Course: learning to negotiate impact for resources
July 8, 2024. Scaling Strategies is a course developed by VIVA Idea, designed to help companies, especially MSMEs, negotiate impact for resources while maintaining a market focus on impact creation.
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Propel: innovation in corporate social and environmental impact management
July 30, 2024. The launch of a tool specialized in the alignment and management of the impact potential of companies and organizations, VIVA Idea stands out with an innovative solution applied to impact management processes that promises to be a fundamental part of the path towards enhancing the positive environmental and social impact of those who use it.
Propel, a tool for assessing contextualized impact potential
July 12, 2024. “How to create an action plan based on my business strategies and my potential impact” was the opening slogan of a special demonstration of the Propel digital tool, Business Impact Strategy Tool. VIVA Idea held this event for special guests to showcase the capabilities of this digital product, designed to guide business strategies towards sustainability.
Paradigm change for business
July 11, 2024. Co-creation in vulnerable environments and taking advantage of existing resources in communities is related to the possibility of success of companies in rural, poor or informal environments, according to a study. This is the basis of the VIVA Idea workshop, “Co-creation in vulnerable environments”, of which an abbreviated demonstration was held to bring the methodology to invited companies and organizations.
Changing the perspective of financing for entrepreneurs to achieve greater success
July 5, 2024. A new approach to financing with entrepreneurs in southern Chile shows how field-based impact investing has better results than traditional philanthropy. VIVA Idea’s collaboration with Fundación Avina and Balloon Latam in the research of the Rural Development Fund project systematizes knowledge that can be leveraged in other projects and other latitudes.
ENGLAND’S EXPERIENCE WITH PLACE-BASED IMPACT INVESTMENT
July 3, 2024. Place-based impact investment is revolutionizing the way in which capital can address specific local challenges, promote sustainable development and strengthen communities. This strategy, which combines public and private resources, seeks to generate financial returns along with social and environmental benefits. In this article, we explore the Impact Investing Institute’s strategy, case studies in England and VIVA Idea’s perspectives on this innovative form of investment.
Innovation, partnerships and employability results
June 21, 2024. What do sustainable finance, public-private partnerships and improving employability have in common in Latin America? These were the topics discussed in San José and which arise from the leadership in impact investment and pay-for-results mechanisms between the public and private sectors.
7 key points for a place-based impact investment strategy in developing countries
June 20, 2024. A recent collaborative workshop facilitated by VIVA Idea for leaders in the impact investing ecosystem from around the world, held at GSG Impact’s annual GLM2024 meeting, discussed key aspects of an effective land-based investment strategy in developing countries.
Place-based impact investment is key to achieving meaningful impact
June 18, 2024. Based on the Latin American reality, there is significant interest in place-based impact investing from the international impact investing community, both among facilitating organizations as well as capital providers and supporting organizations. This investment modality can address the unique challenges of emerging markets and generate lasting positive change and is synonymous with contextualized and co-created with the beneficiary population without impositions from capital providers.
Costa Rica is epicenter of innovation in impact investment
June 18, 2024. Costa Rica is the center of the global dialogue on impact investing with the participation of more than a hundred international experts discussing the future of this approach to sustainable economy and with repercussions beyond financial return. Among the topics to be discussed are field-based investment, social innovation experiences, impact investment implementation projects, public-private partnerships and success stories in which investment has generated a substantial improvement in the lives of people in vulnerable communities.