Articles | KCL Impact Investing

Jun 5
5 min

A journey to sustainable investing at Arabesque: A perspective from a former KCL student

The following interview represents Ms. Min Low’s own experience and is paraphrased for this article. May you give us an introduction to...

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Tokenising natural assets to combat climate change

Guntash Mangat

Dec 1, 2020
4 min

Tokenising natural assets to combat climate change

Scientists and engineers are developing various technologies to overcome the challenges of climate change. For example the renewable...

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“Greenwashing”- A problem that doesn’t seem to disappear

Nader Di Michele

Nov 27, 2020
3 min

“Greenwashing”- A problem that doesn’t seem to disappear

ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) describes investments with the aim to contribute to the improvement of the...

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What is impact monetisation? Why is it important? What are the challenges?

Guntash Mangat

Nov 4, 2020
3 min

What is impact monetisation? Why is it important? What are the challenges?

An ‘impact’ is the net effect of a business on all of its stakeholders. It’s the difference between an outcome when a company exists and...

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Chance Calpas

Feb 11, 2020
2 min

On the Importance of ESG Factors

Firms have been facing increasing pressure from investors, lenders, regulatory bodies, and even NGOs, to adopt ESG initiatives. Most...

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Investing in Social Purpose Organisations

Chance Calpas

Nov 8, 2019
2 min

Investing in Social Purpose Organisations

Typology The different types of Social Purpose Organisations (SPO’s) are as follows: charities, revenue generating social enterprises,...

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Mooky Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Mar 21, 2019
2 min

Impact Investing in India

For the last one and a half year, India has seen an increase in mobile phone penetration and data. According to Roopa Kudva from Omidyar...

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Tech for Good- Impact Through Technology

Alexandra Damerau

Feb 28, 2019
2 min

Tech for Good- Impact Through Technology

Solving social problems: Homelessness Currently, 320,000 people are experiencing homelessness across the UK. It is no longer an exception...

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Making an Impact: A Case Study of Palm Oil

Min Low

Feb 21, 2019
3 min

Making an Impact: A Case Study of Palm Oil

After the banning of Iceland’s Christmas advert promoting their palm oil free products, Rang-Tan’s story has been viewed more than 13...

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Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Feb 5, 2019
2 min

Impact Investing Stock Market

SVX is a Canadian impact investing firm based in Toronto. The corporation started 10 years ago and have one single aim: to move “towards...

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Chance Calpas

Jan 24, 2019
5 min

Impact Measurement

Criteria and Constraints Impact investing differs from traditional, straightforward financial investments, in that it has the additional...

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How millennials drive the demand for sustainable investments

Yana Markova

Jan 22, 2019
2 min

How millennials drive the demand for sustainable investments

Sustainable investing has been on the rise for the past few years, throughout which asset and wealth managers have seen a big influx of...

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Serious About Sustainability - Is Apple the Company of the Future?

Shamsher Mann

Jan 18, 2019
4 min

Serious About Sustainability - Is Apple the Company of the Future?

Apple is the world’s first trillion dollar company (as of late October 2018)- leading in technology, innovation and creativity. As of...

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Impact investing, human rights and abilities to do both

Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Jan 17, 2019
3 min

Impact investing, human rights and abilities to do both

Impact investing rests on the principle of “doing well by doing good.” This is achieved through promoting and encouraging individuals or...

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James Gray

Dec 13, 2018
3 min

The Social Impact Bond

The Social Impact Bond is the brainchild of Social Finance, a non-profit organisation. Unlike a traditional bond, the SIB connects...

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Alexandra Damerau

Dec 5, 2018
3 min

The Development of Impact Investing

According to the Global Impact Investing Network, the impact investing industry is worth $228 billion. Its rapid growth has led people to...

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Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Nov 28, 2018
2 min

Careers opportunity at Morgan Stanley for impact investors

Morgan Stanley is an American multinational bank known for its investment bank and financial services. The bank is based in New York City...

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Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Nov 15, 2018
3 min

The Future of Impact Investing

The future of impact investing is in the hands of the younger generation. We have all heard of millenials and Gen Z as being more...

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Family Offices: a new avenue for young impact investors?

Konlawat Jarrunpattana

Oct 24, 2018
2 min

Family Offices: a new avenue for young impact investors?

Impact investing is growing in popularity. According to Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) in 2016, investors hold around...

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Min Low, President

Sep 27, 2018
2 min

Investing in Art

In 2015, the Arts Impact Fund is founded to ‘provide repayable finance to arts organisations with ambitions to grow, achieve great...

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