Our work in Systemic Investment is made up of a Learning Portfolio that includes diverse finance and capital projects responsive to our Earthshots’ needs. At the same time, we are exploring what is required to shift paradigms and build capability across capital systems, in and beyond our city. The Learning Portfolio responds to interconnected themes, each underpinned by supporting how-to learning questions.
For the scale of change required over the long term, we need more than just pockets of capital activated in service of regeneration. This theme focuses on strengthening ecosystems of actors and building new markets that embed regenerative aspirations into their core objectives. Our learning questions within this theme include:
Unlocking capital in service of regeneration can’t just happen in the abstract - it requires real investment structures and instruments, including creative use of existing mechanisms and development of new ones. This theme focuses on developing, implementing and learning from innovative ways to direct capital to the health of our city’s communities and critical systems. Our learning questions within this theme include:
Any systemic change to our financial system requires a fundamental shift in how we understand the purpose of finance and the economy, as well as more holistic definitions of what we value in financial markets. This theme focuses on these core definitional elements and how they can be reoriented to redirect capital flows. Our learning questions within this theme include:
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