Impact Consulting
PCV Impact Evaluation: Measuring what matters
PCV has been evaluating social impact metrics for years and knows that producing positive social benefits alongside financial gains doesn’t mean sacrificing business competitiveness. We survey our small business network every year and reveal the social impact that these business owners might not even realize they are having. In 2012, our in-house impact evaluation team […]
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The AI3: A Policy Platform for Impact Investing in the US
The AI3 is building a coalition of individuals from across sectors – investors, government agencies and philanthropic organizations – to develop a policy framework that supports impact investing in the United States, from conception to implementation. The AI3 will produce a policy platform that enables policymakers to more effectively set laws and regulations that foster […]
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PCV helps launch the Global Learning Exchange!
Today, the IIPC, which PCV helps convene, launches the Global Learning Exhange on Social Impact Investing! Launched with the support of the UK Cabinet office, the Global Learning Exchange is a key outcome of the G8 meetings in London last summer. The Global Learning exchange is an online platform that connects people, ideas and resources […]
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The Next Era of Impact Investing: InSight’s new report sheds light on balancing mission and margin
On the evening of Thursday, November 7th, at the New York City World Economic Forum offices, Paula Goldman of Omidyar Network raised a glass to the Impact Investor project. She invited the audience of over 75 fund managers, investors, philanthropists, and government representatives to toast with her, declaring it a moment of celebration for […]
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Opening the Curtain on the New 2.0 Era of Impact Investing
This blog was writted for the Huffington Post by Ben Thornley, Pacific Community Ventures, and Cathy Clark. CASE at Duke University, and co-authored by Jed Emerson, ImpactAssets. To see the original article click here. Impact investing has not been growing as quickly as many practitioners might have hoped. Knowledge of what does and does not […]
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Impact Investing 2.0 Launches!
Today marks the official launch of PCV InSight’s new report, “Impact Investing 2.0: The Way Forward – Insight from 12 Outstanding Funds”. This report, created in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University and Impact Assets, identifies twelve high-performing funds that have seen both financial and social returns […]
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PCV at the White House: Social Impact Investing Taskforce
As you may remember from this blog, Sir Ronald Cohen is the Chairman of Big Society Capital and has been lauded as the “father of British venture capital”. He is also the leader of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce, which was announced at the G8 Social Impact Investment Forum that we attended last June. The […]
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The Question of Mainstreaming Impact Investing
This blog is writted by Director of PCV InSight, Ben Thornley. The process of mainstreaming impact investing is, quite literally, about asking the right questions, and having the right answers ready to provide. On the buy side, where the questions originate, investors including pension funds and other fiduciaries are wrestling with what it means to […]
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A Recap of Last Week’s SOCAP Conference
Last week, nearly 2,000 social entrepreneurs, impact investors, business leaders, philanthropists, policymakers, and researchers from around the world converged at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. This annual confluence of experts and entrepreneurs, icons and innovators is known as SOCAP, a conference series showcasing new ways people across the globe are using market forces […]
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An Impact Investing Milestone: The London Principles
Blog Author: Ben Thornley, Director, PCV InSight The Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) London Principles – a critical piece of market infrastructure – have just been launched at an international conference in the UK. The Principles are a statement of intent and integrity. Impact investing has emerged as one the most important new instruments for […]
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PCV Cheat Sheet: Breaking the Binary, Case Study #2
It’s time to look at another case study from Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation! This time we’re heading to the UK (we are over there a lot lately – see what I mean here and here) looking at Big Society Capital (BSC). BSC was created in 2012 and deploys assets to […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Working together to eliminate California “food deserts”
PCV InSight’s impact evaluation team recently traveled to Los Angeles for The California FreshWorks Fund First Annual Summit – a convening of investors, store owners, partners, community members, and other stakeholders involved in the fund. PCV InSight will be assessing the economic and social impacts of FreshWorks, an initiative of The California Endowment, as part […]