GIST Impact announces Armin Peter as the newest Global Partner for Capital Markets
Armin Peter joins us with over 25 years of Capital Markets and banking experience in the EMEA, where he was previously the Global Head of Debt Syndicate and Sustainable Banking EMEA at UBS Investment Bank. As a respected former GFMA Board member and Chair of the ICMA – International Capital Market Association FinTech Advisory Committee, […]
The Birth, Life, Death and Afterlife of ESG Ratings
In a recent TEDx talk “The Birth, Life, Death, and Afterlife of ESG Ratings”, our Founder and CEO Pavan Sukhdev explored the evolution and challenges of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) metrics. What began as a comprehensive approach to measuring corporate sustainability has now become mired in competing ratings, biases, and controversies. Incidents like Tesla’s exclusion […]
Integrated Profit and Loss Reporting
This blog post refers to a paper published in 2018 by the Stockholm Resilience Centre – demonstrating our long-standing expertise in impact accounting and framework development. Understanding the full spectrum of corporate performance goes beyond financial statements. The “Integrated Profit & Loss Reporting” framework is designed to measure the impacts of business activities not just […]
GIST Impact featured in Microsoft white paper on solving for inclusive economic growth in the era of AI
We are delighted to announce that GIST Impact plays a prominent part in a new Microsoft white paper titled “Solving for Inclusive Economic Growth in the Era of AI”. Featuring insights by Mahima Sukhdev (SVP, Commercial Development), the white paper showcases the GIST Impact Power SROI platform (pp.10-11) – built in collaboration with Microsoft, and […]
GIST Impact featured in Environmental Finance article on nature data
We are proud to announce that GIST Impact has been profiled in an Environmental Finance article titled “Nature Data – overwhelmingly complex, but a need-to-know”. Offering insights from Pavan Sukhdev (CEO), Dr Thomas Moran (VP, Head of Biodiversity), and Mahima Sukhdev (SVP, Commercial Development), the article explores the helping hand of emerging frameworks and regulations […]
GIST Impact speaking at Reset Connect: From ESG & Sustainability to Impact
We were honoured to take part in a panel titled “From ESG & Sustainability to Impact: The Future of Finance” at Reset Connect, the signature event for London Climate Action Week. GIST Impact’s SVP, Commercial Development, Mahima Sukhdev took the stage along with host Cliff Prior, CBE, CEO at GSG Impact and fellow panellists James Payne (Forum for the Future), Ben Constable Maxwell […]
Cape Capital uses GIST Impact data for inagural report into nature positive investing
GIST Impact is proud to have been featured in a report by Cape Capital, a Swiss wealth and investment management firm. Among Cape Capital’s offerings – across fixed-income, equity and private markets – is a multi-asset Nature Positive Economy (NPE) fund, designed to help protect, restore and reverse the degradation of natural ecosystems. The report, […]
TMX Datalink & GIST Impact: what investors need to know about biodiversity reporting standards
It is our pleasure to announce the publication of a short article co-authored with TMX Datalinx, the Information Services division of TMX Group (the operator of multiple stock exchanges including the Toronto Stock Exchange). Since the launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework at the Kunming-Montréal conference in December 2022, we are seeing an international movement […]
Wharton’s ESG Initiative and GIST Impact launch data collaboration to support groundbreaking impact valuation research
London, UK – 11th July 2024 – GIST Impact, a leading provider of impact data and analytics, and the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a data partnership agreement to advance new research exploring the relationship between monetized impacts and financial performance. The partnership is part of a […]
Beyond ESG: Embracing Impact Valuation and Sustainability – An Interview with Mahima Sukhdev
Introduction: As part of Reset Connect London 2024 and our participation at “From ESG and Sustainability to Impact: The Future of Finance” panel, we delved deeper into the concepts that our SVP, Commercial Development, Mahima Sukhdev discussed on her panel on the future of finance. In this interview, Mahima shares her expert insights on impact […]