On Impact

What is the #ImpactRevolution? - We can create profits through impact, and vice versa. - Measuring impact is possible. - Achieving the risk-return-impact model is within our reach. - Impact can become a key driver of business decisions. Read more:

"This really is about building a more inclusive & sustainable..type of economy..a new social contract between what it means for business & govt to work together” @MazzucatoM in @FastCompany. Our Covid-19 recovery is an opportunity if we choose to seize it! #ImpactRevolution

The #ImpactRevolution needs you! Help to create a world where inequality is shrinking and natural resources are regenerated. Find out how in my new book, IMPACT – out next week 💪💪💪 bit.ly/3drMLlu

Impact investing really is setting the new normal. As reported by @thekarmaimpact, a new @theGIIN report says the Impact Investment Market Is $715 billion and growing. karmaimpact.com/giin-report-sa… #ImpactRevolution #MondayMotivation

My children told me I should be on Twitter since I have a book coming out, if I make any mistakes please correct me! #NewTwitter #ImpactRevolution

Keep up with the conversation and find out more about the #ImpactRevolution by following @sirronniecohen

"to stop the Covid-19 pandemic and restart the world’s economies, we urgently need entrepreneurial innovation" - Sir Ronald Cohen in @barronsonline on how Impact tools can support our fight against Covid-19: barrons.com/articles/how-t…

We need a new system of guided markets, aligning the invisible heart of markets with the invisible hand...The goal is impact economies where business and investment decisions are based on risk-return-impact - Sir Ronald Cohen @GSGimpinv Summit 2019 (2/2)

Throughout the world capitalism and democracy are being challenged in new ways...inequality is the common theme...tinkering within our system is not going to bring a solution to the challenges we face... - Sir Ronald Cohen @GSGimpinv Summit 2019 (1/2)

The #GSGSummit2019 is about to begin! This Summit brings together hundreds of impact leaders, investors and entrepreneurs to discuss how a new economy - the Impact Economy - can drive social, climate and economic justice. @GSGimpinv What kind of world do you want to live in?

Our journey in #TheImpactRevolution continues! This week the ‘father of social impact investment’, Sir Ronald Cohen, met with Italy’s Prime Minister @GiuseppeConteIT alongside @GioMelandri, President of Social Impact Agenda @SIAita_, to present the global social impact movement

"And it has been effective: when Peabody Energy, the largest American coal company, filed for bankruptcy, in 2016, it cited divestment as one of the pressures weighing on its business, and, this year, Shell called divestment a “material adverse effect” on its performance." (3/3)

"Following the money isn’t a new idea. Seven years ago, 350.org ...I helped launch a global movement to persuade the managers of college endowments, pension funds, and other large pots of money to sell their stock in fossil-fuel companies. " (2/3)

"Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns" - Read more by @billmckibben: newyorker.com/news/daily-com… Time to cut off the oxygen supply through the #ImpactRevolution which redirects global capital flows towards optimising risk-return AND impact. (1/3)

"It has become the largest such campaign in history: funds worth more than eleven trillion dollars have divested some or all of their fossil-fuel holdings. And it has been effective..."

Take a listen to the 'Father of Social Investment', Sir Ronald Cohen, on Conduit Conversations, explaining why in the #ImpactRevolution "we're going to see unicorns that don't just make a billion dollars but that touch and improve a billion lives". audioboom.com/posts/7333214-…

Wayfair employees making themselves heard. In the #ImpactRevolution, businesses, big and small, can no longer ignore the social and moral implications of their activities. #WayfairWalkout twitter.com/wayfairwalkout…

The existing social contract has expired: we need to draw up a new one. Cue the #ImpactRevolution ft.com/content/11c382…

A fascinating look at how women in charge of capital are leading the charge on impact investing: #417950f5bbe8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forbes.com/sites/patsydoe… #ImpInv #ImpactRevolution by @PatsyDoerr via @GSGimpinv @Forbes

Envision a world that moves in only one direction: forward. A world where inequality is shrinking. Where natural resources are regenerated & people can unlock their full potential. A world focused not only on minimizing harm, but on doing measurable good. onimpactnow.org

@lydiahascott hi Lydia, thanks for your thoughts and response. Have you taken a look at the #ImpactRevolution guide? onimpactnow.org

@OnImpactNow Agree, but not completely. Impact investing is a wide term for many asset classes & social/env issues. The Q should be, what are we trying to achieve here, & which tool in our capital toolkit is the best to achieve it? Sometimes the answer might even be philanthropy or a blend.

“Impact investment does not have to involve delivering below-market returns… We can make more profits because of impact. We can attract more talent because of impact. We can grow funds because of impact.” pioneerspost.com/news-views/201…