Fortune magazine looks at the rise of impact investing education in top business schools across the US, in response to the a rising demand from younger generations of MBA students. The magazine cites Bridges’ MBA Impact Investing Network and Training (MIINT) program as “a guiding force for impact investing at business schools”, and also looks at […]
Read moreThis Stanford Social Innovation Review article outlines some of the practices and methodologies used by Bridges and other impact investors to measure social impact alongside financial return. Based on an independent research project carried out by students at Harvard Business School, the authors argue that the ultimate objectives of impact measurement can be divided into four […]
Read moreBridges partner Brian Trelstad recently authored an article for the Harvard Business Review, where he outlined a framework to help potential investors think about how to invest for impact. In ‘Making Sense of the Many Kinds of Impact Investing’, Brian explains how an individual investor can examine their own impact preferences by thinking about the […]
Read moreThe MIINT is an experiential impact investing program for MBA students, with more than 600 students participating from across the globe It culminates in a finals day at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where teams of students pitch a potential impact investment to a team of expert judges The MIT Sloan School […]
Read moreMichele Giddens, partner and co-founder at Bridges Ventures, and Patrick Armstrong, chief investment officer at Plurimi Investment Managers, discuss the U.N. COP21 summit on climate change and what it means for the markets and investments. They speak to Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson on “Countdown.” Michele on Bloomberg
Read moreView the report here: (Screen Version) (Print Version) Each year Bridges publishes headline figures on some of the social and environmental impact achieved across its platform of funds, alongside its key commercial highlights The focus of this year’s report is on what Bridges has learned about using an impact-driven approach to create value at […]
Read more‘The Bridges Spectrum of Capital’ is our attempt to map out the broad range of risk/return strategies that exist within sustainable and impact investing – and to explain how that relates to the capital markets more generally. Our thesis is that these categories fit into a broader spectrum of capital, ranging from traditional investment on […]
Read moreMichele Giddens, Bridges partner and co-founder, discusses how private capital is becoming increasingly important in the fight against our biggest social and environmental challenges – since government and philanthropic capital alone will not be sufficient. Michele argues that companies will be more valuable in the future if they focus on their impact, using Bridges’ own […]
Read moreThe Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania published a new report: “Great Expectations: Mission Preservation and Financial Performance in Impact Investments,” authored by the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. The study evaluates the financial performance of 53 impact investing private equity funds relative to public market indices such as the Russell 2000 and other benchmark […]
Read moreB Corp is a global movement of companies looking to combine social and financial goals Today it launches officially in the UK, with an initial cohort of over 60 UK-based B Corps To coincide with the launch, Bridges Impact+ is publishing a new report entitled ‘To B Or Not To B’, which examines the arguments […]
Read moreMIINT engages a network of student-led MBA teams at prominent business schools across the world in impact investing competition. This Saturday, April 18, Bridges Impact+ and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative hosted the fourth annual MIINT competition — an international training program for business and graduate students interested in impact investing. The competition welcomed over […]
Read moreMIINT engages a network of student-led MBA teams at prominent business schools across the world in impact investing competition. Bridges Impact+, the advisory arm of specialist fund manager Bridges Ventures, and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will host the fourth annual MIINT competition for student-led impact […]
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