOP Senators Propose Action

January 17, 2023
Susan Mac Cormac, Morrison & Foerster
On November 3, 2022, 51 law firms received letters about their ESG practice, and potential regulatory risks and enforcement stemming from ESG practices. This occurrence opened speculations across the country on whether ESG will feature more prominently in congressional hearings, and if this is the case, how can values aligned investors protect the objectives of the framework. The anti-ESG movement is a well-organized attack and currently, pending anti-ESG state legislations are increasing, most of which are focused on state divestment from ...

Uplifting Tribal Sovereignty Through “Just Transition” Investments

January 12, 2023
Tanksi Clairmont and Angelica Wright, Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund at GRID Alternatives
A wide variety of perspectives and ideas were shared during Confluence Philanthropy’s Coffee Klatch in December, exploring approaches to investing in populations in climate transition, including tribal communities. Creating and building authentic partnerships and values-aligned investments with tribal communities and tribal-led organizations is important to shifting powers in the climate change movement. Philanthropic support and investment in Indian Country’s efforts is necessary as we work to dismantle the inequities of the energy crisis, ...

You Can Help Defend ESG Investing - Why Take Action

January 10, 2023
Stephanie Cohn Rupp, Veris Wealth Partners
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is facing a barrage of attacks - from criticisms of “woke capitalism” to state bans on ESG investing including a Florida law that prevents the state’s pension funds managers from considering ESG criteria. I have spent the last 22 years of my career in economic development, global Impact, and ESG investing. From my perspective, these condemnations and policies designed to protect the fossil fuel industry show a deep misunderstanding of ESG investing. ESG is not an ideology but a lens ...

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