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20 August 2013 Social Responsible Investment and its spinoffs; Benefits to Members Mark van Wyk Mergence Investment Managers
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2. Social Impact Return (Housing, Education, Jobs etc.) 1. Capital Return Investment Return Fund Members Fund Trustees & Advisors Fund Manager Investment Instrument Business / Government
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What is important to South Africans
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Source: HSRC South African Social Attitudes Survey 2010 – 2 nd Report (The Age of Hope) Impact Selection Process HSRC SASASNPC Diagnostic Eliminating poverty Reducing inequality
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SA Investment Environment Gini coefficient ⁄Richest decile earns 94 times more than poorest decile ⁄Income inequality: Half nation live on 8% of national income; other half 92% Unemployment ⁄Expanded definition holds it at approximately 35,4% ⁄60% of unemployed have not completed matric Health ⁄One of the highest TB incidence rates in the World ⁄SA is 1 out of 12 countries where child mortality rates have increased since 1990* Energy ⁄13.4% World’s population live in Africa; use 5.5% of globally consumed resources** ⁄Integrated Resource Plan targets renewables to account for 42% of SA’s needs by 2030** *Millennium Development Goal (MDG) baseline in 1990, Source: The National Healthcare Facilities Baseline Report 2012 **African Renewable Energy Review, Nedbank Capital, June 2012
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Why is it important to us?
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Impact Investing Challenges and Opportunities to Scale
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Mahatma Gandhi “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” “Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil” African proverb
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