This symposium will spotlight the catalytic role affordable housing plays in creating more sustainable communities by surfacing the potential and actual social returns of such investments.

Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Scott Budde, Managing Director and head of the Social & Community Investment Department at TIAA-CREF shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

Vineet Rai, the founder and CEO of Aavishkaar, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

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Making Business Work for the Poor

Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Scott Budde, Managing Director and head of the Social & Community Investment Department at TIAA-CREF shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.

Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

A best practice report

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

A best practice report

A best practice report

Christa Velasquez, Director of Social Investments at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shares her perspective with the GIIN community.

Vineet Rai, the founder and CEO of Aavishkaar, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

The new industry of impact investment has the potential to become the best way of addressing global challenges

The EVPA annual conference is where leading philanthropists and social impact investors come together to discuss their common goals and meet peers across Europe.

The 18th Annual Net Impact Conference will be hosted by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Programs will challenge attendees to envision their role in working towards a sustainable future, and bringing into focus the business solutions that can lead to social and environmental transformation over the next decade.

A four-day strategic and problem-solving retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, funders and social investors. This event aims to break down the silos of unproductive competition and go beyond the boundaries of conventional poverty alleviation.

This conference gathers industry leaders and trustees, CFOs and investment staff of foundations, family offices, pension funds and corporations for intimate and proactive peer conversations. Leading practitioners and global financial experts share their candid experiences, and engage in pointed conversations about the unresolved and debated issues and potential evolution of impact investing.

Building on last year's Summit, this year's gathering will focus on accelerating growth and impact and will feature national keynotes and speakers, a central cleantech CEO Panel, business and community success stories, tips on developing key strategic partnerships, structured networking, and practical strategies attendees can implement in their own businesses and communities.

This second annual conference in Bogota, Colombia is run by New Ventures Columbia, with support from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and Fundascion Bavaria. The event will raise the challenges of impact investing in Colombia and Latin America, explore the role of key stakeholders in initiating and accelerating impact of businesses, and present investment examples.

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

The largest annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing of Asia and Europe. Theme for 2010: "Values and Leadership in Finance."

Capitalism is tackling the world's biggest social and environmental problems - and giving investors a new way to do well by doing good.

A new group is aiming to revolutionise the standard maths used to select investments for billions of dollars worth of assets by constructing a data engine that contrasts - and quantifies - the tangible social benefits of investing opportunities.

The 2nd annual FT Investing in a Sustainable Future international conference will bring together actors in the corporate, financial and investment arena to discuss new opportunities to generate returns on responsible investments and hear about the latest trends in CSR activities.

Vineet Rai, the founder and CEO of Aavishkaar, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

An annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing in Europe.

The new industry of impact investment has the potential to become the best way of addressing global challenges

The Take Action! Impact Investing Summit facilitates peer conversations among impact investing industry leaders. This summit focuses on those investments that deliver premium or market-rate returns.

While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.

A best practice report

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A Policy and Implementation Guide for Foundation

FSG Social Impact Advisors

Critical Concepts and Writings on Social Capital Market' Structure, Operation, and Innovation

Carl Palmer, Co-founder of Beartooth Capital, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

For three years, microfinance investment vehicles, microfinance institutions, and other industry stakeholders meet, collaborate, and share best practices with a global perspective at this event.

The 8th annual conference held in New York City is titled Microfinance 2010: Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunities . Day 2 features a panel titled, "Positioning Microfinance in the Impact Investing Market."

Scott Budde, Managing Director and head of the Social & Community Investment Department at TIAA-CREF shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

From event site:

"The 2nd Microfinance and Sustainable Development Summit will look at broadening the scope of impact investing within Microfinance AND outside the Microfinance community, to identify opportunities for investors looking for social good and financial returns."

One person at a time

While the rest of the market has seen losses, impact investing has outperformed.

With support of certification agencies and international financial institutions, this event, running alongside the XXII Latin American Coffee Symposium, will facilitate primarily one-on-one meetings between sustainable producer organizations and socially-oriented lending institutions.

Gerhard Pries, President of Sarona Asset Management, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

The second annual ANDE Metrics & Evaluation Conference will include sessions on the current metrics landscape, updates and working sessions on the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) Initiative, an overview of new impact assessment tools, and more.

Held in Grenada, Nicaragua and hosted by ANDE member organizations Agora Partnerships, Root Capital, and TechnoServe, the conference will have a mix of panels and interactive workshops on metrics, marketing, entrepreneur support strategies, deal sourcing, portfolio management training, and partnership development.

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International Workshop Geneva, Switzerland. 2007 Meeting Report

The past two years the world's leading social innovators came to SOCAP and successfully defined the social enterprise landscape and validated the space. This year's conference will include discussions on tactical philanthropy, impact investing, food systems, sustainable development, slow money and new money and more.

The Sankalp 2010 Awards and Investment Forum is a second annual Intellecap event committed to catalyzing entrepreneurship in the social enterprise space. Sankalp actively facilitates collaboration between established and budding entrepreneurs, investors, thought leaders and sector stakeholders interested in contributing effectively towards this fledgling yet fast-growing industry. Sankalp is organized by Intellecap, a an India-based firm specializing in providing innovative business solutions that help scale profitable and sustainable enterprises dedicated to social and environmental change.

The Skoll World Forum, brings together figures from the social, academic, finance, corporate and policy sectors who are focused on accelerating, innovating and scaling solutions to some of the world's most pressing social issues.

The Forum is a joint venture between The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Said Business School, University of Oxford and The Skoll Foundation.

The Social Enterprise Conference hosts speakers and panelists with knowledge and experience in innovative, cross-sectoral approaches to addressing social issues.

The new industry of impact investment has the potential to become the best way of addressing global challenges

This years topics include: entrepreneurship in low-income countries, internet innovation, and investment ventures in Africa, Asia, and L. America

Making Business Work for the Poor

Carl Palmer, Co-founder of Beartooth Capital, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Managing Director Marilou van Golstein Brouwers and Sustainable Trade Fund Manager Koert Jansen from Netherlands-based Triodos Investment Management share their experiences with the GIIN community.

International Workshop Geneva, Switzerland. 2007 Meeting Report

Carl Palmer, Co-founder of Beartooth Capital, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.

Capricorn Managing Principal Ion Yadigaroglu and Managing Director Alan Chang share their perspectives with the GIIN community.

Carl Palmer, Co-founder of Beartooth Capital, shares his perspective with the GIIN community.