Elsa De Morais Sarmento - Global Impact of Investing: Solving Global Problems via Smarter Capital Markets Towards a More Sustainable Society

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 7
7. Chapter 8
8. Chapter 9
9. Chapter 10
10. Chapter 11
11. Chapter 12
12. Chapter 13
13. Chapter 14
14. Chapter 15
15. Chapter 16
16. Chapter 17
17. Chapter 18
18. Chapter 19
19. Chapter 20
20. Chapter 22
21. Chapter 23
22. Chapter 24
23. Chapter 25
24. Chapter 26
25. Chapter 27
26. Chapter 28
27. Chapter 30

1. Chapter 2
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 4
4. Chapter 5
5. Chapter 6
6. Chapter 7
7. Chapter 9
8. Chapter 10
9. Chapter 11
10. Chapter 12
11. Chapter 13
12. Chapter 14
13. Chapter 15
14. Chapter 16
15. Chapter 17
16. Chapter 19
17. Chapter 20
18. Chapter 21
19. Chapter 23
20. Chapter 25
21. Chapter 26
22. Chapter 27
23. Chapter 28
24. Chapter 30

A society filled with justice and opportunity for each of us, in a sustainably cultivated natural world, can also result in profitable investment portfolios. Via impact investing, we can invest in equitable communities, beneficial banks, regenerative farms, climate, and equity-forward public schools, that boost well-being for families around the world. This global handbook provides investors innovative pathways that fund solutions for building a better world.

Kat Taylor, JD/MBA, Board Chair, Past CEO, Co-Founder, Beneficial State Bank; Board Chair, Community Development Bankers Association; Impact Investor

With a decade left to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, we need all forms of financepublic and privateto work together to develop new solutions for social and environmental crises, under stress as a result of COVID-19. This book is a must-read for anyone who believes that a greener and more sustainable world is the only way forward.

Hon. Jorge Moreira da Silva, Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate, former Minister of Environment, Energy & Spatial Planning for Portugal

Communities and governments around the world are reeling from the triple whammy of COVID-19, the erosion of civil society, and failing economies. This book is a compelling antidote for institutional, philanthropic and family office investors who want to be part of the solutiona comprehensive guide to net positive investing, a viable and systems-level intervention that the world and investors need now.

Lisa Kleissner and Charly Kleissner, 100% Impact Investors; Founders, KL Felicitas Foundation; Founders, TONIIC and the 100% for Impact Investing Network

Impact investing is an emerging strand of finance, and yet its market is growing so fast, that makes it hard to picture this new age of finance in a global handbook. Elsa de Morais Sarmento and R. Paul Herman met the challenge, by taking on board an intrepid group of 50 academics and experts. They substituted the traditional parameters of labor, land, and networks with the new sustainable onespeople, planet, and trustto build up a useful guide to the impact investment market, products, and risk management. An interesting read for anyone willing to approach finance with a responsible attitude.

Dr. Mario La Torre, Full Professor of Sustainable Finance and Impact Banking at Sapienza University of Rome; responsible for the Center for Positive Finance, Unitelma Sapienza

Every global citizen needs access to healthy food, clean air and water, and affordable mobilitybut how can we deliver this at scale and in an equitable way? Impact investors can accelerate solutions by committing global portfolios to investments that are specifically designed to address climate change and social equity. This global handbook shares how impact investors can realize financial, environmental, and social results through a variety of tools. There is no time like the present to mobilize more capital and more people to build a better future for all.

Dawn Lippert, MEM, Founder and CEO, Elemental Excelerator; Director, Innovation and Community, Emerson Collective; Founder, Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE)

The awareness and allocations to Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) have led to the discipline of impact investing globally. Impact investing requires new tools, new approaches, new organizations, and essentially, a whole new mindset, leading to an investment approach that moves us faster and closer towards a better, more sustainable world. Thus, training students, professionals, and leaders of the finance community is essential. This global handbook is a significant and meaningful contribution to achieving this goal.

Dr. Thierry Sibieude, Professor, ESSEC Business School, Chaired Professor in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Impact investing is a brilliant path forward for humanity, seeking to deliver the power of the capital markets to the world's biggest challenges. The Global Handbook of Impact Investing spurs hope with prescriptions for bolder actionincluding quantifiable outcomes for people and our planetby those investors compelled to allocate their portfolios to pursue both measurable purpose and sustainable profit.

Eric Letsinger, MBA, Founder and CEO of Quantified Ventures

An inclusive, resilient economy perpetuates the interests of markets, communities and the environment. To catalyze this shift to a more sustainable economic system requires unprecedented partnerships, policy changes, innovation, and investment. This global handbook captures the powerful role that impact investing plays in driving change, helping to reshape the global economy so that investors and society can accurately value natural, social and human capital.

Tazia Smith, CFA, Managing Director at Closed Loop Partners; co-founder of the IMP+ACT Alliance; former MD Deutsche Bank; former VP, Goldman Sachs

The Global Handbook of Impact Investing should be a major tool in any problem solver's toolbelt. When done well, impact investing can increase one's asset base, complement philanthropy, and scale in a cost-effective way while creating measurable social impact. This global handbook explains how investors can improve the quality of life in local communities and global regions by embedding impact criteria in every financial allocation of capital.

Josh Cohen, Managing Partner, City Light Capital; Board Member, Impact Capital Managers; co-founder, The ImPact

The Global Handbook of Impact Investing adds tremendous depth and breadth for investors with the goals of cleaner energy, higher quality of life for citizens, and well-functioning societies.

Hans Kobler, MBA, Founder and Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners

Edited by

Elsa De Morais Sarmento

R. Paul Herman

Copyright 2021 by Elsa de Morais Sarmento and R. Paul Herman. All rights reserved.

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Published simultaneously in Canada.

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