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We love to talk to our community about #SystemicInvesting and share our strategy and current projects. So whether you're new to the field or an old friend, we're holding an open Zoom call in November for anyone who wishes to find out more about our work and share their own. Tricky questions welcome! Please reach out to us via the email address below if you'd like to join.

Our consultation on the "hallmarks" closes in just over a week. Do share your insights with us!

Where—and how—should we deploy capital to support the transition to regenerative agriculture in the American Midwest? Agriculture's extensive environmental footprint and pivotal role in global food and economic security make it a quintessential systemic challenge—to which #RegenerativeAgriculture has emerged as a promising solution. But shifting from conventional to regenerative practices necessitates substantial investments. And it is not simply a question of 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 capital is deployed, but 𝐡𝐨𝐰 it is deployed. The American Midwest is one of the world's most intense agricultural production areas, and capital is already flowing into regenerative agriculture here, including from federal government programs, foundations, and venture capitalists. And there is growing interest from U.S. funders and investors. However, this money largely flows into single-point solutions: funding for one processing facility, investment in individual start-ups, grants for conservation projects and so on. We need a systemic approach to investing—the strategic orchestration of multiple forms of capital provided by multiple types of investors. So today we’re pleased to share a new “transition map” to help guide those investors and funders wanting to be part of the shift to regenerative agriculture. The result of a year-long systemic inquiry and consultation process, the map identifies a number of strategic impact opportunities which, when pursued in concert with other initiatives, could unblock systemic challenges and help transform the agri-food sector in this critical region. Explore our presentation on the research ➡️ https://2ly.link/201Bz (Find the full map in the comments). The work doesn’t end here. With the support of the Walton Family Foundation we’re kicking off stage two of the prototype: the development of a “strategic capital facilitator” to mobilize and coordinate capital flows in service of the broader mission. Watch this space for updates. This map was developed thanks to funding from the New Capitalism Project Lab and with support from the Meridian Institute. +++++++++ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘊𝘢𝘱 𝘐𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱, 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦: 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 

2023 was the year #SystemicInvesting stepped into the spotlight as we saw a surge in interest in both the core ideas and the practice of this new investment logic. And we’re delighted to share our Annual Report that tells the story of our activities and achievements across 2023 and early 2024. Highlights: 💡We established a research function, activated a research agenda, and gave shape and depth to many of the key concepts at the heart of systemic investing 🚜We took our thinking off the page and into the real world, running prototypes across regenerative agriculture, cities, mobility, and conservation finance 🙌🏽 We connected with over 1,000 systemic investing pioneers across five gatherings, including the inaugural Systemic Investing Summit (watch this space for Summit 2.0!) Have a look ➡️https://lnkd.in/gRVMW69Y 2024 has already been a hugely productive and exciting year and with our community we continue to push theoretical and practical boundaries and scale out the work to reach new audiences and contexts. To find out more about what we’re currently working on, you can read a summary of our priorities for the next 18 months on page 12.  We thank the many champions of systemic investing for their confidence in the work and the courage it takes to be out front with us and other pioneers, and we are grateful to our partners, advisors, and funders for their support and trust in us.

🐐 Introducing the pioneers of systemic investing 🐐 The core TCI team is small, but we are made mighty by our global community. From conceptual development to on-the-ground prototyping, our collaborations with these brilliant humans are critical to building the field of #SystemicInvesting. Over the next few months we’ll be sharing how those featured came into this work, their particular areas of focus, and a little bit of their lives behind the scenes. For our first post we’re delighted to open a window into Alex Hannant's world. Alex is a TCI Fellow, meaning we work especially close with him on a number of projects and inquiries. In our monthly newsletter we’ll be sharing where Alex and our other community members are looking to collaborate with others. If you’d like to hear more about this and you’re not already a subscriber, you can sign up here (scroll down): https://lnkd.in/e74khEAC 

Visualizing systemic investing. Over the summer we released our "hallmarks" of #SystemicInvesting. This key document—the result of extensive conceptual work in the TCI team and with our community—defines and describes what we mean by systemic investing and what it looks like in practice. Whilst an investment activity need not necessarily exhibit all of the 16 hallmarks to transform a system, it is the collectivity of the hallmarks that establish the coherence necessary to bring systemic investing to life. In our diagram below we have visualized how the hallmarks form a systemic investment program. We use the word “program” because systemic investing will typically be operationalized as a sustained effort involving multiple vehicles, capital types, and investors. The diagram will first be shown with all components in view before being deconstructed and rebuilt frame by frame with explanations and references to the hallmarks. Systemic investing is a nascent field. The hallmarks are a snapshot of our thinking and we want to develop and evolve this document over time in collaboration with our community. The public consultation for this version of the hallmarks closes in a couple of weeks. Share your feedback here: https://lnkd.in/dJB4-4e7 +++++++++ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝, 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒: 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙

Happy to have partnered with Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth to train private investors on how to use the full range of financial and non-financial capital as a force for good. Are you ready to lead the charge in creating a better world? Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/g_7giXK2

For systems change to become a possibility, capital flows need to be orchestrated with systemic intelligence and a collaborative, non-profit logic. Currently, this role that we call "strategic capital facilitation" (SCF) is a critical gap in the sustainable finance space. It’s an area of inquiry that we are exploring here at TCI together with our community and on the ground through our prototyping work (see the link in the comments to find out more about SCFs). So we’re delighted to announce that we are kicking off a new collaboration with the Walton Family Foundation to design an SCF for the next phase of our #RegenerativeAgriculture prototype. This design work has the potential to close a critical gap, helping us catalyze the shift to regenerative agriculture in the American midwest at pace and scale. We have also developed a strategic blueprint for funders and investors who want to support the transition to regenerative agriculture. We will be publishing this interactive transition map in the next few weeks—watch this space! Read more about our regenerative agriculture prototype here: https://lnkd.in/dEBPkcgb +++++++++ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝, 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒: 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙

Important and rigorous mapping work by our friends at Deep Transitions Lab. Check it out ⬇️

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