Impact Consulting
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 […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
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 […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
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 […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
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 […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
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 […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
PCV InSight helps kick off G8 Summit
As you all know from this blog post, PCV InSight is our research and policy arm here at Pacific Community Ventures. Their work focuses heavily on impact investing, a field that is seeing a “surge of interest” according to PCV InSight Director Ben Thornley in his latest Huffington Post blog. There is so much interest, […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
What Does PCV InSight Do?
One of the most unique programs at PCV is PCV InSight. However, it can be rather tricky to explain to someone who isn’t familiar with the space. Let me break it down for you. Even early on, Bud and Penelope realized the importance of tracking our work and analyzing the impact that it had on […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
Launching a Framework for Government Action
Today we are thrilled to announce the global launch of Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation, a collaborative effort of InSight at Pacific Community Ventures, the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship/World Economic Forum, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Breaking the Binary is the culmination […]