Opal Group is excited to announce the return of our annual Impact Investing Forum, April 22-24, 2018, in West Palm Beach, FL. Join us for three days of engaging discussions and great networking opportunities. The event will look at many of the asset classes that encompass the impact investing space. …
VIP Japan Institutional Investor Summit
JOIN US June 5-6, 2018 Andaz Tokyo, Toranomon Hills A VIP Forum for Pensions, SWFs and Institutional Investors Event hosted by Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) Register Today Event Link: www.ifsummitasia.com Nearly $2 Trillion in Public Asset Owner Capital Attending SWF, Pension and other …
Trade war coming? What women want at work; Latin American unicorns
Grüezi mitenand! Welcome to the World Economic Forum’s weekly newsletter. Most shared Closing the world’s biggest skills gap. Latin America has data and solutions. Trade war coming? Understanding the new protectionism and assessing the risks. On the Agenda The future of the Internet. Get ready for more regulations in these areas. …
JUST Capital Releases Its Groundbreaking New Rankings on Corporate Tax Reform
The JUST Capital Rankings on Corporate Tax Reform We’re thrilled to announce today’s release of our Rankings on Corporate Tax Reform, published in The New York Times. This groundbreaking new research analyzes the 90 largest publicly-traded U.S. companies that have so far made commitments tied to the tax cut, and will …
Global Current Issues and Trends: March 2018
Global Current Issues and Trends: March 2018 Total US nonfarm payroll employment rose by 313,000 in February while January’s first reported 200,000 jobs were revised up to 239,000 and December’s jobs were revised up from 160,000 to 175,000. The national unemployment rate remains at 4.1%. In 2016, job gains totaled …
IIRC Newsletter: Conference Special
IIRC Newsletter: Conference Special Global governance and reporting bodies convene business and investor leaders to drive shift towards long-termism Leaders in business, investment and accountancy are meeting in Tokyo for a global conference jointly convened by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). The two-day conference, …
SDSN Bulletin – Vol. 208 No. 21 – Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland Launch Conference – Summary
SDSN Bulletin Volume 208 Number 21 | Saturday, 17 February 2018Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Switzerland Launch Conference 15 February 2018 | Bern, Switzerland Languages: EN (HTML/PDF)Visit our IISD/ENB+ Meeting Coverage from Bern, Switzerland at: http://enb.iisd.org/sdsn/launch-conference/ The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Switzerland was launched in Bern, Switzerland, on 15 February …
The Brief’s Big Nine: Data-driven, unlocking value, low-carbon banking, economic imperatives
Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! Many investors claim to be data-driven. Except when it comes to impact. Neither limited partners nor anybody else would let fund managers get away with saying they don’t measure the financial performance of their portfolio companies. So why do LPs give venture capitalists a …
Cultivating smallholders
Taking Care of Business by Joel Makower I’m just back from a long weekend away — and largely unplugged — so am more than a little sun-blissed this morning, tiptoeing back into the all-too-real world. Let’s see: Politics as usual. Horror at high school. Border skirmishes. Sordid affairs. The Russians …
Grasping the world’s biggest economic opportunity
“Ethical Markets is a member of this preeminent global coalition to accelerate the global transition from the fossilized era to the cleaner, inclusive and knowledge-richer green economies emerging worldwide. We have tracked since 2007 the private investments in these green sectors globally in our Green Transition Scoreboard ® at a …