12/4/2023 0 Comments Impact investments debra schwartzWomen’s Livelihood Bond 2 (WLB2) provides capital and other assistance to women-owned businesses in Southeast Asia. Through its investments, it has successfully reduced 395,000 tons of net GHG emissions, while serving more than 16,000 beneficiaries as of 2022. Through its portfolio companies, the fund has delivered essential healthcare services to 166 million emerging consumers and enabled more than 94,000 jobs as of 2022.ĬRAFT finances solutions for climate adaption and resilience to improve the lives of under-served communities globally. LeapFrog provides access to financial services and healthcare for emerging consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. In 2022, it has helped to avert 1,791 metric tons of CO2 emissions, funded restoration for 176 acres of fire-prone areas in California and protected 527 acres of terrestrial ecosystems. “We are excited about the fund’s progress and anticipate outsize impact and influence going forward.”įorest Resilience Bond enables the restoration of forests and assures water quality for farmers and communities threatened by wildfires. “Through our 50-50 investment partnership with Rockefeller in the Zero Gap Fund, we are demonstrating a new form of philanthropic collaboration, while unlocking additional capital to address pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges,” said Debra Schwartz, Managing Director for Impact Investments at MacArthur. “As the Zero Gap Fund’s portfolio matures, we are seeing proof of concept for solutions and strategies that marry social impact and financial returns, with the potential to mobilize significant private capital.” “Innovative financial mechanisms like those supported by the Zero Gap Fund demonstrate the power of investment capital that is willing to come in early and bolster impact-driven solutions and strategies that can help people respond to climate change and other crises, while regaining the progress the world was making in eliminating poverty, reducing hunger, and more,” said Maria Kozloski, Senior Vice President, Innovative Finance, The Rockefeller Foundation. The fund deploys patient, risk-tolerant, and flexible capital into promising financial strategies and mechanisms that seek to boost large-scale private investment to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including ensuring healthy lives, achieving gender equality, and promoting full, productive employment. MacArthur Foundation and the Catalytic Capital Consortium (C3) to promote investment in scalable and innovative impact-driven investment solutions. The Zero Gap Fund was launched in 2019 in partnership with the John D. As of July 2023, the Fund is fully committed across 12 investments. The Fund added two investments in 2022, bringing total commitments to $25 million of the $30 million fund. Across its 10 investments as of December 2022, the Fund has contributed to the mobilization of more than $795M in private finance toward a diverse portfolio of high-impact investment strategies. The Rockefeller Foundation released its annual Zero Gap Fund: 2022 State of the Portfolio report capturing the crucial role that catalytic capital plays in enabling investment solutions to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. She earned a Master's degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor's degree from Yale College summa cum laude.Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Debra Schwartz and other top speakers and celebrities.The Rockefeller Foundation’s Zero Gap Fund Mobilized $795M in Private Capital Towards UN Sustainable Development Goals A frequent speaker and guest lecturer Debra has also served on the United States Treasury Department Community Development Advisory Board and the founding board for the Mission Investors Exchange. She joined MacArthur in 1995 having worked at a Chicago-based child welfare agency. A former investment banker Debra also leads the creation of new impact investment products and platforms that foster easier more efficient and more productive connections among multiple impact investors and social sector organizations. Debra’s group serves as a Foundation-wide resource and engages deeply with selected teams to help develop strategy and devise impact investments that advance key goals. Debra serves on the Executive Leadership Team at MacArthur which has dedicated $500 million of its assets to impact investing.
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