Sustainability Community Webinar: Investing with Purpose, social investment

When:  Jan 28, 2025 from 17:00 to 17:45 (UTC)
Associated with  Sustainability Community

Hello Community!

Meet our community member and guest speaker Denise Holle, Head of Social Investment, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) who will share the lessons learned on how to do social investment.

Denise will bring a practical case study on strategies for evaluating both social outcomes and financial performance.

Denise is a finance professional with decades of experience across investment banking, development banking and social investment. She also has an extensive background in strategic advisory to social enterprises in the health, employment and homelessness sector In her current role, Denise is managing JRF’s social investment portfolio of debt, equity and fund investments.

Denise will share JRF’s approach on how to balance financial returns and social impact to invest in opportunities that support an equitable and just future, free from poverty.

The webinar is hosted by Sustainability Community Champion Hamish Wilson, Partner, Reviresco Partners

Here’s what you will learn:

  • Opportunity Landscape for Social Investments: core areas (housing, financial inclusion, healthcare, education, job creation)

  • Evaluating Impact and Financial Return: Strategies for evaluating both social outcomes and financial performance in social investments

  • Case Study:  real-world examples

Timings

Event: 17:00 - 18:00

Contact

Aya Pariy
+447869253142
apariy@cfauk.org