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Soundbites: Adventures in Affordable Housing Finance

Toni Johnson sat down with the Housing Partnership Network’s Tom Bledsoe to discuss HPN’s work in places like New Orleans and the use of enterprise capital.

Multimedia: From Social Program to Social Enterprise

Heron’s Clara Miller joins Sal Giambanco of Omidyar at the Vatican’s 2016 Impact Investing Conference to discuss support for enterprises as the vehicle of impact.

Field Notes: Surveying the Field

The GIIN has released the results of their sixth annual survey on impact investing, providing a look into trends among investors for 2015.

Photo of the Month: July 2016

This photo shows the signing of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act signed two years ago, for which the final rules were revealed in July.

Thinking On: A Critical Juncture in Capital Markets History

Clara Miller joins SASB in an op-ed advocating for mandatory sustainability reporting in SEC disclosures to help investors identify top social performers.

Field Notes: The Myth of Affordable Tuitions

A Demos report finds college is unaffordable in all 50 states, and the affordability gap is significantly larger for minorities.

Field Notes: Sustainability in SEC Disclosures

Heron joins the discussion on SEC disclosures and the inclusion of sustainability factors that could help investors find companies with the best impacts on society.

Field Notes: Making ‘Bad Jobs Better’

The first of Steve Dawson’s “Pinkerton Papers” on job quality, recruitment and retention says jobs that provide stability are a first step toward social mobility.

Photo of the Month: June 2016

This photo of the month shows protesters at the trial of a cop involved in Freddie Gray's murder and highlights the need for racial and economic healing in Baltimore.

Multimedia: ‘A Big Leap of Faith’ Hiring Organized Farm Labor

After learning to make a living growing organic strawberries, one farmer decided to invest in the economic conditions of his own workers by using a union.