Impact Investing
10 Ideas for Scaling Impact Investing
Ben Thornley discusses ten ideas that could propel impact investing over the tipping point and help it reach scale and acceptance as a mainstream investment practice. Read his article below. When the Global Impact Investing Network is awarded over GDP10 million to grow impact investing in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – and adds almost 100 new “network members” in […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
PCV Executive Director Beth Sirull on Impact Investing
This blog was written by Beth Sirull, Executive Director of Pacific Community Ventures. This past Friday, I was honored to testify at a hearing held by California Assemblymember Nora Campos who represents San Jose. Assemblywoman Campos, along with Sunne McPeak, currently CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund and former Secretary of the California Business, […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
The Pioneering Impact Investor
In his most recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley details the pioneering efforts of impact investors with videos from a recent panel discussion at SOCAP12 in San Francisco, building off the new report – A Market Emerges: The Six Dynamics of Impact Investing. Read the full article below: Impact investing is not […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
The Impact Investing Grounds Are Shifting
In his most recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley outlines significant developments in impact investing by key players in the field. Read the full article below: Some notable stirrings in and around impact investing, at two of the flagship players in mainstream capital markets, are likely to have significant consequences but have […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Back to the (Legal) Basics: Initial reflections from SOCAP on social enterprise and impact investing
Last week 1,600 participants from around the world – including entrepreneurs, investors, institutions, non-profits and foundations – gathered at SOCAP12 to discuss “the intersection of money and meaning.” Understandably, impact investing is a common thread throughout the conference. The first day of the conference began with keynote speaker Katherine Fulton discussing the […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
The Impact Investor at SOCAP12
This week at SOCAP12 InSight, CASE at Duke University and ImpactAssets launched A Market Emerges: The Six Dynamics of Impact Investing, the second report for The Impact Investor project. As part of the launch the research team curated several panels exploring findings and highlights from the report. Below are recaps from the first two sessions, […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Six Dynamics Describe How Impact Investing Is Unique
In his recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley, with Cathy Clark, and Jed Emerson provide an overview of the latest report from the Impact Investor project, A Market Emerges: The Six Dynamics of Impact Investing. Read the full article below. With Cathy Clark, CASE at Duke, and Jed Emerson, ImpactAssets As dozens […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Data: The Missing Piece in the Social Enterprise Puzzle
In his recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley explains how data is the missing the piece to the social enterprise puzzle and how PCV plans to address this need. Read the full article below. This article ends with a brazen appeal. Forgive me for starting with one also. Please visit www.socialenterprisecensus.org and […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Profiled in First Ever IRIS User Registry
PCV is excited to be one of the first organizations to be listed as a registered user on The Global Impact Investing Network’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) User Registry. PCV utilizes IRIS metrics – a standard set of metrics that describe social, environmental, and financial performance – to measure the impact of its portfolio […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
Video: 3 Ways Government Can Support Impact Investing
To help synthesize the many discussions during our second annual international conference on Policy Innovation in Impact Investing, we’ve pulled together some of the key conference takeaways that surfaced during the two days in Brazil. Below is a partial list of the many insights stemming from the conference, which together outline important considerations when using […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Ben Thornley Makes The Case for Impact(ful) Investing in Public Markets
In his recent article in the Huffington Post, PCV’s Ben Thornley explains how public markets might be used as a compliment to the core of impact investing in private companies and other unlisted assets. Read the full article below. “Impact investing is concentrated in private markets for good reason. In one word: influence. Investors in […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Piecing together impact investing, $4 billion at a time
Ben Thornley, PCV’s Director of InSight, responds to the critics that cite impact investing as being ill-defined and lacking integrity in his blog for the Huffington Post. Read the full post here! One of the great myths about impact investing is that the practice is ill-defined and therefore lacks integrity. In reality, the two clear-cut […]