Ariel Alternatives’ Post

We’re still buzzing from the energy at last week’s Fueling Impact through Catalytic Capital convening! Many thanks to the more than 100 representatives of impact organizations, investors, intermediaries and advocates who came together to share ideas and brainstorm for the future of our field. Watch this space for more #catalyticcapital insights from the event! #impactinvesting #catalyticcapitalcommunity #climatefinance

Our colleagues Rogier Schutte and Megan Roux are at the #GIINForum23! Come find them to talk about impact screening and due diligence, impact tracking with our impact investing tool and portfolio impact assessments. The Global Impact Investing Network, Simone van Klaveren, Henry van Kouswijk, Arjan Udding #GIIN #GIINImpactForum #Impactinvesting #SustainableInvesting #Sustainability #Impact #PositiveChange #ClimateInvesting

Great panel on Taking impact management to the next level at the PEI Impact Investor Summit North America, thank you fellow panelists Christina Leijonhufvud, Diane Damskey and Chavon Sutton moderator Anne Matusewicz, CAIA Lots of optimism shared that we have come a long way in the last 5 years with the #ImpactPrinciples and 5 demensions of impact established as foundational to move us forward. #ImpactNASummit23 #ImpactInvestment #CalvertImpact

Dear people in my network (mainly those who work as impact investor, asset manager or for a bank), I've had the pleasure to join the #GIINImpactForum over the past years, but this year my lovely colleagues Rogier Schutte and Megan Roux will be there, representing Impact Institute. Find them (or message me and I'll link you to them!) to learn more about: - impact screening and due diligence, - impact tracking with our innovative impact investing tool - portfolio impact assessments. #GIINForum23 #GIIN #Impactinvesting #SustainableInvesting #Sustainability #Impact #PositiveChange #ClimateInvesting | The Global Impact Investing Network |

Why is the Mission Investors Exchange network important to Charles Rutheiser, Senior Associate of Annie E. Casey Foundation? 🤝 Twelve days to go! Counting down to our 2024 National Conference, an event that facilitates valuable connections in #impactinvesting. #MissionInvest2024

A chaotic week to say the least. Our annual golf trip to Ocean City Maryland was Saturday to Tuesday, then right into the Charles Schwab #schwabimpact Conference. An incredible week meeting with peers in the RIA space, business partners (Wealth.com, Holistiplan, Addepar, eMoney Advisor, Canoe Intelligence and many more), asset managers (Lazard Asset Management, GW&K Investment Management, Northern Trust Corporation,Blackstone,VanEck, Cohen & Steers, Flat Rock Global, LLC, PGIM, and many more), and everything in between. Let's not forget the Cheesesteaks! Continued learning is the goal for these conferences and I can confidently say I walked away with a ton of new information. I thought a lot about my favorite session or conversation and here is my thought. Adam Grant was a clear favorite. Whether it was "the narcissist test" or the psychology behind asking someone about stealing from their employer, it was fascinating to better understand how our brains works. The best part, "mark your small wins." We all wait around to celebrate the major events in our lives but we never pat ourselves on the back for the wins that are looked at as building blocks on the way to that big win. Change that! #schwabimpact #financialplanning #markets #business #Sunpointeinvestments

After many weeks of planning I'm proud to introduce Not From Concentrate, a biweekly investor-focused newsletter; created in partnership with my friend and colleague Amir K.! 🎉 🗞 Each issue will center around a major topic from the private capital markets, with our analysis of past, present, and future trends. Additionally, we'll provide curated deal flow by featuring PreSeed to Series A companies either currently fundraising or planning to raise soon. 🥅 Our goal is to help you with decision making, expanding your deal flow, and staying current on LP sentiment. Amir and I believe that emerging managers, syndicates, and angel investors need all the support they can get, as they often have to wear many hats and it can be a challenge to keep up. ✍ Head down into the comments to sign up; our first issue ships next week!

“You are what you do, not what you say you will do.”- Carl Jung “You are what you do, not what you create your social media perception is you do”-me ✅ true #impactinvestors have intentional goals to correct social misalignment by investing capital directly into a strategy that will be successful for the community and the investor. #sharedvalues ✅ the cottege industry developed to exploit #esg with speaking events and social media marketing “make believe” has no value to true #impactinvestors ✅ if you read in social media about any big #WallStreet bank #chiefimpactofficer doing anything except photo opportunities its probably fiction. #communitybankscare ✅ almost all real #impactinvestments are made by individuals and families (not family offices) who have been successful in business, have gratitude for their lives, prudently manage their wealth, compassion for citizens less fortunate, and a vision of a better American future for generations to come. These are Ellavoz.com clients and co-investors and we do #socialimpact #investing while others do lunch and talk.

Calvert Impact is honored to be named a 2024 “Practice Leader” in BlueMark’s fifth annual Making the Mark report. The BlueMark Practice Leaderboard was created to highlight impact investors with best-in-class impact management systems and practices. To earn a spot on the Leaderboard, we received ratings that scored in the top quartile of BlueMark’s 110+ aggregated verifications against the core principles of robust impact management. The full report can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gyfWVpGB #ImpactInvesting #ImpactManagement

How can impact investors support their portfolio companies best? Each of us has our own recipe for success, but what have we learned and which best practices do we bring as ecosystem builders turned investors? I'm so happy to moderate this session with my dear friend Cristina Almeida of MSM fund (Mustard Seed MAZE). In this session we'll get to work with impact investors to learn from each other, to share tools and we'll zoom in on what is different for impact investors in portfolio support. Get tickets and join us on Wednesday, Nov 8th in Brussels for the Belgian Impact Day! #impactinvesting #impacteconomy