Opportunity Zones: A Boon For Investors or Real Opportunity For All?

On May 15, 2019

This article was originally published by Minnesota Council on Foundations in Giving Forum Magazine’s Spring 2019 Edition Written by Susan Hammel, CFA Call me Pollyanna but...

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Making an Impact: Susan Hammel, Cogent Consulting

Making an Impact: Susan Hammel, Cogent Consulting

On April 19, 2019

This interview was written by Nicole Melancon and originally appeared on the Impact Hub MSP’s Blog Making an Impact: Susan Hammel, Cogent Consulting Susan Hammel is...

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Building a Place-Based Impact Investing Ecosystem in Minnesota

Building a Place-Based Impact Investing Ecosystem in Minnesota

On November 15, 2018

This article by Mission Investors Exchange originally appeared on the Mission Investors Exchange blog in May 2017 A Closer Look at the Minnesota Collaboration Mission Investors...

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How to Launch a Collaborative Fund

How to Launch a Collaborative Fund

On October 25, 2018

How to Launch a Collaborative Fund By Eric White, CAIA and Susan Hammel, CFA, Cogent Consulting Ever since we launched the Minnesota Impact Investing Initiative in...

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Why I Love Impact Hub

Why I Love Impact Hub

On August 09, 2018

Getting Out of My Basement: Why I Love The New Impact Hub/FINNOVATION Lab At first, it was all about the coffee. Consulting entails many coffee meetings...

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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.