Emerging Impact Investing Strategies for Rural Communities
On February 14, 2017
Event Name: Emerging Impact Investing Strategies for Rural Communities Sponsor: Mission Investors Exchange Date: 2/9/17 Location: Webinar Cogent Attendee: Eric White Key Takeaways Rural...
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Invest In Your Street, Not Just Wall Street
On January 19, 2017
Giving locally makes a lot of sense. We’re lucky in Minnesota to have one of the most generous communities in the country and world.* We also...
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Investing for Impact in a Post-Trump World
On December 07, 2016
This month I was going to write about gender lens investing. I had a lot to share about all the research that shows that companies with 3 or...
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Investment Bankers Gone Good: Making Money and Saving the World
On November 16, 2016
Imagine my surprise when a hedge fund manager invited me to a retreat of the “Gratitude Railroad” rather than the typical finance conference centered on topics...
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Impact investing in Minnesota: old concept with new life
On October 20, 2016
I sat down with Maja Beckstrom of the Pioneer Press to talk about impact investing. Check out our conversation: Though it’s a new buzzword, impact investing is...
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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.