Impact Investing

Sustainable development goals
23Mar-20

How Companies Can Align Business Goals to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Individual actions create a certain impact in our environment – be it long term or short. The way we purchase products, reuse items, and reduce our waste contributes to the wellbeing of our planet. In 2015, the United Nations created a roadmap to serve as a guide in determining the greatest issues we face universally, and how to solve them.On WalterSchindler.com
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Sustainable Real Estate and Impactful Investments
20Mar-20

Sustainable Real Estate: Where Profit Meets Impact

The ever-increasing population and urbanization of communities along with climate change concerns has made sustainable real estate a very important topic for investors over the last decade. As we launch into a new decade, real estate developers must consider their sustainability or “green” strategy in order to remain relevant, competitive, and perform well economically for the long term. On WalterSchindler.com
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Young plants and coins stacked together, representing investments that make an impact
4Mar-20

Who is Making Impact Investments?

Impact investing has been developing and evolving over the last decade as consumers and investors alike demand solutions to the world’s biggest environmental and global health issues. The big question is, who are the investors that are putting their money into impact investing, and is your firm one of them? On WalterSchindler.com
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Bank notes in the ground - investing in energy, water, and food
30Jan-19

Why the Venture Capital Model is Not the Best Way to Invest in Energy, Water, and Food

One of the challenges with both climate change and pollution is that it’s very gradual in its impact, and any progress is very slow like trying to move a battleship. This is one of the reasons Venture Capital in the biggest industries in the world, energy, water, and food, has been an uphill battle. I’ve been talking about addressing issues in these areas for over 20 years, but it feels like it’s only been in the last 12 months that people have been responsive and want to do something BIG. On WalterSchindler.com
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