Investing in Equality
This paper provides a framework for impact investors as they consider how to invest in and support LGBT issues across common portfolio asset classes.
Our research, consulting, collaboration, and convening outputs have many forms. Here you can find our publications and videos of many of our recent convenings.
This paper provides a framework for impact investors as they consider how to invest in and support LGBT issues across common portfolio asset classes.
This study helps value chain practitioners understand emerging opportunities to tap into new place-based forms of finance.
This paper applies the Total Portfolio Activation framework to help mission investors maximize their social and environmental impact across their entire portfolios and to generate positive benefits for women and girls.
This Toolkit is intended to help investors examine climate change from different angles.
The initiative aims to develop a standardized reporting system for documenting and evaluating the impact of public equity engagement, to integrate public equity investors in conversations about social and environmental impact investing, and enhance public understanding of the full array of engagement opportunities available to investors in listed equities.
This report provides an overview on green bonds, the projects they finance, the challenges the market is facing, and the opportunities for foundations to support the market as it rapidly takes off.
This report tracks their progress, showcases leading examples through case studies, and invites other foundations to come along.
This report investigates the positive outcomes of investor engagement on the environmental, social, and corporate governance practices of publicly traded companies.
This paper summarizes Croatan Institute’s pilot crowdfunding action learning program; highlights key successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and provides recommendations for future work.
This report found that sustainable, responsible, and impact investing assets have expanded 76 percent in two years: from $3.74 trillion at the start of 2012 to $6.57 trillion at the start of 2014.
This paper addresses the effect that the growing movement for divestment from fossil fuels and investment in more sustainable opportunities has had on the Appalachian region
A blog post from New Economy Week on crowdfunding as a form of nontraditional investment in New Economy businesses.
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