Présente dans 70 pays, Ashoka est une organisation à but non lucratif. Depuis 25 ans, elle utilise le capital‐risque philanthropique pour amplifier l’impact des Entrepreneurs Sociaux sur la société. Lors d’une soirée professionnelle et conviviale, venez découvrir nos actions, ainsi que les opportunités d’engagement et d’investissement à nos côtés. More…
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Investments intended to create positive impact beyond financial return Impact investments are investments intended to create positive impact beyond financial return. This definition captures the key themes characterizing impact investments as illustrated in Figure 1: impact investments provide capital, expecting financial returns, to businesses (fund managers or companies) designed with the intent to generate positive [...]

A surge of interest in fixed income within the SRI space has divided industry experts. While latest figures show investors increasingly looking to bonds for SRI portfolios, some specialists play down the significance of this move. A recent report by Eurosif, a leading European sustainable investment forum, found that bonds are now the favoured asset [...]

Nations have the chance to deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperatures under a 2 degrees Celsius rise. But only if the pledges made last year in Copenhagen are fully met. These are among the findings of a new report compiled by the UN Environment [...]

Savoir à quoi servira son argent, rendre ses dons les plus efficaces possibles ou encore aller sur place pour constater le résultat, ces préoccupations sont devenues monnaie courante pour les donateurs en ce début de XXIe siècle. Adieu donc, cette époque du chèque en blanc offert nonchalamment par un riche nabab à une fondation quelconque [...]

Sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States has continued to grow at a faster pace than the broader universe of conventional investment assets under professional management. At the start of 2010, professionally managed assets following SRI strategies stood at $3.07 trillion, a rise of more than 380 percent from $639 billion in [...]

Dr. Robert Howell is the CEO of the Council for Socially Responsible Investment in New Zealand. He is the author of books and articles dealing with ethical investment, the challenge of ecological degradation, and the inability of the financial and investment sectors to adequately protect against environmental risks to investment. He is one of the [...]

17h-19h. Uni Mail. Le Centre de droit bancaire et financier et le Geneva Finance Research Institute de l’Université de Genève organisent une table ronde sur le thème « Actionnaires & managers : qui contrôle les sociétés cotées ? » faisant intervenir des chercheurs et des acteurs du monde économique. Ce dialogue vise à mettre en [...]

Jeudi 18 novembre 2010, 17h30 – 19h15, Credit Suisse Forum, Rue de Lausanne 17, Genève. Evénement public.
L’Eurosif prévoit une croissance de 15% des investissements des grandes fortunes dans la finance durable. Pour répondre à la demande croissante du marché, les acteurs devront développer des solutions innovantes.
Lors de notre dernière conférence de l’année:
Matt Christensen, Directeur Exécutif [...]

A study released by PRI and UNEP Finance Initiative calculated that global environmental damage caused by human activity in 2008 represented a monetary value of $ 6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11% of global GDP. Those global costs are 20% larger than the $ 5.4 trillion decline in the value of pension funds in developed countries [...]