Activist investors and Investing for social impact

BlackRock’s Larry Fink is telling CEOs to consider their societal responsibilities — but it’s not entirely clear what he means. (2018)

It's easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It's much harder once they need money to scale. (2024)

"Larry Fink champions the long-term view, but many boards still don’t. BlackRock and other investors are in this for the money, as always. They a... (2018)

Sustainability is the next frontier of activist investing. "On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners, a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the Cal... (2018)

The fund started by an AOL co-founder and an author has attracted a Who’s Who of American business to invest in the heartland’s entrepreneurs. “... (2017)

Social commitment can pay off in the long term. "There is a lot of talk about purpose in business. Purpose-driven companies have been shown to o... (2018)

​A conference today to discuss the European Union’s “action plan” on sustainable finance (2018)

Today, institutional investors and other stakeholders are asking companies to take public stances on a wide array of topics, some of which may be w... (2018)

Stanford Graduate School of Business Published on Nov 13, 2017 During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Soci... (2018)

More than $35 billion was spent in over 11,000 impact investments last year and investors plan to commit 8% more capital in impact deals in 2018... (2018)

The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (Jossey-Bass, 2015) offers precise details on what, exactly, i... (2016)

A new guidebook for tech companies helps them imagine future scenarios where their tech might end up causing societal harm. (2018)

The image of the traditional billionaire, surrounded by luxury and oblivious to what is happening on the planet, is beginning to be a thing of the ... (2019)

Investors around the world are making impact investments to unleash the power of capital for good. Continue reading to learn about the core charact... (2019)

Easier access to credit and government support means they will stumble on (2020)