Event Archive - The Predistribution Initiative

The Mindful Marketplace: Neighborhood Economics – Redefining Wealth Distribution with Innovative Financial Models

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American Evaluation Association’s Social Impact Measurement Topical Interest Group: Using a system lens to assess impact

The Systems in Evaluation Topical Interest Group (SETIG) and the Social Impact Measurement TIG (SIM TIG) co-hosted a webinar assessing impact using the principles for systems thinking in evaluation (i.e., systems-in-evaluation perspectives, boundaries, interrelationships, and dynamics). Guest speaker, Delilah Rothenberg, Co-founder & Executive Director, Predistribution Initiative (PDI) shares how they assess investors’ contributions to impacts, […]

RI Europe 2023 Conference

Delilah Rothenberg, together with Tom Powdrill of PIRC, James Coldwell of ShareAction, and Janet Williamson of Trades Union Congress (The TUC), spoke as panelists during a session on “Investors and the cost-of-living crisis” at the RI Europe 2023 Conference in London. The session will address the following: (1) How should investors think about the cost-of-living crisis? Should investors take an active role in pay […]

RAAI and PDI: London Roundtable

Together with the Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI), PDI co-hosted a roundtable on “Adjusting Traditional Financial Benchmarks for Success in Sustainable Investing.” Benchmarks are a key tool used by Boards to communicate investment objectives and risk parameters to CIOs and their investment teams, who are incentivized to meet or exceed the returns of that benchmark. Yet, as traditional financial benchmarks price idiosyncratic rather than […]

World Benchmarking Alliance: Annual Allies Assembly

The World Benchmarking Alliance’s annual Allies Assembly took place in person in Mexico City this year, with a dedicated program for local stakeholders and all sustainability-friendly organizations on June 8. PDI’s Co-Founder and Executive Director, Delilah Rothenberg, was in attendance, and Associate Director, Vic de Castro, presented at the Assembly on the Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) and Investor Contribution 2.0. […]

Katapult Future Fest: How to Make ESG Deliver on Impact?

PDI’s Co-Founding Partner, Amanda Feldman, spoke at a panel on “How to Make ESG Deliver on Impact?” at the Katapult Future Fest in Oslo. She was joined by Matt Patsky of Trillium Asset Management, Nancy Curtin of ALTi, and Alessa Berg of Top Tier Impact to explore how ESG considerations are increasingly becoming a part of investment strategies. With growing politicization in […]

New Private Markets Impact Investor Global Summit

Delilah Rothenberg, together with Jonny Page of Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Pia Irell of Trill Impact Advisory, spoke as a panelist during a session on “Innovations in fund structures and incentives” at the New Private Markets Impact Investor Global Summit in London. The session will address the following: (1) Can impact fund structures and manager incentives be more fit for purpose, (2) How important is it for LPs that impact funds have impact-related KPIs, (3) What alternative fund structures exist beyond the 10-year LP model that are more appropriate to the impact context, and (4) What examples exist of linking carry with impact performance? […]

WBCSD Liaison Delegate Meeting 2023

At the WBCSD’s 2023 Liason Delegate Meeting, PDI’s Delilah Rothenberg presented on initiatives to measure and manage inequality and social risks alongside James Gomme of WBCSD, Camille Putois of B4IG – Business for Inclusive Growth, and Tom Brown on KPMG UK, including the convergence of the Task Force on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) with B4IG’s initiative to launch a Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures (TSFD). […]

Investment Uncut: Re-imagining a fairer financial system with Delilah Rothenberg

In this episode of Investment Uncut, presented by UK investment consultant, Lane, Clark & Peacock (LCP), Delilah Rothenberg joins hosts Laasya Shekaran and Dan Mikulskis for a discussion about inequality and how investors can think about reallocating capital to avoid related negative externalities affecting their portfolio returns in the long run. At PDI, we are seeing […]

2023 Sorenson Impact Summit

At the 2023 Sorenson Impact Summit, the Predistribution Initiative ‘s Delilah Rothenberg, spoke at a panel on “New economic models, solutins that work for the whole economy,” together with Allison Boxer, Stephen Debarry, Jack Moriarty, and Andi Phillips. […]