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Fran Seegull

@franseegull.bsky.social
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President, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance & Executive Director, Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing; fmr Ford Foundation & Chief Investment Officer at ImpactAssets #impinv #impactinvesting #econdev #socent #socfin

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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What are the economic determinants of democracy? Just as social determinants shape our health, economic conditions shape our democracy. I explore what investors can do to support an economy that works for all. My latest piece for @impactalpha.com. #impinv
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Investing in the economic determinants of a healthy democracy
For 250 years, the American Dream has centered on the promise of economic mobility and agency. When that promise is repeatedly broken, the ...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Grateful to have co-hosted the 5th Annual Symposium on System-Level Investing with TIIP, PRI, @iccr.bsky.social, @ien-online.bsky.social and For the Long Term last week, and very honored to receive TIIP’s 2026 Systems-Level Investing Catalyst Award! #impinv @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Enjoyed this broad ranging conversation with @georgesdyer.bsky.social on the Future of Finance podcast. Tune in to learn more about impact investing, system-level investing, dynamic materiality and corporate management primacy. pod.link/1793610181 #impinv
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Investors need clear data on how companies invest in their people. Illinois’ #WISERAct is a first step toward better workforce disclosure. I wrote about why it matters in @impactalpha.com. @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social impactalpha.com/with-wiser-a...
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With WISER Act, Illinois looks to lead on workforce transparency
Fran Seegul argues for the financial materiality of The WISER Act, a proposed workforce disclosure law in Illinois.
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Alec Lopata @alec-lopata.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Parts of the American economy can sound like a shell game these days. Cass does a great job naming this problem and proposing some steps to address it.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Excellent piece by Oren Cass. “The next step is for universities, large nonprofit foundations, and union and public-sector pensions, to put their assets where their values are, redirecting their savings and endowments toward real investment consistent with their own professed priorities.“ #impinv
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Opinion | How the Capitalists Broke Capitalism
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
2025 demanded focus, agility, and commitment to protecting and advancing the field and practice of impact investing. Read our reflections on the year in the @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social 2025 Annual Highlights: impinvalliance.org/2025-annual-... #impinv
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2025 Annual Highlights — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Annual Highlights
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ImpactAlpha @impactalpha.com · 04/02/2026
Nippon Life Insurance Company is laying out a new framework it calls “P-squared investing,” short for people times planet. It is embracing “system-level investing” across its portfolio, as outlined this month in a case study produced with @tiiproject.bsky.social. impactalpha.com/with-people-...
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With 'people x planet', Nippon Life Insurance steps up to system-level investing
With more than 15 million policyholders and $675 billion in assets, Nippon Life Insurance Company sits at the center of Japan’s economic life. ...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Post the Supreme Court’s strike down of affirmative action in higher education, lawsuits have proliferated against the private sector including corporations, law firms, health care companies, arts organizations and nonprofits. According to this NYT piece, they’re mostly succeeding. #DEI
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After Affirmative Action Win, Conservatives Sue to Push Change Everywhere
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Last week, the E.P.A. ended its use of monetary estimates for lives saved while setting limits on fine particulate matter and ozone, two of the most widespread and lethal air pollutants. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/c...
A picture of a singular silo at an energy plant releasing an emission of some type of smoke, back by a reddish-orange sunset with a forefront white text overlay that reads: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has halted limitations on Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter–the two most widespread pollutants–practically ending all economic valuations of human life.” Besides the image and the text, in the top right corner lies the YPCCC logo, which is circular, with a hollow center, and a band of 5 colors.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Congratulations to @darrencwalker.bsky.social on his appointment to serve as President and CEO of Anonymous Content! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/a...
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For His Next Act, Ex-Ford Foundation Leader Heads to Hollywood
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The @financialtimes.com reported on efforts that weaken shareholder oversight in favor of the consolidation of boardroom control. In her letter to the editor, @franseegull.bsky.social warns that corporate “management primacy” threatens healthy markets. Read here: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Grateful to @financialtimes.com for highlighting a major shift in corporate governance, citing weakening shareholder oversight and growing corporate power. In my letter to the editor, I warn that corporate “management primacy” threatens transparency, accountability and healthy markets. #impinv
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Letter: How US companies leave themselves open to state interference
From Fran Seegull, President of the US Impact Investing Alliance, New York, NY, US
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Anatomy of a backlash. We went from “transforming finance” to now actively ignoring financially material impact factors. Doing so will lead to long-term underperformance and underfunded pension fund liabilities. #impinv
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The rise of management primacy all but ensures structural inequality and facilitates value extraction at an accelerated pace. The priorities of stakeholders are systematically ignored, suppressed and sidelined. Instead, corporate managers and boards expect and receive extreme deference and control.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The impact investing landscape is rapidly evolving, and 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year. The @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social team has outlined 8 key policy areas that could shape the future of impact and sustainable investing. #impinv Read the full article at @impactalpha.com
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Eight US policy battles that will shape impact investing in 2026
Uncover the key developments in impact investing policy that will shape economic and climate action in 2026.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
“Management primacy” where corporates consolidate power at the expense of shareholders, stakeholders & long-term value creation is on the rise. This shift threatens system guardrails incl. shareholder rights to the detriment of the long-term market stability, transparency & accountability.
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Policy Corner: Corporations’ new era of ‘management primacy’ undermines shareholders and other stakeholders. — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
By: Fran Seegull Originally Published In ImpactAlpha’s Policy Corner On December 7, 2025. Read The Article Below Or on ImpactAlpha Here. The American economic landscape is defined by stark...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Join the conversation with the Impact & Sustainable Investing Starter Pack. We’ll be adding more community members over time. go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Who pays the cost of downstream externalities? The San Francisco city attorney accuses large processed food manufacturers of causing diseases that have burdened governments with public health costs. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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San Francisco Sues Ultraprocessed Food Companies
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It was a pleasure to reflect on the state of impact investing in the U.S. and charting the path ahead on the Women Changing Finance podcast. Have a listen!
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Fantastic Q&A with Liesel Pritzker Simmons on the state of impact investing, the unique role family offices can play at this time, deploying capital for the long term and the crucial role of public policy. @bluehaveninit.bsky.social @impactalpha.com #impinv impactalpha.com/blue-havens-...
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Blue Haven’s Liesel Pritzker Simmons on family office impact investing in perilous times (Q&A)
Climate action, racial equity and even systems-change are all fine. But when Liesel Pritzker Simmons starts talking about a global wealth tax, she ...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Heather Gerken, dean of the Yale Law School, to become president of the Ford Foundation later this year. The right leader at the right time! @fordfoundation.org @heathergerken.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Ford Foundation’s New Leader Is From Yale Law School
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Please join us on June 24! @impactalpha.com @oppfinance.bsky.social @innovateeconomy.bsky.social @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Congratulations @palfrey.org and @darrencwalker.bsky.social‬ for your well-deserved recognition on this year’s #Time100PhilanthropyList. You are true visionaries in your leadership across both philanthropy and impact investing! Read the full list: time.com/collections/...
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TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025
TIME’s inaugural list featuring new leaders in philanthropy that are eager to see impact and see it now
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
ICYMI: The Administration’s budget proposes cutting funding for the CDFI Fund. Given the CDFI Fund’s track record of bipartisan support, we're hopeful Congress will continue to champion the critical program. More from @franseegull.bsky.social in @impactalpha.com: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l...
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Bipartisan lawmakers are rallying for CDFIs, investors need to do the same
Understand the threats to community investing policies under Trump and how they affect essential financial support for communities.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Inspired to see leaders across philanthropy stand up for the freedoms to speak, give and invest, which are cornerstones of how we build strong, thriving communities. nonprofitquarterly.org/unite-in-adv... @jpalfrey.bsky.social @macfound.bsky.social
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Unite in Advance: Philanthropy Coalition Launches Solidarity Campaign - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
We’re announcing a public sign-on statement to support philanthropy’s freedom to give. We are united to protect our freedom to express ourselves, to give, and to invest in our communities. Join us by ...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
CDFIs are engines of economic growth, fueling small businesses & local communities. A recent EO threatens the CDFI Fund, but bipartisan lawmakers are standing up for it. Investors must do the same! Read my @impactalpha.com post on why this matters: impactalpha.com/bipartisan-l... #impinv #econdev
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Bipartisan lawmakers are rallying for CDFIs, investors need to do the same
Understand the threats to community investing policies under Trump and how they affect essential financial support for communities.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Join the conversation with this impact and sustainable investing starter pack. These leaders and leading organizations share their insights on #impinv #impactinvesting #econdev #climatefinance and more. go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Pension funds fiduciaries consider the financial relevance of climate so they can prudently manage risk and assure long-term value for pensioners.
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Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash
At a time of resistance to environmental, social and governance goals, pension funds have become a bulwark against efforts to sideline climate risks.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Honored to be included in the latest @sorensonimpact.bsky.social report on 5 key trends shaping the impact investing field. #impinv #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social Access the full report here: sorensonimpactinstitute.com/impact-inves...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
CDFIs drive inclusive economic growth, but a new executive order could undermine the agency that supports their work. This @pioneerspost.bsky.social article breaks down the risks, bipartisan pushback & why protecting these institutions matters. @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social @oppfinance.bsky.social
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Trump order threatens to ‘cut legs out from’ CDFI Fund, say campaigners
Campaigners shocked as one of the US president’s latest executive orders could slash work of community development financial institutions, which offer capital to underserved entrepreneurs and business...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
CDFIs fuel small businesses, homeownership & local economies. A recent Executive Order threatens the Treasury’s CDFI Fund, putting these investments at risk. We urge policymakers to protect this vital agency. Read our statement below. #econdev #CDFI @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
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U.S. Impact Investing Alliance Calls on Policymakers to Support the CDFI Fund — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance advocates for shared prosperity, accelerated by investments in robust pathways for economic mobility and opportunity. Community development financial institutions (C...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The CDFI fund is under threat via an EO issued on Friday. This @impactalpha.com piece highlights the community’s bipartisan mobilization to defend CDFIs that across the country lend to local health centers, affordable housing, daycare centers, small businesses and more.
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Threat to CDFI Fund gives community lenders a chance to flex bipartisan support
A whirlwind weekend mobilization in response to President Trump’s order to shut down a Treasury Department fund for low-income community lenders has produced ...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Climate United seeks to unfreeze $20B of capital disbursed for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. @climateunited.bsky.social @bethbaff.bsky.social
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Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 Billion
In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Impact investing is at a crossroads and in the crosshairs. There will be trials ahead, but the lessons of 2024 have strengthened our resolve. Read more about the @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social work in 2024 and how we navigated a pivotal year in partnership with many. #impinv
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2024 Annual Highlights — U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Annual Highlights
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Sobering: The implications of the USAID shutdown on the global #impinv ecosystem.
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USAID shutdown ‘undermines global impact investing ecosystem’
As Donald Trump pulls the plug on the world’s largest aid donor, the impact investing community warns the existing funding gap to meet the SDGs will widen by billions of dollars. But is China now pois...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Climate change as a systemic risk in action. “Altadena may prove to be the true harbinger of a future in which no one but the rich owns their own homes, where insurance is a luxury good & where renters pay a monthly toll to large PE landowners who may be better suited to manage that risk.”
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Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership
A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New UN report by @mazzucatom.bsky.social on blended finance. “In practice, concessional public finance is leveraging non-concessional public finance to support private initiatives, with limited participation from de-risked private capital”. @pioneerspost.bsky.social #impinv #econdev
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‘Blended finance has fallen short’ – UN briefing
Award-winning economist Mariana Mazzucato says blended finance is not the promised ‘silver bullet’ in scathing UN policy briefing which argues it fails to mobilise enough private investment to meet th...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” MLK, Jr. Lifting this short, powerful piece by @darrencwalker.bsky.social from 2020. #racialjustice #impinv #philanthropy
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A Lesson on Philanthropy From Martin Luther King Jr.
The president of the Ford Foundation shares the biggest lesson he's learned about giving
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Honored to be featured in @pioneerspost.bsky.social alongside global #impinv leaders sharing predictions for the field in 2025. My take? We need to focus on real-world impacts like clean air, thriving communities & economic security. #econdev @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social
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Impact leaders’ 2025 predictions: what will matter most this year
From the ‘Coca-Cola risk’ to AI, leading social entrepreneurs, impact investors and network builders from across the world tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2025. Make sure to read their analy...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation? Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack. #socfin #econdev #ESG go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A Texas court ruled today that "American Airlines violated federal law by filling its 401(k) plan with funds from investment companies that pursue #ESG goals." This is a victory for the anti-ESG movement, unique in that it targeted a corporate retirement plan versus state pension plans.
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American Airlines Held Liable for ESG Investing in 401(k) Plan
American Airlines Inc. violated federal law by filling its 401(k) plan with funds from investment companies that pursue environmental, social, and corporate governance goals, a Texas federal judge rul...
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This piece from @mbranden.bsky.social! impactalpha.com/plea-from-a-...
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Plea from a BlueSky user: Now is the time to invest in governance
Find out how BlueSky can design its corporate governance to safeguard its mission in to prioritize positive user experiences.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A roundup of anti-ESG and anti-DEI developments from @impactalpha.bsky.social. Phew! McDonald’s backs away from DEI targets while Costco holds firm. PayPal sued by fund manager for discrimination in their diverse VC manager commitment. GFANZ declares victory so shifts its mission. #ESG #DEI #impinv
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Public companies respond to the backlash against climate and diversity initiatives with surrender and defiance
The battle for diversity and climate action in public companies intensifies. Some businesses make business case for inclusion.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
For those interested in impact investing, sustainable investing, climate finance, social finance, community development finance, welcome to the conversation! Check out the group of leaders and organizations in this #impinv starter pack. #socfin #econdev #ESG go.bsky.app/P57DXzQ
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
The NY State Climate Change Superfund Act “was modeled on the original Superfund law, which was established in 1980 and requires companies to pay for the cleanup of toxic waste wrought by incidents like oil and chemical spills.” #climatechange #impinv
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Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Terrific list of year-end reading charting the evolution of the impact investing field in 2024. Check it out ⬇️ #impinv #impactinvesting
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Shareholders are seeking to address human rights violations in the sugar supply chain. Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds are pressuring large food and beverage companies over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. @bradlander.bsky.social @nyccomptroller.bsky.social leading. #impinv
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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India
Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I’m excited to share the @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social new policy docket outlining recommendations for fostering shared prosperity. Public policy is a team sport, and it’s also a long game! Join us and learn more : impinvalliance.org/privatecapit... #impinv
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Fran Seegull @franseegull.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Investors have a duty to address the risk that inequality poses to their portfolios & our broader systems. This was the key takeaway from a webinar I moderated w/ @oxfamamerica.bsky.social, Rights CoLab & UPP. @usimpinvalliance.bsky.social #impinv Watch here with password: AH=#X5We bit.ly/4fCtHBf
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