YPO Sustainable Development &
The Shift to Convening in Nature
Private Event
Profitability and sustainability are not mutually exclusive. As the concept of impact investing gains wider traction, more people are beginning to realize that the best financial opportunities are often those with a corresponding social benefit.
Just as the formation of the venture capital industry ushered a new approach and mindset toward funding innovation within the private sector, impact investment has started to bring opportunities to harness entrepreneurship and capital markets to drive social improvement. This in time will bring much needed change to the social sector.
Addressing climate change will require massive flows of capital toward sustainable practices and investments..
How will we re-imagine sustainable development & initiatives?
Re-Imagine Mission - What more can your business do?
Management: Provoke change through leadership
Asset Allocation: Choose to invest in less carbon intensive sectors & supply chains
Stock Selection: Choose to invest in the lower carbon footprint within sectors
Invest in Innovation and Ambition: Choose companies that have set ambitious goals in reducing carbon and are engaging in rigorous and innovative methods to lower their footprint, even if they are currently carbon-inefficient
Shareholder Engagement: Encourage long-terms gains over time with carbon-inefficient companies and your own stakeholders
Abstaining: Choosing not to support what isn't working is still an important tool and impact investors will choose not to invest unless there are positive impacts that can be definitively quantified. The impact investor takes the impact on the world as seriously as they do on finances.
Join the Sustainable Business Network as we use nature as a catalyst to bring together passionate individuals, to gather, learn and collaborate in small groups on how best to contribute and invest their time, talent and resources to innovative sustainable solutions - and then take them back into the world. We see everyone who joins as an equal expert at the table because we believe in the wisdom of the crowd to find solutions inspired by nature.
The Walden Gathering is a diverse community of passionate innovators finding inspiration from nature to focus on making the world better for the next generation.
In this event, you will:
Meet like-minded individuals for the purpose of thought-leadership around the Sustainable Development Goals, ESG, and create solutions without the outside noise.
Partner with other members
Gain new learnings through sharing of ideas, collaborative efforts in addressing a sustainable future from various stakeholder lenses