Announcing today: WEF Report "From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy" & Mapping of the Impact Investing Sector in Brazil

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that our initiative, the "Impact Investing Latin America Knowledge Platform" (IILA) was chosen as a best practice example in the most recent Impact Investing report "From Ideas to Practice, Pilots to Strategy" published by the World Economic Forum.

The featured article examines the question of "How Universities Can Promote Multidisciplinary and Cross-cultural Collaboration in Impact Investing" by exploring the case of the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) and Insper (Brazil). Besides describing the role that universities can play, the article gives insights into the current front-line projects and initiatives that are carried out through the Impact Investing Latin America Knowledge Platform (IILA) in Brazil. In the article you will also find our thoughts on the challenges of a cross-cultural cooperation and recommendations for other business schools that are interested to be active in Impact Investing.

For more information on the Brazilian Impact Investing market, check out the "Mapping of the Impact Investing Sector in Brazil", a study prepared by ANDE, LGT-VP, Quintessa and the University of St.Gallen.

The study was also covered by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo "Cresce investimento de impacto no Brasil" (in Portuguese).

With our warmest regards and wishes for a successful week

Angélica Rotondaro
Johannes Boch
Paulina Widmer