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Supply & Demand in Impact Investing at Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference
This post was written by Raquel Lima, a second-year MBA student at The Fuqua School of Business in April 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to solve these challenges and discussing how these […]
Investing in the Environment: From Niche to Mainstream at SBSI17
This post was written by Pia Morante, a second-year Fuqua MBA student, CASE i3 Fellow, and member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club, in February 2017. The 2017 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are […]
Diving into the 1st Environmental Impact Bond: Q&A with Beth Bafford of Calvert Foundation
January 2017 In September, DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), Calvert Foundation, and Goldman Sachs announced the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond to fund green infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff in Washington DC. This first Environmental Impact Bond occurs three years after the publication of the CASE i3 working paper, “Environmental Impact Bonds,” written by […]
Impact Investing at SOCAP16: Where Are We Now & Where Are We Going?
This post was written by Sidney McLaurin, Jr., a CASE i3 Fellow and Co-Chair, in November 2016. Sidney attended SOCAP, the annual conference in San Francisco that brings together impact investors, social entrepreneurs, foundations, corporations, global nonprofits, and others contributing to a vibrant marketplace for socially, environmentally and economically sustainable solutions. For more information about SOCAP, visit their […]
A First-Timer’s Experience: 3 Reflections from SOCAP16
This post was written by Robyn Fehrman, Managing Director of CASE, in September 2016. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend SOCAP16 for the first time. With the tagline “A Conference at the Intersection of Money + Meaning,” this annual convening of global innovators, investors, foundations, governments, institutions, and social entrepreneurs deeply intrigued […]
A Summer Interning in Social Impact Bonds and Healthcare
This post was written by Julia Korn, Daytime MBA 2017, in August 2016. Julia came to Fuqua from a career in healthcare. Most recently, she worked for North Shore-LIJ Health System (now Northwell Health). At Fuqua she is a CASE Fellow and the co-lead of the Net Impact Careers Cabinet. She graduated magna cum laude […]
Recapping CASE’s 2015-2016 Academic Year
May 2016, Erin Worsham, CASE Executive Director The end of the academic year is bittersweet. We say goodbye to our graduating students that just two years ago were simply names on applications but now are like family that have blossomed at Fuqua and are heading off to accomplish great things. It is also a time […]
Nick O’Donohoe on the Role of Big Society Capital in Growing Impact Investment
January 2016 During his visit to campus in December, Nick O’Donohoe, CEO of Big Society Capital, provided insight into the founding of the organization and its role in building the social investment market in the United Kingdom. Impact investing (as we know it in the US) or social investing (as it’s often termed in the […]
Four Steps to Unlock the Potential of Impact Investing
This post originally appeared on Next Billion on October 19, 2015 with the title “NexThought Monday: Four Steps to Unlock the Potential of Impact Investing: SOCAP15 conference highlights critical areas where the sector should focus.” You can find the original posting here. At the recent SOCAP conference, thousands of investors, entrepreneurs, academics and others gathered […]
CASE Tracking Clean Energy Impact Investments
July 2015, Cathy Clark, Faculty Director of CASE Why we are monitoring what happens through impact investing capital announced by the White House in 2014 Today at the White House, the Obama Administration announced private sector and executive action commitments of more than $4 Billion to climate change solutions. The White House is holding a […]