"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
COPing with the devil in the details
"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
Finding the Right Blend
"Investors call for blended finance to play a larger role in supporting climate adaption and mitigation in emerging markets. A new report last week sent a sobering message to the great and the good getting set to converge on Glasgow for COP26. There will be much noise...
‘Blended finance’ must improve risk-return profile of investments, say institutional investors
"A USD9 trillion investor group has made a series of recommendations for channelling greater sums of private capital into ‘blended finance’, including projects to help emerging market countries reduce their carbon emissions." Read this article on Institutional Asset...
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality’s Biggest Barriers
"'I often tell my four young children when they are confronted with an injustice that they have two choices: become part of the solution or remain part of the problem by being silent and complicit in a world that allows it to persist. The more we place women in...
Envisioning A Gender Just World: Global Thought Leaders Weigh In
"'In a gender equal world, people of all genders will have equal representation at the highest levels of decision making, whether that be in the courtroom, the political arena, the boardroom or through financial status. The words “boss” and “founder” will no longer be...
Large Institutions, Including AIMCo, OMERS, and CPP, Reveal Their Progress on Diversity
"Institutions that oversee $8 trillion in assets have implemented everything from data analysis programs to new executive incentives to achieve equity and inclusion goals." Read the full article from Institutional Investor.
Prince Charles brings together the CEOs of large global companies: together for the green challenge
[Translated from Italian] "So for one evening St James's Palace, in the heart of London, opened its doors to 300 international exponents of the business world: from designer Stella McCartney to the CEO of NatWest, Alison Rose, to the UK president for Cop26 Alok...
ESG Investing Announces Award Winners
"ESG Investing has announced the winners of its 2021 awards, celebrating the best in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research, ratings, funds and products. MOST INNOVATIVE ESG INITIATIVE Runner-up: Investor Leadership Network" Read the full release on...
How pension plans can implement TCFD recommendations
"During a webinar hosted by the Association of Canadian Pension Management on Tuesday, Maria Montero, climate change program head at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, said her organization approaches the implementation of the TCFD’s recommendations through...
ILN Diversity Initiative featured at NYC Women in Business event
On March 11, the co-chairs of the Diversity in investment initiative, Oona Stock, Executive Vice-President at CDPQ, and Jason Chang, Managing Director at Ontario Teachers', attended the Women in business - Return on Investment event hosted by the Canadian and French...