WEEK 11 ~ IMPACT INVESTING


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READING ASSIGNMENT

Doing Good and Doing Well

Old-fashioned investments still eat up most of foundations’ assets. Why isn’t a bigger slice going to impact investing?

By Marc Gunther

AUDIO ASSIGNMENT

PODCAST - WBUR

'Impact Investing': Good For The Planet, Good For Profit?



IMPORTANT TO TODAY’S GENERATION


ASSIGNMENT DUE 4.07.20

  1. Identify a notable investor that would be aligned with your project and explain why the would iveSt in you and what benchmarks they would enforce on your performance as a company.

  2. What are the sectors of renewed interest for impact investing as a result of the pandemic we are living through? Take a position on what industry and by product of that industry are going to be the biggest winners when the dust settles.