{"id":2466,"date":"2023-04-30T18:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/jean-case-on-impact-investing-esg-and-women-can-be-the-secret-sauce\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T18:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T22:55:42","slug":"jean-case-on-impact-investing-esg-and-women-can-be-the-secret-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=2466","title":{"rendered":"Jean Case On Impact Investing, ESG And Women Can Be The \u2018Secret Sauce\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cEvery investment has impact. The question is, what impact does it have?\u201d That\u2019s the question Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation and Chair of the board of the National Geographic Society, raised as we talked about her and her organization\u2019s focus on impact investing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took a really long time before people began to realize, \u2018hey, I can actually use my capital in a way through investing to do something extra and special for society,\u2019 \u201d she said. \u201cImpact investing and the impact investing we focus on, and try to bring tools and resources together for, really represents areas of investing where you&#8217;re looking for both a financial return and a social return through the investments that you make. So, it&#8217;s really that simple. It&#8217;s asking the question of, \u2018is there some kind of social return that&#8217;s exceptional or different in this investment versus the normal investments I would make?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that, \u201cI like to remind everyone that every investment has impact. The question is what impact does it have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this in-depth, exclusive interview on Electric Ladies Podcast, Case also juxtaposed impact investing to ESG investing \u2013 for environment, social, governance-focused investing \u2013 by saying that ESG began as a focus on risk. \u201c(ESG) really started as a framework that could take risk out of investing. Because, if you&#8217;re environmentally aware, then chances are, you&#8217;re not going to do something that&#8217;s going to come back to bite you on that front,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt just means when you&#8217;re running your business, are you looking at important material things around risk that matter. So, environment, of course, is one of them. Then, you know, the complexion of your workforce as well as your supply chain, the things around you that drive the business and the governance of your company. And if you&#8217;re not paying attention to those things, then you&#8217;re not managing risk well, that was really what ESG was born out of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>She cautioned though that she doesn\u2019t think the \u201cgovernance\u201d piece, or the \u201cG\u201d in ESG, gets enough focus. \u201cI&#8217;ve been really clear though, Joan, I don&#8217;t know that ES and G go together. And I think there is still a little bit of a measurement and transparency problem around it \u2026So I&#8217;m all about the idea of what sits behind ESG, but I still think the market needs to kind of clarify itself a little bit, and some tools for investors need to be a little more transparent than they are\u2026.The reason I feel strongly about that is, if we don&#8217;t, it only takes a few bad actors to give the entire sort of movement, if you will, a bad name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming climate risk disclosure rules that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is finalizing will provide some clarification. About those rules, Case added that, \u201cI&#8217;m hoping that we don&#8217;t overburden companies, you know, through regulation. But at some point, we must have a clear standard measurement and transparency around it, if we&#8217;re going to go in the name of ESG. And, you know, so for that reason, I&#8217;m in favor generally of trying to bring some clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are three key \u201cprinciples\u201d she shared in our conversation \u2013 and said are in her book, \u201cBe Fearless: Five Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Think about the power of your capital to change the world \u2013 and be confident<\/strong>: \u201cMany women, what they don&#8217;t think about is the power of their capital, or the power of their investments, to change the world. And we see this played out in data all the time. Women have much less confidence as investors than their male counterparts\u2026(But) you have to know the difference between seeming confident and being informed. The way to get confident is to inform yourself. Go to school on it, start reading some things to help you understand it.\u2026 Let&#8217;s throw out ESG or sustainability or impact, and just say, \u2018well what are your values and how can you invest capital in alignment with what you believe?\u2019\u201d She added that, \u201cWomen are a little less risk tolerant, (yet) they actually outperform men when they do invest, by 40 basis points\u2026.(Women) are just demonstrating time and time again that they can come into this world and not just perform but <em>outperform<\/em>. And now, we just need them to own that confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Failure can be a great teacher \u2013 from her book \u201cBe Fearless\u201d:<\/strong> Speaking about entrepreneurship, since they have invested in, advised and mentored dozens over the years, \u201cIt\u2019s a tough road if you\u2019re an entrepreneur. Most people do not realize that most ventures fail, actually the majority fail,\u201d she said. But one of her insights from that experience is, \u201cThat\u2019s really why I wrote \u201cBe Fearless,\u201d the whole idea of failure can teach.\u201d She wants to inspire readers to \u201cbe the one who learns from that, applies it, and moves forward. And that\u2019s not just true obviously in business. But that\u2019s true more broadly in things we undertake in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>Be the secret sauce \u2013 and own it<\/strong>: Her book, \u201cBe Fearless: Five Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose,\u201d Case said is, \u201cbased on a number of principles that are present wherever transformational change takes place.\u201d In organizations or on boards of directors, women being in the minority is a kind of power too, she underscored:. \u201cSo, the truth is, in some ways for women, if they&#8217;re just the only one or a minority on a board, what I wrote about in the book is, they can be the secret sauce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause they are going to bring perspectives that no one else at that table has had or is thinking about because they see the world differently and they should own it and share it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Listen to the full interview with Jean Case on Electric Ladies Podcast <\/em><\/strong><strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/electricladiespodcast.com\/2023\/04\/27\/esg-impact-investing-the-secs-climate-rules-jean-case-case-foundation\/\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/electricladiespodcast.com\/2023\/04\/27\/esg-impact-investing-the-secs-climate-rules-jean-case-case-foundation\/\">here<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joanmichelson2\/2023\/04\/30\/jean-case-on-impact-investing-esg-and-women-can-be-the-secret-sauce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEvery investment has impact. 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