About the webinar... 

Dispelling Myths and Realities around Impact Investing: How to use it to pivot to the future

During this webinar Jennifer Kenning, CEO and Co-founder, of Align Impact will dispel 5 Myths and Realities around impact investing, and share with you various levers you could use for clients to take on their specific issues areas to drive the change they want to see in the world beyond grants. In this session, Jenn will also be a resource to help you start to gain confidence in discovering yours and/or your clients "why" and how you can move from idea to action. You will walk away with the confidence to address the following:

• Do you have to sacrifice returns in order to also have measurable impact?
• Is there enough product/strategies across asset classes to invest in top managers?
• There is only one way to do impact investing?
• Is this niche or a fad or here to stay?
• You should keep your philanthropic separate from your investing?
• This is only for the wealthy or is it a global movement for all?
• What levers do investors have beyond their grant and investment dollars to drive solutions they wish to see that may not be apparent?
• How should families look at their foundations or DAFS as a vehicle to execute their impact thesis?
• What can investors/philanthropists do in the short-term, immediate and long-term in the current environment?
• What is the current crisis teaching us about what we face with climate change in the near future?
• What are opportunities for investors to shape the future?    

About the presenter...

Jennifer Kenning, AlignImpact Jennifer co-founded Align Impact in 2014 on the conviction that we need to align the wealth management process with our values to optimize our financial system, and to do this we needed to get all of the actors across the financial spectrum working together to improve outcomes. Align blends a highly sophisticated approach to wealth management with a deep understanding of the drivers of social change to create this system-wide change. Jennifer Kenning is a trailblazer, collaborator and change-maker who has quickly risen to become one of the most recognized voices in impact investing. Amongst being chosen for many other awards, Jennifer was hand selected to attend Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women of the Next Generation” Summit and Skoll World Forum. Jenn sits on various industry advisory boards. In 2016 and 2017, Jennifer curated and co-led an Impact Investing course for the University of Cape Town and the Betha Center on site for executives from 19 countries.