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Led by Vanina Farber, IMD elea Professor of Social Innovation and Director, elea Center for Social Innovation, the series will explore how philanthropists, investors, entrepreneurs, corporations and foundations are using the spectrum of capital to address the key social and environmental challenges of our time. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences in a fully interactive environment.
The full Mobilizing private capital to spark social innovation schedule is continuously updated and available here.
This webinar features Gert Dijkstra, Senior Managing Director of APG Asset Management – an €540bil Dutch pension asset manager with a global view. He addresses experiences in responsible and sustainable investing in the past decade from an institutional investor’s perspective, in both liquid and illiquid assets classes.
Maryanne Ochola, Senior Regional Chapter Manager for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in East Africa explore the factors critical to the functioning of entrepreneurial ecosystems while taking a deep dive into the role of sustainable finance as a determinant of entrepreneurial success.
This webinar is with Fabio Segura, Co-CEO, Jacobs Foundation, and will explore how the Jacobs Foundation is building the business case for the cocoa and chocolate industry to invest in SDG 4 in Ivory Coast. It will explore how the foundation tackles these challenges to build collaborative solutions and positions quality education as a key component in the sustainability agenda of the entire industry.
This webinar featured Peter Wuffli, who discussed the experience of the elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization in fighting absolute poverty with entrepreneurial means. Based on almost 40 philanthropic impact investments elea has made since its inception, Peter who has a wealth of important lessons, shared how to partner private capital closely with impact entrepreneurs to help them realize their potential.
Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Co-Founder, Blue Orchard and Founder and Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners, explored how financing the SDGs can be a win-win situation for corporations. Mr de Schrevel’s companies have deployed nearly US$400m in emerging and frontier markets to date, making him a leader in innovative finance.