15 April 2015
Finance and sustainability crash course - session 4

1 Financial innovations for sustainability

Speakers: Per Olsson, Mauricio Portillo Relevant background reading on A Theory of Transformative Agency in Linked Social-Ecological Systems

1.1 Innovations in the global financial system - transformation, scaling, agency

The global financial system - e-journal USA, issue of e-journal USA

  • Institutional investors
  • Private investors
  • Banking
  • Financial accounts
  • Bond market

  • Do social innovations relating to financial sustainability initiatives contribute to large-scale transformations or do they reinforce the existing (flawed) paradigm?

1.2 Scaling processes in finance for sustainability

Investors/funds -> (financial investments) -> Investment structures -> (Conservation investment) -> Activation of cash flow -> (Conservation impact) -> Ecosystem with conservation needs -> (Impact reporting to investors)

Transformative trends in business and the economy

Global clusters of innovation - Jerome S. Engel

1.3 Types of impact investors - by Mauricio

Types of investments: Cash, Senior debt, Mezzanine/Quasi equity, Public equity, Alternative instruments: Venture capital, Private/Growth equity, Real estate, Other real assets, absolute return (hedge funds).

Types of investors:

  • Finance First investors

  • Impact First investors

Types of impact of investments

Interesting figure from Open Capital

1.3.1 Case study 1 - Acumen fund investment in Indian power plants

1.3.2 Case study 2 - Aqua Spark investment in Aquaculture

1.3.3 Case study 3 - Fish 2.0

1.4 Social inclusive businesses

Social benefits vs. economic benefits

1.4.2 Note for real-world-ecnomics piece

Impact investments and the sustainability transitions What is the potential role of impact investors and other types of sustainability oriented investments in driving social transformations?

2 REFERENCES

The following literature was cited



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