“But The Impact Investor is the kind of book that you will want to read cover-to-cover, because only then will you fully appreciate its breadth and depth of insight. It is a tour de force – a truly groundbreaking work that delivers some of the very finest thinking on impact investing, and presents it in a warm Read more about Quote: Caldy Group[…]
“[Bifurcation] between social and financial goals] is very interesting for arm-chair pundits and pontificators, but people who are actually executing in practice are functioning on a fully-integrated basis.” from Which Impact Investing Funds Do It All? in Financial Advisor. Lelia Boulton, November 18, 2014.
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“Clark, Emerson, and Thornley are leaders in the Impact Investing space and with this book offer an opportunity to understand the field from every vantage point – offering real examples of funds that have more than proven the theory that you can do well by doing good. Over just a short period of time, impact Read more about Quote: Judith Rodin, Rockefeller Foundation[…]
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