Claudia Cahalane

1 week ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

The majority of companies managing investments for charities and foundations still make extensive investments in environmental destruction and tobacco, according to a new report. Asset managers responsible for more than $80 trillion of assets – including those of charity and family endowments – are investing in fossil fuels, nuclear weapons and tobacco, and are failing to meet biodiversity standards, says the report by the responsible investment charity Share Action.

3 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

A Social Investment Budget of NZ $275 million has been announced by the New Zealand’s social investment minister to tackle ‘inter-generational dysfunction’. The focus of the Social Investment Budget includes supporting babies, young people and vulnerable adults, as well as providing autism screenings, housing, education, and, employment. Within the budget is a Social Investment Fund, opening at NZ $190 million.

3 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

The top impact investment sectors in China are education and health, with environment ‘lagging behind’, according to a new report titled The Tao of Giving: Insights into Ultra-High-Net-Worth Giving in Greater China. Around a third of Greater China’s wealthiest families – particularly younger generations – are engaging in impact investing, according to the new report. But authors said little funding was going toward mitigating environmental challenges.

4 weeks ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Last month, the Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) hosted a landmark conversation on gender-smart investing, one that went beyond the usual talking points. Rather than rehashing the business case for investing in women, the webinar surfaced fresh, and even uncomfortable truths about what it takes to drive gender equity in Africa’s diverse investment landscape. Gender-smart investing, or gender lens investing, has become an increasingly familiar term in global development circles.

1 month ago | alliancemagazine.org | Claudia Cahalane

Sweden’s first social welfare impact fund, Utfallsfonden, has closed at SEK 400 million (USD $40 million), following two final investments by a Norwegian social enterprise fund and the European Investment Fund. The ten year fund, launched in 2023, invests in organisations supporting health and welfare across Sweden.