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Podcast: Raúl Pomares | Doing Good by Doing Well Has Never Been Easier

Meeting large-scale global challenges using investment capital is easy if you are willing to learn form the best. In this podcast, Raúl shares his strategy and busts the myth that there are not enough impact investment opportunities. He shows how to generate "market-based financial returns with meaningful long-term positive social and environmental benefits." Available from AQAL Integral Investing and on Soundcloud.

Podcast: Sustainability & Impact Investing

In this episode of The Money Movement, Raul Pomares talks to us about the power of investing to create change in the world. He’s the founder of Sonen Capital, an investment firm dedicated to sustainable investing. Raul spent years building portfolios for foundations, funds, and even co-founded a boutique wealth management firm during the tech boom of the 90’s. Through our discussion, we explore how the newest generation of investors want to see how their money can make a positive difference in the world. Available through BBC Storyworks and on Soundcloud.

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.

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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