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Blog Archives: February 2024

Transparency Is the Bedrock for Impact Measurement

February 28, 2024
Marina Severinovsky, Schroders
Mission-aligned investments have undergone an unprecedented expansion over the past decade. I’ve kept close tabs on this, as Schroders’ Head of Sustainability in North America — representing both Schroders’ and BlueOrchard’s impact investing efforts — and over the course of my 15-year career in the investment industry. Over the years, from the vantage point of the impact investing professionals I work with, one principle has emerged as a cornerstone for ensuring integrity, accountability, and progress for values-aligned investing. That ...

Investing with a Climate Resilient Lens: Dana Lanza in Discussion with Nancy Lindborg and Rip Rapson

February 27, 2024
Dana Lanza, Confluence Philanthropy
Just before world leaders met for COP28, the Biden-Harris Administration hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. A national framework for investing in climate resilience was released, and The Kresge Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation made an unprecedented commitment to building more resilient communities, centering those most adversely impacted by climate change. I recently had the great pleasure of leading a ...

In 2024, Philanthropy Must Step up and Supercharge Climate Action

February 23, 2024
Helen Mountford, ClimateWorks Foundation
2023 was blisteringly hot and earned the distinction of the hottest year on record. Yet, we know last year was not an outlier but rather a trend in the wrong direction, as the intensifying impacts of climate change create devastating consequences for people, communities, and ecosystems worldwide. We are nearly halfway through the decisive decade for climate action, and we are off track in meeting global targets. The good news is there’s never been more progress to build on as we work to course correct. The backlash from the fossil fuel ...