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The climate crisis disproportionately impacts developing countries. I'm thrilled to be speaking at the next Inclusive Business Partners Network Roundtable on how carbon markets can be a game-changer! We need innovative solutions that benefit both the planet and people. Carbon markets offer a market-based approach to tackling climate change while driving positive social and economic impacts, especially for vulnerable communities. Join me on June 4th to discuss: 💡Unlocking financing for climate action in developing economies 💡Streamlining development and financing of carbon projects 💡Increasing the share of carbon finance reaching local communities Let's leverage carbon markets to forster inclusion and address global development challenges, the NOBON way! #ClimateAction #InclusiveBusiness #CarbonMarkets #CarbonFinance #SustainableDevelopment #IBPN

Planet A’s Impact Report 2023 is live! 🎉 We stand at a critical juncture - in nature, in technology, and in history! It’s more important than ever that we invest in the technology that truly and quantifiably, moves the needle on the climate crisis. In the report, you'll find: 🌎 The tangible impact of Planet A Ventures' science-based investments 🤑 Key challenges and opportunities in 2023 that are reshaping our economy 🦾 How our Scientific Impact Assessments ensure impactful investments 🌴 Key trends like Nature capital, hardware financing, and SFDR regulation 👋 Deep dives into the sectors powering our newest investments A big shout-out also to Lena, Benedikt, Laura, and Sarah for bringing the report to life! 📖 Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/ePi5Cz_F

Planet A’s Impact Report 2023 is live! Back in 2020, we started Planet A Ventures to support founders tackling the world’s largest environmental problems. Today, as we stand on the edge of a number of tipping points, we believe more strongly than ever that science-based investments are the only way to make sure we invest in the technologies that will move the needle. In time. In our report, we shed light on how we do just that, share an overview of the impact our portfolio has made so far and dive into new areas of opportunity we are excited by. Planet A's impact report includes: 🌎 An overview of the impact of our investments 🤑 Key challenges and opportunities that 2023 offered 🦾 How we use Scientific Impact Assessments to ensure we invest in solutions that truly move the needle 🌴 Our take on 3x key trends: Nature capital, hardware financing and SFDR regulation 👋 Deep dives into sectors behind some of our newest investments 🔗 Jump into the report here: https://lnkd.in/d53PeDTQ A special shout-out to our science team Lena Thiede, Benedikt Buchspies and Kritesh Shridhar for their excellent work bringing the report to life! And to Laura Alberty and Sarah Gill for making it ready to be shared!

💡“What is the need in the impact ecosystem for a new European impact label?” Stephan Peters from ICFA, together with Clarissa Mayer (UBS), Alice Carle (INCO Ventures) and moderator Gianluca Gaggiotti (Impact Europe) will address this question and many more in this session at Impact Europe’s Capital Ideas event. The session will also include group discussions. Stephan Peters will lead a dialogue on the following considerations: ☝What are the main needs for a European impact label? 🌟And how would it look like: 🌐What should be the scope and the key elements of an impact label? 🔆How do we design it in a way that help the sector improve (and does not certify the status quo)?   Thoughts or experiences? We’d love to read those in comments. #impact #ecosystem #label

Join Aglaé Touchard Le Drian (RAISE), Andrea Sironi (ACT Bocconi - Bocconi University, Generali) & our own Roberta Bosurgi to reflect on Day 2 of #ImpactWeek and search further for unexpected perspectives and innovative breakthroughs in impact finance, necessary to accelerate the journey, scale up what works and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals together. Together across the continuum of capital, together across the sectors and across the geographies: https://lnkd.in/euHZ6mMt

The way we think about change is changing. 💡 I'm working with clients who are pursuing ambitious, complex systems change but are stuck using tools designed for simple, linear progress. The desire to pursue more radical and disruptive change is often driven by recognition of the need to transform the harmful global power dynamics that shape inequity and injustice- how we produce and use knowledge is woven into the fabric of these harmful power structures. To truly transform, we need to rethink our knowledge and learning processes- reforming them from a means of control to collective sense-making. This 2022 webinar from System Shift is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to adopt new evaluation approaches to support systems change work. My summary below and the full recording and resources available at the link in the comments. Featuring learning and reflection from: Nina Strandberg at Sida Rob Riciligiano from THE OMIDYAR GROUP LLC Søren Vester Haldrup and Yaera Chung from UNDP Anna Folke Larsen, ph.d. Beth Smith from The Cynefin Company Bonnie Chiu from The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) #systemschange #socialimpact

The #ChangeNow event in Paris was a real source of inspiration, featuring valuable panel discussions and conversations with impact advisors, investors, real and technical solution providers. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in such an important and influential event. Looking forward, we would appreciate greater representation from emerging countries with their particular perspectives on the challenges and opportunities at hand. We believe it is crucial that such forums incorporate diverse viewpoints to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the issues in different regions. Furthermore, we strongly believe that impact investment criteria and measurement should be simplified to avoid overcomplication, which can hinder investment due to the impracticality of gathering the necessary data and information on the ground. We look forward to future opportunities to engage in such meaningful discussions and collaborations aimed at driving positive change. #ChangeNow #Impact #EmergingCountries #ArtificialInteligence #IT #finance

The PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has launched a tool combining #Earth science and #observationdata to quantify the planet’s #health and inform solutions to reverse the impact of #humanactivity. Launched during #ClimateWeekNYC2024, the #PlanetaryHealthCheck emphasises the need for more advanced Earth observation methods and involvement, in a context where six of the nine #planetaryboundaries as defined by the Stockholm Resilience Centre have already been breached, with a seventh imminent. Featuring comments from: Johan Rockström, #PIK Director and Professor in #EarthSystemScience at the University of Potsdam - which helped developed the Stockholm Resilience Centre's #Planetary BoundariesFramework. #JuanManuelStantos, Planetary Guardians member and former president of #Colombia. Levke Caesar, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Scientist. And #MaryRobinson, Chair of The Elders Foundation, and former president of Ireland and UN high commissioner for human rights. Read now on ESG Investor https://lnkd.in/ebC5Vvfm

2024 Impact trends in Europe; how much of this will we see materialise in our local economies?

Happy Friday! In this post - for Chapter 9 of the upcoming book for #southafrican #sustainability professionals - we unpack why #stakeholdercapitalism is anything but "an economy that works for progress, people, and planet." This is the bold claim made by Klaus Schwab and Peter Vanham. If you're a CSO reporting on #ESG from a Stakeholder Capitalism perspective, you've got it all wrong. There's a link to the full chapter below: "... It is crucial to explore the fundamental misalignment between the Stakeholder Capitalism/ESG narrative and a more organic, harmonious approach to human existence: - Financialisation of Nature: Stakeholder Capitalism reduces the intrinsic worth of ecosystems to tradable financial instruments, subjecting the natural world to the whims of global capital markets. In contrast, Indigenous wisdom recognises the inherent sacredness of the Earth, viewing her as a living entity to be revered and stewarded, not commodified. - Technocratic Solutionism: The ESG framework places inordinate faith in centralised technological interventions as the path to sustainability. This techno-utopian view neglects the proven resilience of decentralised, locally adapted solutions that work in symbiosis with Nature's intelligence. - Monoculture Mentality: Stakeholder Capitalism's reliance on universal metrics and standards fails to honour the diversity of our planetary ecosystems and cultures. Its one-size-fits-all approach undermines the pluralism essential for true resilience. - Perpetual Growth Paradigm: Despite its sustainability rhetoric, Stakeholder Capitalism remains fundamentally wedded to limitless economic expansion. This contradicts the regenerative wisdom of natural systems, which maintain balance through cyclical processes of emergence, maturation, and renewal. - Abstraction from Place: The globalised logic of ESG divorces businesses from the unique landscapes and communities in which they are embedded. In contrast, a holistic approach roots economic activity in the health of the local bioregion. These examples underscore the ontological chasm between the Stakeholder Capitalism agenda and a genuinely life-affirming paradigm. As South African leaders, we have a historic opportunity to bridge this divide—to leverage our heritage of Ubuntu, our reverence for the land, and our resilient spirit to architect a regenerative economic model that celebrates our interconnectedness with all of creation..." Read the full chapter: https://lnkd.in/dhMzGmzt