Fw: April Updates from the Global Impact Investing Network

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my blog --- 2010年4月30日 星期五，GIIN <info@globalimpactinvestingnetwork.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: GIIN <info@globalimpactinvestingnetwork.org> 主題: April Updates from the Global Impact Investing Network 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2010年4月30日,星期五,上午1:54 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Impact Investing News Visit the press clips resource page of the GIIN website for a more complete list of impact investing news coverage. In this month’s issue of Upsides, four leading impact investors discuss the impact investing landscape, including the opportunities and challenges in the growing impact investing field. > Read more A front page page New York Times article delves into the conversation within the microfinance sector about the balance between social impact and financial returns. > Read more GIIN Board Chairman Antony Bugg-Levine visited the MaRS Innovation Labs in Toronto, where he shared his perspective during a two-day global leadership event about impact investing. > See video While in Toronto, Antony Bugg-Levine spoke with Jane Hawtin at the Canandian Broadcast Centre (CBC) about impact investing. > Listen to interview Investor Spotlight: Annie E. Casey Foundation Each month, an impact investor discusses with the GIIN his or her motivations, the impact investment strategy, and challenges faced in this growing industry.  This month, we spoke to Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which uses impact investments to catalyze family economic success and community change.  Through both its investing and grant making, the Foundation is dedicated to building better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. > Read the full interview with Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Christa Velasquez   Press Highlights GIIN and IRIS featured in the Financial Times The Financial Times ran a full-page article profiling the GIIN’s Impact Reporting and Investing Standards (IRIS) initiative and affiliated initiatives, outlining the momentum building around standardizing the collection of social and environmental performance data. > Read more Impact investing featured in The New York Times The New York Times “Wealth Matters” column reported on the increasing interest in impact investing among high net worth investors. > Read more   Featured Resource Investing for Impact: Case Studies Across Asset Classes is a valuable new report designed to help the broad investment community understand impact investing through case study approach, mapping recent examples of impact investments on a traditional asset allocation framework. > Read more Upcoming Events NYC Symposium for Social Change May 3, New York City, USA Sankalp Enterprise Awards & Investment Forum Panel: Impact Reporting and Investing Standards May 4-5, Mumbai, India 2010 ANDE Metrics & Evaluation Conference Panels: IRIS, GIIRS, Pulse Update and  Applying the IRIS Taxonomy to Your Sector June 7-8, Washington, DC, USA Take Action! Impact Investing Conference Series September 15-17, Boston, MA, USA You are on this as a friend of the GIIN. Unsubscribe incubator.hou@gmail.com from this list. Our mailing address is: 420 Fifth Avenue, 19th floor New York City, New York 10018 Copyright (C) Global Impact Investing Network, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

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