Compass Series
Climate Investing with True Impact
Climate Investing with True Impact
This discussion features some of the world’s largest allocators and most innovative investors in climate—drawing a contrast between thematic investments in climate-related market sectors, versus true impact investments that deliver and report demonstrable environmental outcomes alongside financial returns. We explored the extent to which meeting this higher bar means aligning with industry standards like the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and doing more to build the capacity for measuring and managing both positive and negative impacts.
Featured Speakers:
Allison Spector
Director
Responsible Investment, Nuveen


Amy Duffuor
Principal
Prime Impact Fund


Natalie Adomait
Senior Vice President
Impact Investments
Brookfield Asset Management


Jeremy Smith
Head of Impact
Rede Partners


Ben Thornley
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Tideline
(Moderator)
A recording of Tideline’s Currents Series event on “Bending the Curve Toward Net-Zero: Introduction to ERP Analysis” (WATCH)
A recording of Tideline’s Compass Series event on “An Inside Look at One Allocator’s Approach to Impact Fund Diligence” (WATCH)
A recording of Tideline’s Compass Series event on “The Dawn of a Learning Age in Impact Management” (WATCH)
A video recording of Tideline’s Compass Series event on “Truth in Impact: Getting to Clarity on Sustainable Investment Labeling” (WATCH)
A video recording of Tideline’s Compass Series event on “Impact Investment at the Institutional Tipping Point” (WATCH)
In this Compass Series event, Tideline was joined by asset managers, allocators, and service providers to discuss the key developments in the impact investing industry that are laying the groundwork for full-scale institutional adoption. The conversation built...
A video recording of Tideline’s Compass Series panel, “Climate Investing with True Impact” (WATCH)
This month in the Tideline Compass Series, Ben Thornley moderated a discussion with some of the world’s largest allocators and most innovative investors in climate—drawing a contrast between thematic investments in climate-related market sectors, versus true...
A video recording of the inaugural Tideline Compass Series panel, “2021 in Impact Investing: The Year of Classification” (WATCH)
In Tideline's inaugural Compass Series panel on December 15, 2020, Tideline's Ben Thornley and Duke University’s Cathy Clark reflect on five years of progress since introducing the concept of ‘impact classes’, and the increasingly essential role of impact...
Impact Investing’s Next Chapter: Integrity Through Assurance
March 9, 2020 | Tideline and The Rockefeller Foundation partnered up to lead an engaging discussion on why impact verification is key to scaling the market with integrity in a virtual event entitled Impact Investing’s Next Chapter: Integrity Through Assurance. Watch...
Tideline Speaks at HWW’s Investing for Impact Symposium 2019/
Tideline Speaks at SOCAP19
October 22 – 25, 2019 | At SOCAP19, Ben Thornley moderated a session entitled “The Time for Action and Accountability in Impact”. Panelists Diane Carol Damskey (International Finance Corporation), Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen (UNDP), Sasha Dichter (60 Decibels), Leticia...