Earth Month 2019 News
In honor of Earth Month, we've compiled special highlights related to impact investing and the environment.
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Packard approves it's first Mission-Related Investment: $10 MM into New Forests' "Impact Tranche", which is aimed at impact investors with specific reforestation, biodiversity and community livelihood goals
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An impact investing vehicle launched in 2018 by Blue Forest Conservation, the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB) raises private investor capital to fund the upfront costs of forest restoration in order to help mitigate wildfire destruction.
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This article outlines how the growth of the renewable energy industry affects indigenous people and why their voices are essential to include in decisions around renewable energy projects and policies. It emphasizes that a human rights-based approach to project approval is a necessary step for renewable energy companies and their investors to ensure that indigenous communities have provided informed consent and are not negatively impacted by renewable energy project outcomes.
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Green Intermediaries discusses the movement toward empowering grassroots groups to implement climate change solutions that draw from the lived experiences of local communities grappling with the consequences of climate change and has put together a roundup of organizations that help foundations and donors move money into underfunded corners of the climate movement.
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The Nature Conservancy Launches "Blue Bonds" for Ocean Preservation: The Nature Conservancy is pioneering "blue bonds" as a global conservation effort that aims to ensure the protection of near-shore ocean areas, including coral reefs, mangroves, and other important habitats.
