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Comparing #impact performance shows the Snowball portfolio significantly outperforms traditional funds. Find out how there is an outsized impact per pound when you invest with Snowball: https://lnkd.in/e3pqeNXe We'd love to hear what you think - please email your questions and feedback to hello@snowball.im #ImpactPerformance #ImpactReporting #ImpactMeasurement #IMM #ImpactInvesting #WorldChangingReturns #Investing #Innovation #Future #Finance The impact data was sourced from Snowball's investees, and from impact measurement and reporting platform Net Purpose - you can find more information at their website linked in our comments.

Have you been wondering what systemic #investing is? Download a clear and practical introduction below. With key concepts, tools, and case studies the new guide is designed to help you think through how capital can be used to target social equity and environmental sustainability. We were delighted to share a case study about how Snowball was designed using systems thinking at the #SystemicInvestingSummit2025. If you would like more information about this case study, please email hello@snowball.im The guide includes the following topics. System mapping Visualise how elements within a system interact and identify where capital can drive the greatest impact. Integration How systemic investing moves beyond single asset classes or single impact themes to create connected portfolios. Getting started A step-by-step guide for investors looking to adopt systems thinking in their approach. Case studies Real-world examples of investors working across asset classes. Collaboration Why systemic investing requires collaboration with a wide variety of people and organisations working on a more inclusive and sustainable society including lawyers, accountants, governance specialists, wealth advisors and many more. The guide was created by MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, TransCap Initiative, The ImPact, TWIST: Investing for Systems Change, and Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth. Co-authored by Rory Tews, Jason Jay, Kirsten Andersen, and Falko Paetzold with contributions from Seth Fleisher, Dominic Hofstetter, Alexandra (Alie) Korijn, and Samuel Bonsey. Katapult Foundation, RS Group plc

Snowball Principal Laura Boyle is speaking at the Systemic Investing Summit 2025 this week. She is sharing a case study on Snowball including why we target measurable positive impact together with attractive financial returns along with speakers Jess Hackett (Coalition for Impact), Samuel Bonsey (The ImPact), Andrea Armeni (New York University) and Joe Hsueh (Omplexity Consulting) in a session on the future of investing. The sold out event brings together a diverse group of over 150 asset owners, investment managers, advisors and academics to share the theory and practice of using systems thinking in #investment. Follow conference hosts TWIST: Investing for Systems Change and TransCap Initiative for more. Every financial investment shapes our world, so what kind of world do you want? #WorldChangingReturns #SystemicInvestingSummit2025

How money changed humanity, gross national happiness and how to #invest in a volatile world. Snowball CEO Daniela Barone Soares OBE will be speaking at the Weekend of Mistakes about investing for world changing returns.🌎 After last year’s sold-out success, the Weekend of Mistakes is back with a deep dive into financial and economic history, and its lessons for our times. The event features investment and economic thinkers like Russell Napier, Merryn Somerset Webb, Helen Thompson, Edward Chancellor, Sir Martin Donnelly, Siobhan Cleary, Oliver Bullough, Jesse Norman, Alice Sherwood, Emma Slade Edmondson (PG Dip IDM) and many more. Learn more about the event at the link in our comments. #Investing #FinancialSystem #Economics #Impact #WorldChangingReturns

Snowball CEO Daniela Barone Soares OBE will be at The Beacon Collaborative Impact Forum 2025 this week. The event brings together over 200 experts in social and environmental impact, all bound by a common goal to grow the level of #impact capital in the UK. Key sessions for impact investors include the following. - The future of how impact investment is offered in wealth management. Damian Payiatakis, Barclays and Julia Dreblow, SRI Services. - Involving the voice of impact investors in developing wealth advisory services. Juliet Agnew, Barclays Wealth Management - Future innovation for social impact partnerships. James Westhead, Better Society Capital - What government needs to effectively partner with the impact sector. Kieron Boyle, Impact Investing Institute and Ed Boyd, ReGenerate. - UK leadership as an impact economy, and opportunities for the new government to partner to increase the flow of capital to purpose-led business. Dominic Llewellyn, AchieveGood. - 'Total impact', how foundations are combining philanthropy and impact investing to meet their missions. Gemma Cartwright, Association of Charitable Foundations - Engaging the next generation and social justice. Paolo Fresia, CFA. #WorldChangingReturns

Succeeding as a first time fund manager is tough. Part of Snowball's approach is to openly share what we've learnt from working with best-in-class impact managers globally to help others. We also want to contribute to the collective effort required to diversify the investment industry. We were delighted to join the recent Ada Ventures 'Diverse emerging fund manager' dinner series, convened by Diarra Smith and sponsored by Coutts. Follow Diarra for his insights into succeeding as a new fund manager seeking investment, including his blog at the link in our comments. Snowball Principal Surabhi Narendranath joined Tawanda Chitunhu CCBI, Associate Director, Financial Services at Coutts, Michael Tefula, Principal and Head of Product at Ada Ventures, Douglas Sloan, Managing Director at Better Society Capital, Chenelle Ansah, General Partner at LightPace VC, Lyubov Guk, Founding Partner at Blue Lake VC, Kenneth Kashif Thomas, Principal at BackFuture and James Noyes, Associate Director, Commercial Banker at Coutts. #WorldChangingReturns

Huge congratulations to Snowball for the publication of their 'Impact Illustrator'! This Illustrator showcases Snowball's investment in best-in-class solutions across multiple investment themes and is a leading example of transparency and best practice in impact measurement and reporting. We're so proud to support the team with their impact measurement. Click through to learn more about the Snowball fund and how Net Purpose supports. Congratulations Snowball!  #impactmeasurement #positiveoutcomes #impactinvesting

At Snowball, we only invest in best-in-class solutions and are committed to setting best practice in the way we measure and report our #impact. Looking ahead into 2025, we are delighted to share an illustration of the annual positive impact associated with £1 million invested with Snowball. We are publishing our new 'Impact illustrator' together with a short article explaining how we arrived at the numbers. Here you can read how the reported outcomes are attributable to the Snowball fund (accounting for Snowball’s percentage ownership of the underlying holdings) - and how the data presented is actually likely to be a conservative estimate of the positive outcomes associated with the Snowball fund. We'd love to hear what you think - please email your questions and feedback to hello@snowball.im #WorldChangingReturns #Investing #Innovation #Future #Finance The impact data was sourced from Snowball's investees, and from impact measurement and reporting platform Net Purpose - you can find more information at their website linked in our comments.

Around the world investors support action by their investment funds on climate change, protecting nature and wildlife, and addressing economic inequality (check the 2024 GlobeScan survey of over 5000 retail investors in ten countries for more detail at the link in our comments). The report shows that - given the opportunity and right vehicles to do it - a strong majority of people want to invest in a better society and a healthy environment. Read about this and more investing trends in today's The Global Impact Investing Network dispatch by CEO Amit Bouri. #Investing #OurWorld #WorldChangingReturns https://lnkd.in/e3cSPJ5u

Pension and insurance funds increasing their allocations to investments intended to have measurable positive #impact pushed total impact assets under management to $1.571 trillion last year (based on the The Global Impact Investing Network market sizing exercise). These investments are driving healthcare access, creating affordable housing, serving farmers responsible for food production, regenerating lands and oceans, creating good jobs and more. So what are the deal flow trends for this capital for 2025? We recommend reading the ImpactAlpha "Holiday List" series (including today's trends spotlight by Roodgally Senatus) linked in our comments for insights. >> AI centres are scrambling to lock in sustainable energy supplies >> Starting in 2025, Europe’s Sustainability Reporting Standards will apply to any firm with a subsidiary in an EU country >> Impact funds able to bridge the “missing middle,” the financing gap between small microfinance institutions and large commercial banks making headway >> Social bond issuances could start to catch up to green bonds. #WorldChangingReturns