As a firm, Sonen has selected a group of organizations with which to formally affiliate for the benefit of our clients, team and industry. We are proud to partner with these impact industry organizations to help foster a more socially just and environmentally sustainable world. We support the mission of these organizations and are currently members.
Sonen Capital is a member of 2X Global, a global industry body focused on increasing the volume and impact pf capital directed towards women’s economic empowerment worldwide. Sonen is also a part of the 2X Global, Advancing Research and Investment Standards for Equality (ARISE) investor working group.
Sonen Capital is a certified B Corporation, a certification designated by the non-profit B Lab, which means we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.
Sonen Capital is proud signatory to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). CDP is an independent not-for-profit organization working to drive greenhouse gas emissions reduction and sustainable water use by business and cities. They provide a transformative global system for thousands of companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share information. CDP holds the largest collection globally of self-reported climate change data.
Sonen Capital is an Advisors Bay member at Confluence Philanthropy. Confluence Philanthropy is a non-profit network of over 320 private, public and community foundations, which represent nearly $134 billion in philanthropic assets. They build capacity and provide technical assistance to enhance the ability of foundations to align the management of assets with organizational mission to promote environmental sustainability and social justice.
Sonen is a member of the FAIRR. The FAIRR aims to close the knowledge gap that has emerged among investors in relation to the material investments risks and opportunities connected with intensive livestock farming and poor animal welfare standrds.
Latimpacto is a network in Latin America and the Caribbean that brings together the largest number of capital providers with the objective of catalyzing, in a more strategic way, the flow of human, intellectual and financial capital to drive a more strategic deployment of resources towards social and environmental impact. Latimpacto brings together close to 220 members, including families, family offices, corporations, donor foundations, multilateral organizations, academic institutions and accelerators. Investing in more than 16 countries in the region with HQ in more than 30 countries around the world.
Sonen Capital is a member of Mission Investors Exchange (MIE). MIE is a leading impact investing network for foundations dedicated to deploying capital for social and environmental change. With over 250 members, they provide resources, inspiration, and connections to help their members increase the scale and impact of their impact investing practice. Members go to Mission Investors Exchange and each other for best practices, new investment opportunities, deal partnerships, and innovations in impact investing around the world.
Sonen Capital is a proud supporter of the Paris Agreement and is a signatory to several statements of support for continued U.S. participation in the global accord. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change adopted by almost all members of the United Nations. The agreement’s goal is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. To achieve this long-term goal, signatory countries aim to achieve a climate neutral world by mid-century.
Sonen Capital is signatory of the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP). The CFP’s mission is to transform global chemical use by measuring and disclosing data on business progress to safer chemicals. It provides a tool for benchmarking companies as they select safer alternatives and reduce their use of chemicals.
The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL) works to bring justice to capital and promote shared prosperity for all by challenging and disrupting the policies, practices and cultural norms upholding and perpetuating systems of advantage and disadvantage. Sonen Capital is a signatory of the Due Diligence 2.0 Commitment.
Sonen Capital is a signatory to The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative, an international network of investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice. Its goal is to understand the implications of sustainability for investors and support signatories to incorporate these issues into their investment decision making and ownership practices. In implementing the Principles, signatories contribute to the development of a more sustainable global financial system.
Sonen Capital is a Partner of TONIIC. TONIIC is a global network of action-oriented impact investors, both individual and institutions. TONIIC seeks to increase the velocity of money and services into impact investing to address global challenges. Their members commit to discover, evaluate, nurture and invest in entrepreneurs, enterprises and funds that promote a just and sustainable economy.
At the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023, the leaders emphasized the important role of the private sector toward sustainable financing in global health, including through impact investments. The leaders endorsed the “Impact Investment Initiative for Global Health” (Triple I for GH), an initiative to raise awareness and share best practices on impact investment in global health. Triple I for GH was launched at the timing of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meetings in September 2023. Partners of Triple I for GH can demonstrate globally their endeavors to improve access to health for people in low and middle income countries, to solve Global Health issues, and contribute to a more sustainable world while increasing their corporate value.
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