by Miriam Rose | Sep 12, 2024 | Impact Investing, Publications
Centuries of policies that privileged white economic mobility while excluding or actively exploiting communities of color have created a racial wealth chasm in the US. Today, the average white household in the US holds six times the wealth of a Black household, five...
by Miriam Rose | Nov 8, 2023 | Impact Investing, Publications
Climate is an area with huge opportunities for impact investors. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, climate goals are now badly underfunded, with an estimated annual financing gap of $1.6 trillion to $3.8 trillion through 2050 to limit warming...
by Miriam Rose | Aug 11, 2023 | Impact Investing, Publications, Racial Equity
With racial equity at the top of the US social justice agenda since 2020, more private-market investors have become interested in using their investments to advance diversity, racial equity, and inclusion (referred to as DEI throughout this article). These impact...
by Miriam Rose | Aug 1, 2023 | Impact Investing, Publications
Executive Summary Across sub-Saharan Africa, encompassing 48 countries and more than 1.2 billion people, Africa-based and -led investment fund managers work overtime to secure capital. It’s an especially difficult task for those that put social purpose alongside...
by Chris Lindquist | Jun 27, 2023 | Featured, Impact Investing, Publications
Supporting Innovation in Impact Investing For over 20 years, Capricorn Investment Group has acted on the theory that impact investing—investments made with an explicit intention to generate measurable positive social and environmental impacts—can also enhance...
by Miriam Rose | Apr 18, 2023 | Impact Investing, Publications
Long before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, reproductive care in the United States languished as an overlooked “niche” market for investors. But times are changing. Since the Dobbs ruling,...
