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EMPOWERING CHAMPIONS OF IMPACT!

PRACTICAL TOOLS TO IMPLEMENT IMPACT INVESTMENTS INTO AN INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO.

    IMPACT INVESTING ACADEMY FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

    ​​Phenix Impact Investing Academy offers a series of executive educational courses and masterclasses tailored to the needs of institutional investors around the globe. The Academy provides in-depth sessions on the latest topics in impact investing, featuring practical tools, real-world impact case studies, and insights from industry experts. With a practical curriculum curated by Phenix Capital Group, the Impact Investing Academy leverages extensive knowledge in impact investing harnessed since 2012.​​

    The Academy guides investors on their impact journey, whether they are newcomers or seasoned impact allocators, helping them define, implement, integrate, and innovate their impact strategies.​

    FOR WHOM

    Phenix Impact Investing Academy offers executive-level courses and masterclasses for institutional asset owner who are decision-makers within their organisations. Programmes are designed for Executives, Senior Portfolio Managers, ESG/Impact Investing officers, Allocators, and Fund Selectors of:
    ● Public and Corporate Pension Funds and their Fiduciary Managers,
    ● Insurance Companies,
    ● Sovereign Wealth Funds,
    ● Family Offices,
    ● Foundations and Endowments,
    ● Wealth Managers/Private Banks,
    ● Development Finance Institutions,
    ● Faith-based Organisations.

    UPCOMING EVENTS

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    1 - 2 April 2025

    IMPACT SUMMIT EUROPE

    THE NEW DNA OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS
    Meeting the ambitions of Now-Gen

    PAST EVENTS

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    28 November 2024| Seminar Series Benelux

    Biodiversity Portfolio Alignment

    BREAKFAST WORKSHOP
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Avacdemy
    Carol Tarr, Head of Impact Programs & Collaborations, Phenix Capital Group
    Gemma Roex, Impact Measurement and Management Lead, Phenix Capital Group
    ISA 2024
    30 October 2024 | IMPACT SUMMIT AMERICA, New York

    Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Impact Investing

    INVESTORS' BREAKFAST WORKSHOP
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.

    Carol Tarr, Head of Impact Programs & Collaborations, Phenix Capital Group
    Kate Walsh, Director, Training and Accreditation, The GIIN
    ISE 2024 One-pagers
    27 September 2024, Athens, Greece | Hellenic Impact Investing Conference

    The Theory of Change and Global Impact Investing Trends

    WORKSHOP
    Presented by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Dirk Meuleman, CEO, Phenix Capital Group
    UK
    25 September 2024 | Impact Seminar Series - UK, London

    The Real Weight of Biodiversity in Portfolio Construction

    MASTERCLASS FOR INVESTORS
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Gemma Roex, Impact Measurement and Management Lead, Phenix Capital Group
    Niki Natarajan, Head of Research, Phenix Capital Group
    Fribourg-Old-Town-Switzerland
    18 September 2024, Conference: Ethical investments and Christian morality: call to action”, Diocese of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg, Switzerland

    Faith-Based Investing Spectrum: impact through the lens of the Beatitudes.

    WORKSHOP
    Presented by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Carol Tarr, Head of Impact Programs & Collaborations, Phenix Capital Group
    Canada
    22 May 2024 | Impact Seminar Series - CANADA, Montreal, Canada.

    Impact measurement & management roadmap through entire investment cycle

    BREAKFAST WORKSHOP
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Gemma Roex, Impact Measurement and Management Lead, Phenix Capital Group
    Nordics
    21 February 2024 | Impact Seminar Series - NORDICS, Copenhagen, Sweden

    Phenix Impact Investing Academy: portfolio alignment

    BREAKFAST WORKSHOP
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Carol Tarr, Head of Impact Programs & Collaborations, Phenix Capital Group
    DACH
    14 November 2024 | Zurich

    IMPACT INVESTING MASTERCLASS FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

    HOW TO INVEST WITH POSITIVE IMPACT​:7 STEPS TO BUILD A VALUES- CONSISTENT PORTFOLIO
    Hosted by Phenix Impact Investing Academy.
    Carol Tarr, Head of Impact Programs & Collaborations, Phenix Capital Group.

    WHY OUR ACADEMY

     

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    LEARN IMPACT INVESTING TOOLS FROM EXPERTS 

    Learn from experts in IMM with practical knowledge in impact investing & academic background.

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    AQUIRE INSIGHTS INTO BEST IMPACT PRACTISES

    12 years of expertise in impact investing practices and advocacy.

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    EDUCATION FOCUSED ON INSTITUTIONAL ALLOCATORS

    10 years of experience curating educational events for institutional investors & asset owners.

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    CONNECT WITH YOUR PEERS ON THE SAME JOURNEY

    Learn amongst your peers, exchange best practices and co-create new approaches.

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    DEVELOP YOURSELF & YOUR ORGANISATION

    Takeaway a set of actions & more sophisticated approaches to apply within your organisation.

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    ACCESS THE LATEST IMPACT DATA PUBLICATIONS

    Receive complimentary impact reports with impact investing market data.

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    EARN CREDITS ALONG THE COURSE

    Track your Professional Education credits via CFA Institute portal.​

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    SHOWCASE YOUR IMPACT LEADERSHIP

    Receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of each course.

    FACULTY & SPEAKERS

    Impact Investing Academy faculty consists of Phenix Capital Group IMM experts & guest speakers from the industry.

    Each module will invite expert speakers and case-study presenters relevant to the topic.

    PROGRAMME DIRECTOR:

    Carol Tarr, IMM Lead at Phenix Capital Group.

    Formerly Lecturer in Sociology and Research Methodology at Nyenrode Business University; founder of Atomic Spices and portfolio manager for a circular economics VC fund. Expert and researcher in values-based portfolio alignment and gender-lens investing. Master’s degree in Theological Studies (Ethics and World Religions) from Harvard University.

    CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION​

    At the end of each masterclass or a full course, a certificate of completion is issued to participants upon successfully participating and applying knowledge within the masterclass environment. ​

    CFA Institute credits

    CFA Institute members will be able to claim the Professional Learning(PL) credits earned from external sources.

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    HEAR FROM THE INDUSTRY EXPERTS

     

    Piet Klop

    Head of Responsible Investment,

    PGGM

     
    “The best thing investors can do to grow the impact of their investments and to grow the industry is to take more responsible risk, to get better at judging future risks. Risks right now is mostly a statistical phenomenon, what happened over the past 20 years you expect later that you arrive at some measure of risk. I think that’s not going to cut it anymore. We need to trust projections, we need to trust scenarios. In an exponentially changing world, yes we can justify taking more risk, in order to get to the impact we all need.” 
     
     

     

    Katie Fulford-Smith

    Impact Investment Professional, Big Society Capital 

     
    “So investors can do more to drive capital to impact Investing and by working together so there’s a real power in learning from peers so, whether you’re an investor and an asset manager or whether you’re an investor and an asset owner, the more you can talk to your peers, educate yourself about the opportunities and how to great real impact and then act on that together, I think greater things will happen.”
     
     

     

    Cyril Gouiffès

    Head of Social Impact Equity Investments, European Investment Fund 

     
    “In order to drive more capital to the industry, investors should first and foremost in my view, consider very carefully what are their short-term, medium-term and long-term objectives because smart investment decisions in 2023 cannot only be about generating fast or exclusively financial performance because of the summer we’re experiencing the social situation that is prevailing in many members states in the EU, prevailing in worldwide, I think it is not wise to only asses the quality of investment through the goggles of financial KPIs. So, I think factoring in Impact is actually the only wise decision in the long term when it comes to making a smart investment decision.”
     
     

     

    Sir Ronald Cohen

    Chairman of Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

     
    “The great purpose of the impact revolution is to bring the capital of the private sector which dwarfs philanthropic capital and even government capital, to bring that capital with its entrepreneurship and its innovation to tackling social issues. We have to prevent the private sector from doing harm, but we also have to recruit the private sector to doing good and the best way of doing that is to begin to think in terms of the performances of companies, not just in terms of their profits but also in terms of their impact.”
     
     
    SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

    OUR COMMITMENT TO UN SDGs

    The world is facing an abundance of environmental and societal challenges. Recent years have seen a significant momentum surrounding the need of a ‘new normal’ where financial markets are designed to positively contribute to sustainable development. Despite this trend, significantly more private sector capital is needed to help finance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, which requires investments in the amount of several trillion USD each year. Phenix Capital Group accompanies institutional investors and asset owners throughout their impact journey. We provide tools to facilitate the implementation of a successful impact investing allocation and to navigate current impact investing opportunities.