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2017 Impact Report

Sonen is pleased to present its 2017 Impact Report, which highlights the social and environmental performance of our four distinct impact investment strategies: fixed income, public equity, sustainable real assets and multi-asset. We believe that the results of our work over the past year reflects positively on Sonen’s mission to provide clients with competitive financial returns alongside meaningful, positive social and environmental benefits.

In Pursuit of Deep Impact and Market-Rate Returns

In Pursuit of Deep Impact and Market-Rate Returns: KL Felicitas Foundations Journey is a deep-dive analysis of the KLF impact investment portfolio, which provides a model strategy for achieving targeted social and environmental as well as financial returns. The report, released in April 2018, by New Philanthropy Capital, Sonen Capital and the Foundation, also shows that use of NPC’s new Impact Risk Classification framework enables rigorous impact measurement across asset classes.

Podcast: Heron Foundation Interview with Sonen’s, Raul Pomares

Understanding and harnessing the many layered, interconnected trends of our time drives the strategic approach utilized at Sonen Capital. With his firm’s singular focus on impact investing, Raul shares how they combine customized account services with an advocacy approach to deepen engagement and amplify impact. Podcast also available Through Soundcloud.

Insights from Impact Advisors & Consultants 2017

In this new report, 37 impact advisors and consultants from 12 countries, partnering with 38 of Toniic’s 100% Impact Network members, open the door to their impact practices to demystify, inspire and activate both investors and the financial services industry. This report highlights different approaches, perspectives, and business models of impact advisors and consultants, demonstrates the growing range of innovative impact products and services, and explores trends, challenges and successes faced by practitioners. It intends to inspire asset owners and managers as they embark on their own journey into impact.

Renewable energy investors urged to manage community land & security risks

Multi-million renewable energy investments could be at risk from overlooking harms to local communities. Managing these impacts is key to secure a fast and fair transition to a low-carbon economy, and safeguard financial returns, according to analysis by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Transform Finance and Sonen Capital. A new briefing launched today sets out why investors in renewable energy should take action to ensure projects respect local communities’ rights and provides tools to use in their investment relationships.

Webinar: 5 Ways We Measure Investment Impact

Sonen’s webinar, 5 Ways We Measure Investment Impact, is available for replay. This webinar is based on Sonen's 2016 Impact Report, and it highlights the social and environmental impacts generated by its four investment strategies. The Report emphasizes the 5 ways in which Sonen evaluates impact in both public and private markets.

2016 Impact Report

Sonen Capital is pleased to present its 2016 Annual Impact Report. The 2016 Report highlights the social and environmental impacts generated by its four investment strategies. The Report emphasizes the multiple ways in which Sonen evaluates impact in both public and private markets, using its own proprietary methods as well as reporting the positive impacts that align with the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.

Webinar: Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure

Sonen's webinar, Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure, is now available for replay. This webinar is based on Sonen's continuing series of Impact Frameworks, which are abbreviated versions of research we develop to guide our investment process and present to clients interested specific impact themes. We also respond to an additional 12 questions we did not have time to discuss during Q&A.

Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure

Through 2030, over $90 trillion will need to be invested in infrastructure to keep pace with population growth and increasing urbanization. This figure represents more than the entire value of all current infrastructure across the globe. To meet this demand, private capital will have to be deployed, along with public investments and philanthropy. As impact investors, this provides a great opportunity to mobilize capital to target climate-smart infrastructure that provides more services to more people in a more sustainable manner.

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