ADL acquires JLens, entering the impact investing space
For the ADL, this means entering directly into shareholder meetings and speaking with corporate social responsibility executives in order to impact company policies.
Read MoreGeneral Mills flagged by JLens
The latest company to face controversy for its business practices vis-à-vis Israel
Read MoreImpacting investing goes more mainstream as ESG strategies change
The change is driven by donor interest in an evolved form of impact investing, as the focus shifts from ESG screens to local loan programs…
Read MoreThe Leichtag Foundation aims to make 100% of its portfolio ‘mission-aligned’
Leichtag is the first Jewish foundation to go ‘all-in’ on impact investing.
Read MoreJulie Hammerman on redefining financial return and being Israel’s advocate
The creator of JLens explains why impact investing is still a hard sell.
Read MoreJLens Represents Jewish Communal Capital at Interreligious Vatican Summit
Recently, the Vatican invited JLens to participate in a conference on religions and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a set of seventeen ambitious goals…
Read MoreJLens Receives $10m Impact Investment from Leichtag Foundation
The Leichtag Foundation has awarded a $10 million challenge impact investment to JLens‘ Jewish Advocacy Strategy, a Jewish values-aligned investment offering that advocates with companies…
Read MoreJLens Hosts First Impact Investing Summit for Jewish Communal Leadership
Some 300 Jewish communal leaders and finance professionals, including a number who traveled from Israel, attended the first Jewish Impact Investing Summit in New York…
Read MoreBoston’s Judaism-infused Investment Experiment
“There is no guarantee,” your financial advisor explains. “But a new investment called a Social Impact Bond could return a profit in excess of 10%,…
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