Why the Climate Crisis Demands Investors Rethink Impact: Environmental Finance Features Vital Capital Opinion

As we enter a new year that will be critical in the fight against climate change, Vital Capital’s Head of ESG & Impact, Tamar Pashtan, shares her views on why investors must not underperform on impact with Environmental Finance. The climate emergency is having a disproportionate effect on emerging economies so, as climate investment reaches record levels, it’s imperative that capital is directed towards the most impactful solutions and most underserved communities to ensure a just climate transition.

Our experience of investing in businesses and solutions that create transformational impact and tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the planet, has taught us that intentionality from the outset is key. The article reveals how our impact rating tool, the Vital Impact Diamond, enables us to “look for transformational outcomes: big leaps forward, not small steps” and calls on investors to embed impact goals in their decision-making processes.

 

The article is available here.

Vital Capital Listed to 2022 Real Leaders of Impact Investing List as Game-Changing Fund Manager

Vital Capital is pleased to have been named as one of the most innovative impact fund managers in the 2022 Real Leaders of Impact Investing list.

The list, a collaboration between Real Leaders and ImpactAssets, recognizes the firms leading the way in how capital is deployed to transform the health of our planet and its people. It includes some of the most innovative private equity and debt fund managers in impact investing, who bring unique approaches to solve challenges associated with climate change, poverty, inequality, sustainability and more.

The listing references how we use our “unique operational expertise to identify overlooked opportunities to build successful, scalable businesses that transform lives” and the fact we have transformed the lives of more than five million individuals since 2011.

The full list is available here: https://real-leaders.com/winter-2022/