Compass Series
Learn from experts across the impact investing industry.
Tideline’s Compass Series features in-depth conversations with leaders from across the impact investing industry.
Tideline’s Compass Series Speakers
Natalie Adomait
Brookfield Asset Management
Monique Aiken
The Investment Integration Project (TIIP)
Lauren Booker Allen
Jordan Park
John Ancona
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Brad Atkins
Franklin Park
Matthew Barry
Learn Capital
Mark Berryman
Caprock
Jane Bieneman
Tideline
Keri Browder
Prime Coalition
William "Bill" Burckart
The Investment Integration Project (TIIP)
Cherrise Cederqvist
PGIM Investments
Jennifer Choi
ILPA
Cathy Clark
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Claudia Coppenolle
Impact Classification System
Susan Mac Cormac
Morrison & Foerster
Amy Duffuor
Prime Impact Fund
Steve Ellis
TPG RISE
Alexandra Farmer
Kirkland & Ellis
Kelly Goddard
Brookfield Renewable & Transition
Dean Hand
GIIN
Pia Irell
Trill Impact
Andrew Karsh
CalPERS
Justina Lai
Wetherby Asset Management
Carole Laible
Domini Impact Investments
Paula Langton
Campbell Lutyens
John Larkin
Avenue Capital Group
Claudia Leon
Tideline
Hope Mago
HCAP Partners
Irina Markina
Ara Partners
Jamie Martin
Morgan Stanley
Jessica Matthews
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Kelly McCarthy
GIIN
Brian Minns
University Pension Plan
Tom Mitchell
Cambridge Associates
Katie Moore
Hamilton Lane
Nicola Mustetea
British International Investment
Amie Patel
Elevar Equity
Jennifer Pryce
Calvert Impact Capital
Dipender Saluja
Capricorn Investment Group
Luba Shabal
Closed Loop Partners
Anna Snider
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Emma Sissman
SJF Ventures
Allison Spector
Nuveen
Jeremy Smith
Rede Partners
Eric Stephenson
Align Impact
Roy Swan
Ford Foundation
Ben Thornley
Tideline
Bhavika Vyas
StepStone Group
Tang Zongzhong
Baring Private Equity Asia




With diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) cemented as critical strategic priorities for institutional investors, the dust is beginning to settle on approaches to operationalizing DEI-related commitments.




Tideline was joined by acclaimed impact investing academic, Cathy Clark, for a Compass Series event to mark the launch of a new Coursera training on Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs developed by Cathy and her team at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.




Knowing how and when to use the impact investment label (as one among a number of sustainable investment strategies) is a big part of being a credible impact investor. However, in the absence of a universal standard or regulatory requirement.




Knowing how and when to use the impact investment label (as one among a number of sustainable investment strategies) is a big part of being a credible impact investor. However, in the absence of a universal standard or regulatory requirement.




With diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) cemented as critical strategic priorities for institutional investors, the dust is beginning to settle on approaches to operationalizing DEI-related commitments.




Tideline was joined by acclaimed impact investing academic, Cathy Clark, for a Compass Series event to mark the launch of a new Coursera training on Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs developed by Cathy and her team at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.




With diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) cemented as critical strategic priorities for institutional investors, the dust is beginning to settle on approaches to operationalizing DEI-related commitments.




Tideline was joined by acclaimed impact investing academic, Cathy Clark, for a Compass Series event to mark the launch of a new Coursera training on Impact Measurement and Management for the SDGs developed by Cathy and her team at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.




Knowing how and when to use the impact investment label (as one among a number of sustainable investment strategies) is a big part of being a credible impact investor. However, in the absence of a universal standard or regulatory requirement.
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...