Publications
IRIS+ for Impact Due Diligence
Pacific Community Ventures has worked in partnership with The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) to develop IRIS+ for Impact Due Diligence. IRIS+ provides a solid foundation for investors to integrate impact performance into decision-making across the investment cycle, including the due diligence process. Adopting IRIS+ strengthens the integrity of investment decisions, leading to social, environmental, […]
Feb 10, 2020 – Impact Investing • Publications •
Nuveen Farmland Sustainability Report
Pacific Community Ventures spent much of the summer working with Nuveen, a global investment manager and subsidiary of TIAA, in developing their annual Farmland Sustainability Report. As the world population and global consumption continue to rise at a rapid pace, Nuveen understands that there is an urgent need for more efficient agriculture to meet increasing […]
Sep 11, 2019 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
The Impact Due Diligence Guide
We’re pleased to announce the release of The Impact Due Diligence Guide. The Guide is a how-to for engaging in impact due diligence and contains actionable advice and guidance for both novices as well as seasoned experts in IMM, covering topics such as building impact-focused due diligence questionnaires and quantitative tools, integrating impact due diligence […]
Jul 03, 2019 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications •
Impact Due Diligence: Emerging Best Practices
By Daniel Brett We at Pacific Community Ventures are thrilled to announce the publication of Impact Due Diligence: Emerging Best Practices, a report which surfaces the shared impact due diligence approaches employed by leading impact investors. The report examines trends and offers insights in an important, yet underdeveloped, area of investment practice. While impact measurement […]
Jul 02, 2019 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • Publications •
Investing In Small Business and Big Ideas: Pacific Community Ventures 2018 Social Impact
Too many people are struggling to make ends meet because they haven’t been given a fair chance. In 2018 the unemployment rate dropped to a 17-year low, yet almost half of American workers are stuck in low-wage jobs; the number of new small businesses is at rock bottom; and race or where you’re born are […]
May 21, 2019 – PCV News • Publications •
Our Theory of Change
Pacific Community Ventures has been driven to create good jobs, empower small businesses, and help impact investors more effectively invest in underserved communities since our founding in 1998. We’ve invested close to $100 million of capital and pro bono advising hours in quality-job-creating companies, and influenced a growing pool of tens of billions in impact […]
Apr 01, 2019 – PCV News • Publications •
Good Jobs, Good Business
If you glance at official numbers in the news, the economy appears to be doing just fine. Unemployment is down, and household incomes are up relative to the recession years. Working Americans know a very different reality. More than one-fifth of adults are behind on their bills, more than one-fourth skipped necessary medical care in […]
Jan 10, 2019 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Publications •
California Initiative 2017 Report
The thirteenth annual report examining CalPERS’ California Initiative, a $1 billion private equity, economically targeted investment (ETI). The California Initiative seeks to invest in companies located in traditionally underserved markets, primarily, but not exclusively, located in California. The California Initiative’s primary objective is to generate attractive financial returns, meeting or exceeding private equity benchmarks. As […]
Jun 18, 2018 – Impact Investing • Publications •
CalPERS For California 2017 Report
The eighth annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $30 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2017. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure. CalPERS is […]