Pedro Goizueta: “We invest directly in companies with high social impact”
Global Social Impact Fund, focused on direct investment in high social impact companies in frontier and emerging regions, has obtained the article 9 classification of the new European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). This categorisation is a further step in the validation of the fund manager’s social impact investment model, says Pedro Goizueta.
Global Social Impact will raise 40 million euros for a Spanish fund
It will invest in unlisted companies with a social component.
Boosting Africa’s sustainable and inclusive industrialisation through impact investment
GSI introduces Ghanaian company Green Lion, the latest venture from its open-ended private debt fund that invests in established business models in sub-Saharan Africa. A project that provides goods and services for small businesses that represent a $600 billion market and are vital to the economies of many African countries.
GSI appoints Daniel Sandoval as the new head of investments in Spain
Global Social Impact Investments has hired Daniel Sandoval as investment director in Spain to boost the reach of its impact funds.
Urgent call from the G7 to mobilise private capital for the public good
SpainNAB, the Advisory Board for Impact Investment and Spain’s representative to the GSG, has participated in the preparation of the recommendations of the G7 Impact Taskforce, including as Spanish success stories in impact investment: CaixaBank’s social bond and the Global Social Impact Investments fund with MAPFRE AM dedicated to financing companies with high social impact […]
Global Social Impact launches new impact investment fund focused on Spanish companies
Global Social Impact Investments SGIIC, the impact investment fund manager of the Santa Comba family holding company, has launched GSIF Spain, a fund focused on direct investment in Spanish companies with a high social impact. The new fund already has 8.75 million euros and expects to exceed 50 million euros.
Revoolt raises 850,000 euros in its latest capital round
This is the first investment of the new fund launched by Global Social Impact Investments (GSIF), which focuses on unlisted Spanish companies with a high social and environmental impact.
Impact investment is consolidated in Spain with the constitution of SpainNAB, a benchmark advisory board made up of 28 organisations
The new Board of Directors of SpainNAB has been established with Juan Bernal of CaixaBank AM as President and María Ángeles León, of Global Social Impact Investments and Open Value Foundation, as Vice-President.
Ghana, a new horizon for impact investment opportunities
María Cruz-Conde and Ana Hauyón from the Open Value Foundation’s impact measurement team visited Ghana in January to follow up on the investments made in the country and to look for new partnerships and investment opportunities.
Social impact funds: an investment alternative for a better world
Yak Fair Trade met all the characteristics to receive funding support from the Global Social Impact Fund (GSIF), a fund managed by GSI and which was born with Santa Comba and MAPFRE as main investors.