Activating Individual Investors for Impact

Activating Individual Investors for Impact

On November 05, 2023

What We Learned in 2023 and What’s Next When we mapped, convened, and grew the Twin Cities Impact Investing Ecosystem in 2016-2018 we identified a substantial...

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Due Diligence 2.0 and Beyond

Due Diligence 2.0 and Beyond

On March 13, 2023

By Danielle St. Luce, Investment Associate, Cogent Consulting PBC The last few years have seen new organizations and emerging funds use racial equity as part of...

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Annual Benefits Report, CY 2022

Annual Benefits Report, CY 2022

On January 13, 2023

After 20 years in business, Cogent Consulting converted to a Specific Benefit Corporation in 2018.We are an independent, strategic, financial, and impact investing firm empoweringpurpose-driven organizations....

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So You Want To Be A Consultant?

So You Want To Be A Consultant?

On January 04, 2023

Top tips from our founder, Susan Hammel, after 25 years of succesful consulting.

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What Susan Was Doing in November

What Susan Was Doing in November

On November 18, 2022

Top of my mind these days is investing in line with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion values. Many institutions promised bold moves after George Floyd was murdered. Who...

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What Susan is doing

The tide is turning: more people are thinking about their moral, social and environmental values when they shop, play, and invest. Impact investing is going mainstream with more robust and consistent impact measurement and monitoring happening every day. The blowback on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) makes true impact investing (which requires impact measurement) all the more relevant. Will changing how people view money change the world? Well, it isn’t a panacea for all that afflicts us but as they say, “follow the money”. Investors have power. Use yours wisely.