Impact Investing
PCV Cheat Sheet: Breaking the Binary, Case Study #2
It’s time to look at another case study from Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation! This time we’re heading to the UK (we are over there a lot lately – see what I mean here and here) looking at Big Society Capital (BSC). BSC was created in 2012 and deploys assets to […]
Jul 16, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Cheat Sheet: Breaking the Binary, Case Study #1
Have you checked out Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation? If not, it is the most recent report that PCV InSight published in collaboration with The World Economic Forum, The Schwab Foundation, the IRI at Harvard University and the SK Group. This report was launched at the first ever Social Innovation Summit […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
The connection IS the connection
With the Pre-G8 Meeting behind us (check out this recap!), the PCV InSight team is gearing up for the 3rd annual Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) Conference in the UK! Sarah Ritter, the PCVer temporarily working inside the UK Cabinet Office to help with the event, shared an interesting question that she keeps being asked: […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
PCV InSight helps kick off G8 Summit
As you all know from this blog post, PCV InSight is our research and policy arm here at Pacific Community Ventures. Their work focuses heavily on impact investing, a field that is seeing a “surge of interest” according to PCV InSight Director Ben Thornley in his latest Huffington Post blog. There is so much interest, […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Join us May 7 at the Bay Area Impact Investing Initiative
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will host the Bay Area Impact Investing Conference on Tuesday, May 7 to discuss how and why institutional investment pools can participate in Impact Investing activities in the Bay Area. These sorts of investment strategies are developed to focus on regional investments that first and foremost, meet our […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
IIPC Announces Fellowship and Research Grant Award
The IIPC is pleased to announce the following recipients for the IIPC Fellowship and Research Grant Award selected in 2012. The awards are intended to enable researchers to explore new areas – both geographies and topics – to cultivate greater interest in the field and further expand the network of researchers and advocates considering impact […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Event Recap: Impact Investors Help Identify New Paths to Transit-Oriented Development
This post is written by Brenna McCallick, Project Coordinator on the PCV InSight team. Given the culture of learning at Pacific Community Ventures, it was fitting that I marked my one month anniversary here by attending a policy briefing at the San Francisco Federal Reserve. The topic of the day was “New Paths to Housing […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
10 Ideas for Scaling Impact Investing
Ben Thornley discusses ten ideas that could propel impact investing over the tipping point and help it reach scale and acceptance as a mainstream investment practice. Read his article below. When the Global Impact Investing Network is awarded over GDP10 million to grow impact investing in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa – and adds almost 100 new “network members” in […]
Jul 15, 2015 – Impact Investing •
PCV Executive Director Beth Sirull on Impact Investing
This blog was written by Beth Sirull, Executive Director of Pacific Community Ventures. This past Friday, I was honored to testify at a hearing held by California Assemblymember Nora Campos who represents San Jose. Assemblywoman Campos, along with Sunne McPeak, currently CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund and former Secretary of the California Business, […]