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 an old concept.

“If you really trace this movement of aligning investments with your values, you need to go back to the Quakers and the 17th century,” says Susan Hammel, executive in residence for impact investing at the Minnesota Council on Foundations. As abolitionists, most Quakers wouldn’t invest in the slave trade and as pacifists they didn’t invest in war.

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What I'm doing now

For grown-ups, back-to-school season means it’s Fall conference season. I’m excited to learn, share and connect at three national events: learn at the 10th Annual Great Plains Institutional Investor Forum, share our Midwest Impact Investing Landscape scan at Impact Engine’s Showcase in Chicago on October 1st, share at the MCF/MCN Annual Conference, and connect at SOCAP October 28-30th. Ping me if you’ll be there as I’d love to catch-up with you.