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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, PCV News, Publications · July 3, 2019

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 …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · July 2, 2019

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 …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · June 19, 2017

California Initiative 2016 Report

The twelfth 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 …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · June 19, 2017

CalPERS For California 2016 Report

The seventh annual report documenting the California Public Employees Retirement System’s $27.3 billion of investments in California as of June 30, 2016. The report provides an examination of the broad ancillary benefits of all CalPERS investments in California across the asset classes of public …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · June 14, 2017

Economically Targeted Investments (ETIs) by U.S. Pension Funds

U.S.-based public and private pension funds have been making Economically Targeted Investments (ETIs)—investments that generate societal benefits in addition to the investment return—since the 1960s. Over this time, pension funds have sought risk-adjusted returns for their plan’s participants and …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · February 3, 2017

Invest Northwest Ten Year Performance Review

We are pleased to share our latest report: Invest Northwest: Ten-Year Final Performance Review. For ten years Pacific Community Ventures has worked with the Northwest Area Foundation (NWAF) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) to annually evaluate the social performance of Invest …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · October 21, 2016

Catalog of Economically Targeted Investments by Pension Funds

In October of 2015, the Department of Labor released new guidance on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). This reaffirmed that pension funds -- holders of $20+ trillion in capital -- could pursue economically-targeted investments (ETIs). These kinds of investments let pension funds …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · July 6, 2016

California Organized Investment Network Report

Despite the increasing size and sophistication of community financial development institutions (CDFIs) like PCV -- as well as the broader impact investing industry -- accessing capital from institutional investors like insurance companies remains exceptionally difficult for most CDFIs and other …

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Impact Consulting, Impact Investing, Publications · June 15, 2016

Examining the Development and Implementation of California FreshWorks

This case study examines the development and implementation of the California FreshWorks program, a $273 million healthy food financing initiative launched in July 2011 by a broad coalition of public and private partners led by the California Endowment. As part of an evaluation team commissioned by …

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