Child lens investing: what is it and how to get started?
Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, 1 Fleet Pl, London EC4M 7WS
About this Event
Join the Impact Investing Institute and Save the Children to learn about Child Lens Investing and hear from expert practitioners in the field.
Across the globe, around 1 billion children live in poverty, 244 million are out of school, and nearly 70% of 10-year-olds cannot read simple text. In the UK alone, 29% of children live in poverty, with 123,000 classified as homeless.
Despite these alarming statistics, impact investing has largely overlooked children, even though the market is valued at $1,571 trillion. Children play a key role in shaping consumer demand, but investments rarely focus on achieving measurable outcomes for them.
Child-lens investing shifts the focus, making children the primary beneficiaries. Building on the work of UNICEF’s Child Lens Investing Framework, and working with our partners Save the Children, the Impact Investing Institute has this year launched a market building project aimed at raising the profile of child-lens investing. As part of the programme, we will be holding a series of convenings, dedicated to exploring this impactftul investment strategy and inviting experts in to share their learnings.
Join us to understand what child lens investing is, how you and your organisation can become involved and what the future growth of this sector could look like.
Details of the first event:
When: Tuesday 24th June | 2:00pm-5:30pm UK BST
Where: Dentons UK and Middles East LLP, 1 Fleet Pl, London EC4M 7WS
Speakers
We’re delighted to welcome as speakers on the day:
Paul Ronalds – CEO, Save the Children Global Ventures
Preeth Gowdar – CIO, Save the Children Global Ventures
Sarah Teacher – co-CEO, Impact Investing Institute
Sjoerd Rozing – Fund Manager, Future Generations Strategy Fund Manager, Triodos Investment Management
The team at UNICEF’s Centre for Innovation
Matt Towner – Director of Programmes, Impact on Urban Health
Sarah Blackwood – Director, Ethos Foundation
Further speakers and full agenda to be confirmed
Impact Investing Institute
The Impact Investing Institute is an independent, non-profit organisation working to transform capital markets so they support a fairer, greener, more resilient future. We see impact investing as an effective way to achieve that transformation and so we work to accelerate the field, both in the UK and globally. We come up with innovative solutions that help private finance address societal challenges, and we grow the field of impact investing by building expertise across financial markets. We work with investors and their advisors to move more effective capital for the benefit of people and the planet, and we advocate for regulatory and policy environments that allow the impact investing market to thrive.
For more information visit www.impactinvest.org.uk and follow the Institute on LinkedIn – Impact Investing Institute.
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