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A collection of pieces from the BlueMark Team
ImpactAlpha – “Why independent verification should be part of every investor’s impact management journey”
This piece was originally published in ImpactAlpha. It is widely accepted that third-party assurance plays a critical role in increasing external trust and confidence in financial reporting. However, the learning benefits of the assurance process for the entity being...
STATEMENT – “Tideline Managing Partner Ben Thornley and BlueMark CEO Christina Leijonhufvud Issue Statement on SEC Risk Alert and SFDR”
Tideline Managing Partner Ben Thornley and BlueMark CEO Christina Leijonhufvud today issued a joint statement in response to recent regulatory developments in the U.S. and EU aimed at clamping down on greenwashing and impact-washing in the investment management...
Stanford Social Innovation Review – “The Next 10 Years of Impact Investment”
ImpactAlpha – “Why institutional investors are adding independent verification to their impact due diligence”
This piece was originally published in ImpactAlpha. If efficient capital allocation between asset owners and investees is the main function of investment management, then rigorous due diligence is the lifeblood that allows capital to flow. Now with institutional...
ImpactAlpha – “The next building block for impact investing: quality impact reporting”
This piece was originally published in ImpactAlpha. The impact investing industry has matured over the past couple of years, especially when it comes to aligning investors around common standards for disciplined impact management practices. The Operating Principles...
Invest for Good – “Verifying Impact” (Q&A)
FundFire – “ESG, Impact ‘Convergence’ Poses New Challenge for Managers”
BlueMark comment letter on IFRS Foundation proposal to create a Sustainability Standards Board
BlueMark, a Tideline company, submitted a comment letter in response to the IFRS Foundation's Consultion Paper on Sustainability Reporting. The full text of the letter is available below and can also be downloaded from the IFRS Foundation's website here. More...
ImpactAlpha – “ESG and impact management are converging as investors turn their attention to real-world outcomes”
This piece was originally published in ImpactAlpha. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the escalating climate crisis, and the movement for racial justice, there has been a growing recognition that social and environmental sustainability must be embedded in both business...
Top1000Funds.com – “Impact verification holds the key to unlocking more institutional capital for impact investing”
Financial Times – “Impact investment gains from improving measures of success and failure” (subscription-only)
ImpactAlpha – “From impact measurement to impact management to impact verification”
This piece was originally published in ImpactAlpha. Every commercial market that has successfully reached mainstream consumers and investors shares two qualities: First, a common set of standards and best practices. And second, a mechanism for holding market...
Responsible Investor – “Rockefeller Foundation and Radicle Impact finance launch of ‘impact verification’ business” (subscription-only)
ImpactAlpha – “‘Operating principles’ help investors hold asset managers accountable for impact” (subscription-only)
NextBillion – “A Watershed Moment in Impact Investing: The ‘Ninth Principle’ Shifts the Focus Beyond Good Intentions”
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