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This week on IVCA #Open University, along with the best of week, we share the insights from 2nd Impact and Sustainability Conference presented by EverSource Capital and NIIF.

Webinar Insights

This was the second edition of the Impact and Sustainable Investment Conference, IVCA’s focused gathering of experts on social, environmental and impact investments in India. The core discussions revolved around the importance of ESG implementation in investment philosophy, climate change and investing strategies, the newer strategies of Impact investments, social enterprises, regulatory aspects and gender diversity among other issues.

Key Takeaways

Discussion with leading impact investors on how different pools of capital and types of tech-enabled innovation are enabling service delivery at scale to help address critical socio-economic challenges in both financial inclusion and the real economy.
Assessing and addressing the impact of climate change is important for investors as there are associated costs involved.The panelists discussed their experiences on how they tackle climate risks at portfolio level and while looking at potential investee companies.
The awareness among investors on gender diversity has increased over the past few years with more focus on women led enterprises as well as moving towards a fair representation in investment teams.