Tag: Scoring

Combine Rules and Rituals to Effect Change, Asserts Rockefeller VP

To achieve systems change, attention must be paid not just to formal procedures or activity, but also to culture, and in particular, to a culture that is results-based and focuses on accountability, says Zia Khan of the Rockefeller Foundation.

HowGood Raises $4.2M to Help Consumers Choose More Sustainable Products

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HowGood, a consumer product sustainability ratings startup, plans to use its latest funding to score a wider range of products, pursue more research and development and work with a greater number of retailers and grocers. Over 200,000 products have been rated and are displayed on its app today on mobile.

How SRI Can Wreck Your Portfolio – Contrarian View

Impact investors who intentionally avoid buying shares of "sin stocks" actually help some of those companies repurchase their shares, causing the opposite of investor intentions.

ClearlySo Atlas Impact Measurement Tool Announced

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European impact investment bank ClearlySo announced in December 2016 that it has launched ClearlySo ATLAS, an impact measurement solution for private equity and venture capital investors. The new tool is being marketed as a way to help "private equity and venture capital investors assess the...

Debating Real Impact

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Is it a fair question or expectation that at the end of the day, firms like Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan value social impact more than financial returns? Can we really believe that funds would put social impact returns above their fiduciary duty to produce...

Developing Impact Ratings for Non-Profit Loans

Impacts to four broad stakeholders will be assessed: Community, Borrower, Beneficiaries, Financing. Resulting impact scores will be used to exclude or review loans with higher credit risk against high social impacts in low-income communities with historically low investment.