Green Seeds
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An Deep Exploration of Sustainable Investing in an Urban Environment
Contents
3D Investment Criteria
Fund Raising
Deal Sourcing/Deal Flow
Deal Analysis/Due Diligence
Investment
3D Portfolio Management/Active Management
Background Information
- Impact Investing on Wikipedia
- The Forum on Social Wealth aims to fashion a new "cognitive frame" that recognizes how families, local communities, online networks, ecological systems and other non-market entities "produce value," not just in an economic sense, but in ways that matter socially, morally, and personally. At UMASS Amherst
- What Is Social Wealth?
- Social Return on Investment
Thoughts
- "Impact" is a peculiar word choice, because it also means to strike
- Clearly Green Seeds seeks to "Invest", but keep in mind not to walk through the Financial Door first.
- A linear financial definition from The Free Dictionary: To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return.
- More holistic definitions from same source:
- To spend or devote for future advantage or benefit
- To devote morally or psychologically, as to a purpose; commit
- Our mission is to hold all three definitions at the same time.
- If we want to structure and originate the financing ourselves, then the type of investments is probably very limited. If we are banker/brokers, facilitating access to existing financing, then we can provide many solutions, but can we be "Active Managers" of someone else's money? I don't think so.