“Ethical Markets welcomes another ground-breaking report for Cornerstone Capital Group, opening up many new avenues for sustainability and impact investors! Don’t miss it!
~Hazel Henderson, Editor“
Creativity & The Arts:
An Emerging Impact Investing Theme
Cornerstone Capital Group is pleased to share our new report, Creativity & The Arts: An Emerging Impact Investment Theme. This collaboration offers a window into the rich array of opportunities to make meaningful, profitable investments that foster economic empowerment for individuals and communities through local creative enterprise.
As highlighted by contributors, the many reasons to deploy investment capital in support of Creativity & The Arts include:
– Investing in the “creative economy” is one way to counter the negative effects of widening income and wealth inequality, and opportunity gaps, that have resulted from the “knowledge economy.”
– Creative enterprises offer “an on-ramp to wealth-building for entrepreneurs including women, people of color and others who benefit from lower barriers to entry to a sector of the economy more interested in merit than advanced degrees.”
– For foundations and endowments in particular, eliminating the “artificial distinctions” that have long governed arts funding unleashes “enormous opportunity to drive economic growth and employment through coherent, broad-based strategies to invest in this space.”
Our full report, along with individual articles from our contributors, can be found on Cornerstone’s Journal of Sustainable Finance and Banking blog.
Cornerstone Capital Group was created to catalyze the flow of capital toward a more regenerative and inclusive global economy. We seek to optimize investment performance together with social impact through rigorous research that systematically integrates Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors into portfolio design. In seeking positive societal impact at scale, Cornerstone offers investment advisory and capital markets advisory services. We are an SEC Registered Investment Advisor and a WBENC certified women-owned business.