Impact investing can ‘ride out’ Trump’s nostrums
While ESG and diversity have been caught up in the political headwinds in the US, this investment strategy, approaching $US2 trillion in funds under management, is well placed to not only survive but thrive.
A Donald Trump presidency should not derail impact investing that is growing around 20 per cent a year, Ben Thornley (pictured), managing partner and co-founder of the US-based consultancy Tideline, will tell the Impact Investment Summit being held in Sydney this week.
In his address titled Building integrity for institutional scale: International trends in impact investing and a framework for the future, he will argue that although ESG and diversity have been…