2020 Webinar Series Bibliography

 

General

• Mudaliar, Abhilash, et al., 2019 Annual Impact Investor Survey – 9^th Edition (GIIN, June 2019) Available at: https://thegiin.org/research/publication/impin-survey-2019
• Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), State of the Small & Growing Business Sector: 2017 Impact Report (July 2018). Available at: http://2017.andeglobal.org/
• Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), A Knowledge Brief of South Africa's Incubator and Accelerator Landscape (June 2018). Available at: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.andeglobal.org/resource/resmgr/research_library/ANDE_SA_Incubator_&_Accelera.pdf
• Van Leeuwen, Jamie & Feinberg, Michael, Impact Investing in Africa: A Case Study on East Africa, Wilson Center (May 4, 2018). Available at: https://wilsoncenter.org/publication/impact-investing-in-africa-case-study-east-africa
• Impact Investment in Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities, UNDP (March 12, 2018). Available at: https://www.africa.undp.org/content/rba/en/home/about-us/AFIM/impact-investing-in-africa--trends--constraints-and-opportunities.html
• Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Innovative Finance in Africa Review (2016). Available at: http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/Downloads/InnovativeFinanceAfrica_1.pdf
• The Global Impact Investing Network and Open Capital Advisors, The Landscape for Impact Investing in Southern Africa (February 2016). Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/documents/pub/Southern%20Africa/GIIN_SouthernAfrica.pdf
• The Global Impact Investing Network and Dalberg Global Development Advisors, The Landscape for Impact Investing in West Africa (December 2015). Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/upload/West%20Africa/RegionalOverview_westafrica.pdf
• The Global Impact Investing Network and Open Capital Advisors, The Landscape for Impact Investing in East Africa (August 2015). Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/161025_GIIN_EastAfrica_FULL_REPORT%20(002).pdf

Embedding SDGs and ESG into Deals and Enterprises

• Alante Capital, Alante Musings: Why the Levi’s IPO Matters (March 22, 2019). Available at: https://www.alantecapital.com/updates 
• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Top 10 Sustainability Developments in 2018 (March 7, 2019). Available at: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/03/07/top-10-sustainability-developments-in-2018/
• Geczy, Christopher, et al., Contracts with Benefits: The Implementation of Impact Investing (March 1, 2019). Available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3159731
• Tideline, Catalytic Capital: Unlocking More Investment and Impact (March 2019). Available at: https://tideline.com/wp-content/uploads/Tideline_Catalytic-Capital_Unlocking-More-Investment-and-Impact_March-2019.pdf
• BlackRock Investment Institute, Sustainability: The Future of Investing (February 2019). Available at: https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-us/literature/whitepaper/bii-sustainability-future-investing-jan-2019.pdf 
• Smiles, Simon, et al., Awareness, Simplification, and Contribution: Core Requirements Needed to Actually Achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, 
  UBS (January 2019). Available at: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/wealth-management/chief-investment-office/our-research/sustainable-investing/2019/wef-2019/_jcr_content/mainpar/toplevelgrid_150575147/col2/actionbutton.0775332183.file/ y9wYXRoPS9jb250ZW50L2Rh-bS9hc3 NldHMvd20vZ2xvYmFsL2Npby9kb2Mvd2VmLXdwLXVzLnBkZg==/wef-wp-us.pdf
• Impact Management Project, Investor Contribution in Public and Private Markets (January 2019). Available at: http://impactmanagementproject. com/wp-content/uploads/Investor-Contribution-Discussion-Document.pdf
• Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, Sustainable Signals: Growth and Opportunity in Asset Management (2019). Available at: https://www.morganstanley.com/assets/pdfs/2415532_Sustainable_ Signals_Asset_Manager_2019_L.pdf 
• Tideline, The Alpha in Impact: How Operating with an Impact Objective can add Financial Value for Investors (December 2018). Available at: https://tideline.com/wp-content/uploads/Tideline-ICM_Alpha_in_Impact.pdf
• Di Miceli, Alexandre and Donaggio, Angela, Women in Business Leadership Boost ESG Performance: Existing Body of Evidence Makes Compelling Case (December 2018). Available at: https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/0c46a0b8-cc3b-4da0-8dcf-bde5af9ac166/PSO42. pdf?MOD=AJPERES
• UNEPFI, Rethinking Impact to Finance the SDGs (November 2018). Available at: https://www.unepfi.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Rethinking-Impact-to-Finance-the-SDGs.pdf
• Jones Day, What Should Boards Really Be Doing About ESG? (October 2018). Available at: https://www.jonesday.com/What-Should-Boards-Really-Be-Doing-About-ESG-10-03-2018/
• Schiff, Hannah and Dithrich, Hannah, The Global Impact Investing Network, Lasting Impact: The Need for Responsible Exits (January 11, 2018). Available at: https://thegiin.org/research/publication/responsible-exits
• Pineiro, Aliana, et al., Financing the Sustainable Development Goals: Impact Investing in Action, Global Impact Investing Network (2018). Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/Financing%20the%20SDGs_Impact%20Investing%20in%20Action_Final%20Webfile.pdf
• Toniic, Powered Ascent Report: Insights From the Frontier of Impact Investing (2018). Available at: https://www.toniic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/T100-Powered-Ascent-Report-2018_v2_July-27.pdf
• EcoVadis and Affectio Mutandi, Sustainability Clauses in Commercial Contracts: The Key to Corporate Responsibility, 2018 Study of CSR Contractual Practices Among Buyers and Suppliers (2018). Available at: https://www.ecovadis.com/us/library/sustainability-clauses-commercial-contracts-key-corporate-responsibility/ 
• Mudaliar, Abhilash, et al., The State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice (December 2017). Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/2017_GIIN_IMM%20Survey_Web_Final.pdf
• Mintz, Josh and Tyler, John, Legal and Exempt Organization Tax Aspects of Impact Investing (April 2017). Available at: https://www.macfound.org/media/files/Georgetown_2017-04-26_Legal_ and_EO_Tax_Aspects_of_Impact_Investing_fina....pdf 
• Agarwal, Namit, et al., Raising the Bar: Rethinking the Role of Business in the Sustainable Development Goals, Oxfam (February 2017). Available at: https://www.oxfam.org/sites/files/dp-raising-the-bar-business-sdgs-130217-en_0.pdf 
• Armeni, Andrea, Innovations in Financing Structures for Impact Enterprises: Spotlight on Latin America, Multilateral Investment Fund, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Transform Finance (2017). Available at: http://transformfinance.org/briefings/2017/9/1/innovations-in-financing-structures 
• Burand, Deborah, Contracting for Impact: Embedding Social and Environmental Impact Goals into Loan Agreements, 13 N.Y.U. J.L. & Bus. 775 (2017). Available at: https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/716e9c_a875562ca 426478c8bb8f238399707a6.pdf
• Unilever, Unilever Responsible Sourcing Policy, Working in Partnership with our Suppliers (2017). Available at: https://www.unilever.com/Images/responsible-sourcing-policy-interactive-final_tcm244-504736_en.pdf 
• BlackRock, Exploring ESG: A Practitioner’s Perspective (June 2016). Available at: https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-us/literature/whitepaper/viewpoint-exploring-esg-a-practitioners-perspective-june-2016.pdf
• Basu, Ranajoy and Bourke, Aaron, Social Impact Investing: The Growing Trend of Financing for Good, 8 JIBFL 483A (2016). Available at: https://www.reedsmith.com/en/perspectives/2016/08/social-impact-investing-the-growing-trend-of-finan
• Burand, Deborah, “Resolving Impact Investment Disputes: When Doing Good Goes Bad,” 48 Wash. U.J.L. & Pol’y 55 (2016). Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol48/iss1/9/
• UN Global Compact and Linklaters, Guide for General Counsel on Corporate Sustainability (June 2015). Available at: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/publications/Guide_for_General_Counsel.pdf 
• Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), Metrics to Align Mission with Financial Performance: Tips from Practitioners (2014). (A Synthesis of Discussion at 2014 ANDE Metrics Conference). Available at: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.andeglobal.org/resource/resmgr/Files/Metrics_to_Align_Mission_wit.pdf
• Impact Terms Project, Sample Term Sheets, Toniic Institute. Available at: https://www.impactterms.org/sample-term-sheets/

Blending Capital for Scale

• Tideline, Catalytic Capital: Unlocking more investment and impact (March 2019). Available at: https://tideline.com/wp-content/uploads/Tideline_Catalytic-Capital_Unlocking-More-Investment-and-Impact_March-2019.pdf 
• Steffen, Robynn, Omidyar Network, The Rise of DAFs: Three Reasons Why We Invested in CapShift and ImpactAssets (December 19, 2018). Available at: www.omidyar.com/blog/rise-dafs-three-reasons-why-we-invested-capshift-and-impactassets
• International Finance Corporation, Blended Concessional Finance: Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries (November 5, 2018). Available at: https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/cb79d3ea-e077-4989-b821-769218b435ec/20181105-EMCompass-Note-60-Blended-Finance.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
• Zappia, Maria Teresa and Stodiek, Nadina, Blended Finance 2.0 Giving voice to the Private Sector, Insights from a BlueOrchard survey on Private Investors, BlueOrchard (October 2018). Available at http://www.blueorchard.com/wp-content/uploads/181016_BlueOrchard_Blended_Finance-2.0.pdf
• International Finance Corporation, et al., DFI Working Group on Blended Concessional Finance for Private Sector Projects Joint Report (October 2018). Available at: https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/9ae7c66a-d269-4707-9f4d-0fb79947ede8/201810_ DFI-Blended-Finance-Report.pdf?MOD=AJPERES 
• Savoy, Conor M. and Milner, Aaron N., Blended Finance and Aligning Private Investment with Global Development: Two Sides of the Same Coin, A Report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (March 2018).
• Project on Prosperity and Development and the Royal Embassy of Denmark (March 2018). Available at: https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/180313_ Savoy_BlendedFinance_Web.pdf?oSIJoKLxku_odK1cyFix_DHeRoKunpuc
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles for Unlocking Commercial Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals (January 2018). Available at: http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-topics/OECD-Blended-Finance-Principles.pdf 
• Blended Finance Taskforce, Better Finance Better World, Consultation Paper of the Blended Finance Taskforce (January 2018). Available at: s3.amazonaws.com/aws-bsdc/BFT_BetterFinance_final_01192018.pdf 
• Klavens, Jonathan and Caplan, Lauren, Klavens Law Group, Mission-Related Investing: A Legal Framework for Integrating Mission Into the Other 95% (2018). Available at: https://klavenslawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Mission-Related-Investing.pdf 
• United Nations Capital Development Fund, Blended Finance in the Least Developed Countries (2018). Available at: https://www.uncdf.org/bfldcs/home
• Convergence, The State of Blended Finance (2018). Available at: https://www.convergence. finance/7LEqTu0YeceaQugSWaSKSk/view/
• Convergence, Blended Finance Primer. Available at: https://www.convergence.finance/blended-finance
• Dryburgh, Erik, The Law of Endowments: The Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA), Adler and Colvin, (December 2017). Available at: www.adlercolvin.com/wp-content/themes/adlercolvin/pdf/The-Law-of-Endowments-The-Uniform-Prudent-Management-of-Institutional-Funds-Act-UPMIFA.pdf
• Schwartz, Deborah, Catalytic Capital: An Essential Tool for Impact, MacArthur Foundation (November 27, 2017). Available at: https://www.macfound.org/press/directors-reflection/catalytic-capital-essential-tool-impact/
• Mintz, Josh and Tyler, John, Legal and Exempt Organization Tax Aspects of Impact Investing (April 2017). Available at: https://www.macfound.org/media/files/Georgetown_2017-04-26_Legal_ and_EO_Tax_Aspects_of_Impact_Investing_fina....pdf 
• US Overseas Private Investment Corporation, The Build Act. Available at: https://www.opic.gov/build-act/overview

Fiduciary Duty and ESG Investing in the Pension Context

• Geral, David, "SA retirement funds are ahead of the pack with ESG Investing," Business Day (October 23, 2019). Available at: https://businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2019-10-23-sa-retirement-funds-are-ahead-of-the-pack-with-esg-investing/
• Phillips, Deirdre, "How to Check that Your Retirement Savings are Being Invested in Good Causes Rather Than Bad," (July 10, 2019). Available at: https://bowmanslaw.com/insights/banking-and-financial-services-regulatory/how-t0-check-that-your-retirement-savings-are-being-invested-in-good-causes-rather-than-bad/
• Kapadia, Reshma, ESG Investing in the Emerging Markets Is Tough, but Lucrative (June 8, 2018). Barron’s. Available at: https://www.barrons.com/articles/esg-investing-in-the-emerging-markets-is-tough-but-lucrative-1528491920
• Kilroy, Meaghan, “DOL Bulletin on ESG Factor use Puzzles Investors,” Pension & Investments (May 14, 2018). Available at: https://www.pionline.com/article/20180514/PRINT/180519946/dol-bulletin-on-esg-factor-use-puzzles-investors
• Kilroy, Meaghan and Steyer, Robert, “PSCA Officials Say New DOL Guidance will Dampen Adoption of ESG Investment Options,” Pension & Investments (May 2, 2018). Available at: https://www.pionline.com/article/20180502/ONLINE/180509970/psca-officials-say-new-dol-guidance-will-dampen-adoption-of-esg-investment-options
• The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance Statement on Department of Labor ESG Guidance (May 1, 2018). Available at: http://impinvalliance.org/news-updates/2018/5/1/us-impact-investing-alliance-statement-on-department-of-labor-esg-guidance
• Breyfogle, Jon, DOL and ESG Investing: Evolving Guidance (April 27, 2018). Available at: https://www.groom.com/resources/dol-and-esg-investing-evolving-guidance/
• U.S. Department of Labor, Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-01 (April 23, 2018). Available at: https://www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/ebsa/employers-and-advisers/guidance/field-assistance-bulletins/2018-01.pdf 
• Budde, Scott, Cleveland, Sarah, and Godeke, Steven, Untangling Stakeholders for Broader Impact: ERISA Plans and ESG Incorporation. Principles for Responsible Investment (2018). Available at: https://www.unpri.org/download?ac=5359
• Comstock, Michael, Huber, Betty, and Zilberberg, David A. ESG in Private Equity: What Every GP Needs to Know About Public Pension Fund Requirements (October 24, 2017). Available at: https://www.davispolk.com/files/2017-10-24_esg_in_private_ equity_pension_fund_policies.pdf
• Lipton, Ann, “Reviving Reliance,” 86 Fordham L. Rev. 91; Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 17-3 (September 30, 2017). Available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2941765 
• EYGM Limited, Investing in a Sustainable Tomorrow: ESG Integration in European Pensions (2017). Available at: https://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-investing-in-a-sustainable-tomorrow/$FILE/ey-investing-in-a-sustainable-tomorrow.pdf
• Geral, David, Social Impact Bonds: An Option to Address Africa’s Most Pressing Challenges (December 6, 2016). Bowmans. Available at: https://www.bowmanslaw.com/insights/banking-and-financial-services-regulatory/social-impact-bonds-option-address-africas-pressing-challenges/
• Geral, David, King IV Extends Application to Retirement Funds and Introduces Sector Supplements for Easier Application, Bowmans (December 2, 2016). Available at: https://www.bowmanslaw.com/insights/banking-and-financial-services-regulatory/king-iv-extends-application-retirement-funds-introduces-sector-supplements-easier-application/
• Geral, David, SA Institutional Investors to Adapt to New Playing Fields, Bowmans (November 23, 2010). Available at: https://www.bowmanslaw.com/insights/banking-and-financial-services-regulatory/institutional-investors-adapt-new-playing-fields/