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Is there a new future for endowment investments in Australia?
Australia’s biggest philanthropic foundations are challenging asset managers to invest their endownments for positive social and environmental impact. Six trusts and foundations are taking part in the Endowments for Impact Challenge run by Impacting Investing …
How to make sure your endowment investments match your mission
Many people will have heard of divestment in fossil fuels by now. Last year the Church of England made headlines when it announced it was abandoning investments in oil and gas firms. Earlier this year …
Ideas to impact: Kevin Starr on how the Mulago Foundation is transforming philanthropic funding
Research into the international development sector and its effectiveness by the H & S Davidson Trust points to a flawed system badly in need of reform. In this series of interviews, we talk to figures …
Which session at AVPA 2024 would you most like to read about?
To strengthen the African Impact ecosystem, and to mark six years of enabling social investment in Africa, AVPA will be hosting its inaugural signature convening; the 2024 AVPA Conference from 4th to 6th November 2024 …
India to get USD $500 million ‘blue’ climate investment loan
Off shore renewable energy, clean water systems and sustainable shipping in India, are to get USD $500 million of private investment. The loan capital will come from a partnership between the private investment arm of …
AVPA launches catalytic pooled fund to leverage $2 billion social investment for Africa
‘We don’t lack money, we lack risk capital (in the global impact space and in efforts to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals financing gap),’ says Dr Frank Aswani, CEO of the African Venture Philanthropy …
Tax breaks and public guarantees will boost philanthropic social investment, say sector bodies
Social projects are being denied vital investment because of restrictions on European philanthropic foundations, according to the Philanthropy Europe Association, Philea and impact investing network, Impact Europe. Last week they made four requests to the …
Impact Minds: Beyond Frontiers 2024
Between the 9th and 12th of September 2024, over 600 stakeholders from various sectors gathered in Oaxaxa, Mexico for the third iteration of Latimpacto’s annual Impact Minds Conference. Centring the theme of ‘Beyond Frontiers’ the …
The urgency of addressing climate change: Insights from the Impact Minds Conference in Oaxaca
For the second time, Vox Capital participated in the Latimpacto Impact Minds Conference, held this year in Oaxaca, Mexico. The two-day event brought together 650 participants, including over 60 representatives from the Brazilian delegation. Founded in 2009, Vox Capital is the first …
Catalysing transformation at Impact Minds 2024
Beyond borders, local challenges and office issues, 650 social investors from 36 countries took time to attend the third edition of the Latimpacto Conference ‘Impact Minds: Beyond Frontiers’ held in Oaxaca, Mexico. From the 9th …
