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Recent BlueMark news and announcements.
RESOURCES
Recent BlueMark news and announcements.
Responsible Investor – “Why the OECD and UNDP are partnering on SDG Impact Standards” (subscription-only)
Forbes – “New Benchmark Of Impact Investor Management Reveals A Mixed Bag”
Investment & Pensions Europe – “Impact practices weaker at later stages of investment cycle – research”
Environmental Finance – “SFDR Article 9 fund managers ‘should consider signing impact principles'” (subscription-only)
ESG Clarity – “New benchmark to ‘root out impact-washing’ finds room for improvement”
A video recording of “How to Be an Impact Leader” (WATCH)
On May 13, 2021, BlueMark hosted an event on "How to Be an Impact Leader" to introduce key findings from the firm's latest report: Making the Mark: The Benchmark for Impact Investing Practice. Using data and insights from an initial 30 verifications, BlueMark’s...
Pioneers Post – “Major impact investors still short on detail, impact verifier BlueMark finds”
New Private Markets – “How impact investors measure up” (subscription-only)
Responsible Investor – “Impact management lacking at later stages of investment cycle, finds research”
BlueMark’s 2021 report, “Making the Mark: The Benchmark for Impact Investing Practice” (DOWNLOAD)
ANNOUNCEMENT – “BlueMark Launches First-of-its-Kind Benchmark for Best Practices in Impact Management”
BlueMark Launches First-of-its-Kind Benchmark for Best Practices in Impact Management New tool designed for financial market participants looking to differentiate between impact leaders and impact learners Benchmark based on 30 impact verifications of investor...
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...
Responsible Investor – “The journey towards standardised impact measurement”
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...
A video recording of “How to accelerate confidence and transparency through Impact Classification and Impact Verification” (WATCH)
As more impact funds are introduced in the market, asset managers and asset owners need frameworks to help sort and segment funds by their distinct approaches to impact, or "impact classes," just as they do by asset classes. They also need those impact classifications...
Impact Entrepreneur – “Impact Verification: Building Investor Credibility with Christina Leijonhufvud” (WATCH)
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...
Refinitiv – “How to fight impact washing: using third-party expertise for impact verification” (LISTEN)
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...
Good Future podcast – “Building trust through impact verification with Bluemark certification” (LISTEN)
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...
SOCAP’s Money + Meaning podcast – “Independent Impact Verification” (LISTEN)
SOCAP Virtual – Building Trust in the Impact Label (WATCH)
Free Money podcast – “The Impact Episode” (LISTEN)
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)
A video recording of the BlueMark launch event, “Strengthening Trust in Impact Investing” (WATCH)
On October 1, 2020, Tideline announced the launch of its independent impact verification business, BlueMark, with a vision to bring greater accountability, discipline, and comparability to the impact investment market. Tideline's Christina Leijonhufvud was...
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...
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