Impact investors have united to voice concerns about the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), saying the regulation doesn’t recognise the difference between positive impact investment and investments in sustainable practices. The SFDR was created to enhance transparency around sustainability-related investment claims, prevent greenwashing and to channel capital flows toward sustainable economic activities. But it needs more clarity, according to our survey of 21 impact fund managers. Late in 2023, along with the Global Steering …

Seven hundred extraordinary people from philanthropies, developmental agencies, NGOs, and community groups, gathered in Bogota, Colombia last December to deliberate on the unequal power distribution in the global developmental sector,[1] and to find paths to redress this distortion. The Call from Bogota International development has become the primary vehicle for the delivery of humanitarian aid and development supplementing the State functions in developing countries. The theoretical underpinning of this system can be summarised around the …

Representing Conserve Global, we were privileged to attend the ninth annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24) held from March 20-22, 2024, at the Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA, USA. The event, organized by the African Diaspora Network (ADN), was a testament to the power of global collaboration in envisioning and shaping Africa’s future. The theme of ADIS24, “Activate with Africa: Climate Change, Connections, and Action,” resonates with Conserve’s mission to safeguard large ecosystems in …

Let’s start by recognizing that we have a responsibility to acknowledge and engage with how power shapes our organisations and the flow of financial resources to social movements. Yet, to discuss power we need to feel safe and comfortable. We need to have trust. Oftentimes, and paradoxically, we trust others more when they show us their vulnerability. If this is true, why is it that openly sharing struggles as funders is so uncommon? In the …