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Family Capital: Profile: Few follow profit and purpose like family office Blue Haven Initiative
For more than a decade, Blue Haven Initiative has pursued investment strategies which marry financial performance with social impact.
The Financial Times: Pitch Perfect: How Impact Entrepreneurs Can Wow Investors
Forget ‘one size fits all’. The best funding appeals are tailored to their audience.
The Financial Times: Family offices and philanthropy: New ideas for a changing world
Philanthropy maintains tradition and brings family values to life. In a changing world, it helps a family secure its legacy – but the ways to practise philanthropy are evolving.
James Madison University: Democracy Matters - Episode 103: Investing for Democracy
What role can and should investors play in strengthening democracy? “It’s important that people realize we can do big things together,” says Ian Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative. Simmons discusses impact investing, universal voting, foreign money in U.S. politics, the so-called wealth tax and more on Democracy Matters.
Knowledge@Wharton: Investing with Impact: Becoming a 'Responsible Steward'
Despite her wealth and the trappings of her upbringing, Pritzker Simmons was always more interested in what money could do for other people and the planet. She wanted to use her inheritance to help others in ways that could create further change. Her journey led her to impact investing.
The Financial Times: Navigating the Thicket of ESG Metrics
In the vast pool of data, how can investors see the impact their money is making?
The New York Times: An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
When Liesel Pritzker Simmons, co-founder of Blue Haven Initiative, looks at a project, she said, she asks: “What is the problem they’re trying to solve?”
The Financial Times: Climate concerns reaching 'tipping point' for family offices
Younger members of wealthy families are exerting pressure on their elders to review their investments.
LGT: Four Philanthropists Under Forty
Unlike fine wine, philanthropic commitment does not have to improve with age. We have talked to four young philanthropists who want to give sooner rather than later: They have all hit major philanthropic milestones before turning 40.
The Financial Times: Rich Millennials Push to Put Family Wealth into Impact Investments
Young urge elders to back ESG-linked projects instead of traditional philanthropy.
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