Two experienced and visionary authors show how institutions and individuals can go beyond conventional and sustainable investing to address complex problems such as income inequality and climate change on a deep, systemic level.
21st Century Investing: Redirecting Financial Strategies to Drive Systems Change
by William Burckart and Steve Lydenberg
WHAT WE OFFER
TIIP develops tools for pursuing system-level investing, an advanced sustainable investing strategy for managing systemic risks and investing in solutions to systemic problems (e.g. climate change, income inequality, economic crises).
CONSULTING & RESEARCH
Grounded in our experience in sustainable and system-level investing, we offer pension funds, investment management firms, private foundations and endowments, government agencies and major industry associations advisor services on establishing and implementing impact and investment goals to tackle system-level issues.
TURNKEY SOLUTION
A “one-stop-shop” for answers to fundamental questions about system-level investing and for our practical system-level investing implementation support and tools. SAIL is comprised of two unique components: a plug-and-play solution investors can use to chart their course to become a system-level investor and a community of practice aimed at driving broader industry transformation.
RESOURCE HUB
TIIP shares insights about system-level investing via presentations and speeches at industry events, through our publications and reports, and in blog posts and op-eds.
FEATURED RESOURCE
NOW AVAILABLE: The Handbook of System-level Investing: How Experts Worth Trillions of Dollars are Rethinking Investing
Edited by Jon Lukomnik (Editor) and William Burckart (Associate Editor)
Investing always evolves. The investing challenges of the 21st century are new, destabilizing and systemic. They involve complex, interconnected global issues that impact societies and economies. To maximize returns while minimizing risk, investors need to consider the interplay and interdependencies between their investments, the real economy, and the complex challenges of our environmental, social, and financial systems. System-level investing does just that.
Building on and going beyond traditional finance theory and sustainable investing practices, system-level investing recognizes the need for capital markets to be able to efficiently create investment opportunities from a flourishing real economy, which in turn, depends on robust social, financial, and environmental systems.