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Climate
We're offsetting the carbon emissions of our new offices and commuting staff by partnering with 8 Billion Trees, a small business that runs large-scale planting operations in the Amazon rainforest.
04/22/22
Calvert Impact Capital has a new parent company - CIC Global Impact, Inc. (CICGI). CICGI is a mission-aligned nonprofit created to allow us to expand our products and services over time.
03/21/22 | By Justin Conway
Racial Equity
After the murder of George Floyd, lenders pledged to help communities of colour. But many are still struggling to get cheaper loans
12/13/21
As more investors seek to direct capital toward racial equity, here’s a starter list to help.
11/08/21
In 2015, DC Water proposed using parks, plants, and permeable pavements strategically distributed to absorb some stormwater runoff and prevent overflow. This municipal bond funded the idea.
10/27/21
Borrower Spotlight
Lendable Inc., a leading emerging market fintech credit provider, is targeting a ground-breaking $100 million closed-ended fund focused on emerging and frontier market fintech investments.
10/12/21
Everyday investors, as well as large asset managers and institutions, are flocking to ESG and impact investing. As many as 95% of millennials are interested in investing sustainably.
09/13/21
Rain gardens and other green infrastructure in D.C. have helped keep the city's rivers clean.
09/02/21
Get to Know our Staff
New board members of Calvert Impact Capital
07/23/21
Calvert Impact Capital's directors will provide expertise in marketing, international development finance, corporate finance and legal structuring.
07/22/21
Katie Johns, Jenn Pryce, and Eric Letsinger discuss the environmental impact bond that DC Water used to fund green infrastructure and a green jobs program.
07/12/21
The combined health, economic, and social justice crises triggered by the coronavirus pandemic created a surge of awareness in the U.S. around the need to invest in underserved communities.
06/03/21
If you are fortunate enough to be an investor, you have the means to contribute to change by applying a racial equity lens to your investments. Here are some thoughts on how to do it.
05/26/21
Clean energy investment firm Sunwealth today announced a $2.9 million loan from Calvert Impact Capital to support Sunwealth’s solar access work.
05/18/21
COVID-19 Response
JP Nicols hosts Beth Bafford, an architect of the new SOAR Fund, to discuss the multi-million dollar fund aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits across the South.
05/13/21
More financial relief is on the way for small business owners and non-profits. News 4’s Danielle Jackson explains where the money comes from and how it could help local businesses.
05/04/21
The SOAR Fund will focus on the south. They want to make sure the Black, Hispanic and Native American communities in the south are getting the help they need for their businesses.
04/13/21
The ban on offering snacks and water to people waiting in line to vote that was just passed into law in Georgia really got me.
03/29/21 | By Beth Bafford
Most investors spend their time chasing returns. But what if there was a way to do good while also turning a profit?
03/24/21
Many people still don’t know what CDFIs are or how to use them. An overview of CDFIs and some useful resources for how you can use them to align your desire for social justice with your investing.
01/31/21
There are many more ways to incorporate environmental, social, and governance investing into client portfolios than just mutual funds, and one of them has been around for decades.
01/13/21
One in three small businesses is on the edge and may not survive the next three months without help. The California Rebuilding Fund will make low-interest loans to help small businesses survive.
12/06/20
Impact investments generate specific, positive and measurable environmental, social and/or good governance outcomes, oftentimes with market-rate financial returns.
11/18/20
Environmental threats to oceans around the world are prompting new approaches and deals to raise money for rescue efforts.
10/28/20
The financial system has a plumbing problem. We have an infrastructure of existing pipework, but it doesn’t reach everyone. So argues Jennifer Pryce, who heads up Calvert Impact Capital
10/15/20
Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Denise Gaines had never taken out a loan for GG Bakes
10/06/20
The pandemic has accelerated and amplified the flaws in our financial system, one that is built from the top-down to serve the few, not the many
09/11/20
The pandemic and other recent events that point to racial injustice have made many investors think about how they can make a difference with their pocketbooks
08/09/20
Many commentators posit that the COVID-19 pandemic could go down in history as this generation’s opportunity to do a course correction toward a sustainable future
06/25/20
Jenn Pryce, president and chief executive officer at Calvert Impact Capital, explains her firm's approach to impact investing in Africa and where the best opportunities are in the market.
11/27/18
DC Water pioneered the nation’s first EIB bond offering in 2016 when it sold a $25-million, tax-exempt EIB in a private placement to the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and Calvert Foundation
07/14/17
