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Impact Investing & ESG

The latest thinking in these selective investment approaches are explored as they relate to family enterprise.

This week, we are pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Christina Wing, founder of Wingspan Legacy Partners.

In family enterprises, philanthropy and social impact initiatives serve as vital mechanisms for fostering multigenerational collaboration and reinforcing the family’s values while also contributing to its lasting legacy in the community.

FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Jason Jay, 2023 FFI Scholar-in-Residence, Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan, and John Davis, chairman and founder of the Cambridge Family Enterprise Group, Senior Lecturer in Family Enterprise at MIT Sloan, and a founding member of the FFI 2086 Society.

FFI Practitioner is pleased to share a conversation with Jason Jay, Senior Lecturer and Director of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.

In this week’s FFI Practitioner, Andrea Baars and Cydnee Griffin share findings from PwC’s Global NextGen Survey 2022 on the topic of ESG.

In this week’s edition, FFI Practitioner explores several conditions that promote sustainable development strategies in family enterprises.

Thank you to this week's contributor, Janice DiPietro, for making this thought-provoking case for family-to-family investing. The article explores investing strategies for family-owned enterprises that can create three important opportunities for both entities involved.

This article explores the potential risks and rewards and provides suggestions for family business and their advisors who decide to engage in the practice.

This week, Katherina Rosqueta, from the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania, explores several approaches to impact investing, an increasingly utilized strategy to align deeply held family values with their financial investment strategy.

François de Visscher (FdV): Why is it more attractive to be a direct investor as opposed to investing in private equity funds? Paul Carbone (PC): Well, I think there are several reasons.