This is the second article in a three-part series on the Choice-of-Future Problem in systemic investing. Part I introduces the problem and Part III (forthcoming) discusses special topics. These three parts are meant to be read sequentially, as each builds on the preceding one. In the first part of this…

This is the fourth article in a series that presents insights from an investigation into the challenges and opportunities of the urban climate finance movement. This investigation sits at the heart of a collaboration between the Centre of Public Impact (CPI), the TransCap Initiative (TCI), and EIT Climate-KIC, which have…

This is the first article in a three-part series on the Choice-of-Future Problem in systemic investing. Part II presents a framework for working through the problem and Part III (Discussion & Conclusion) is forthcoming. Systemic investing is directional investing. Its purpose is to help human systems evolve toward a future…

This is the third article in a series that presents insights from an investigation into the challenges and opportunities of the urban climate finance movement. This investigation sits at the heart of a collaboration between the Centre for Public Impact (CPI), the TransCap Initiative (TCI), and EIT Climate-KIC, which have…

By Dominic Hofstetter, TransCap Initiative September 2022 This is the first article in a series that presents insights from an investigation into the challenges and opportunities of the urban climate finance movement. This investigation sits at the heart of a collaboration between the Centre of Public Impact (CPI), the TransCap…

Es ist Zeit, unser Verständnis von Innovation zu erweitern — Die Schweiz ist gut darin, neue technologische Innovationen hervorzubringen. Technologien allein werden aber nicht reichen, um die drängendsten Probleme des 21. Jahrhunderts zu lösen. Damit Innovation auch in den nächsten 30 Jahren einen wichtigen Beitrag zur gesellschaftlichen Zukunftsgestaltung leisten kann, muss die Schweiz dringend ihr Innovationsverständnis erweitern.

The challenge of designing synergistic investment portfolios across private and public markets — At the TransCap Initiative, we’re working on developing, testing, and mainstreaming a new investment logic at the intersection of systems thinking and finance practice. (→ You can learn all about the why, what, who, and how by browsing our website or reading our white paper.) One element of our theoretical…

(Some of) What I Learned at Climate-KIC — Today marks the end of my six-year tenure at Climate-KIC, an extraordinary organisation that I have been privileged to serve in four different roles. Here are 6 lessons I’ve learned. 1. It’s better to have 3 things going well than 30 things going nowhere. The first time people show up, they come for the promise of your story. The second time they show up…

This is the departure blog for the TransCap Initiative’s collaboration with EIT Climate-KIC and Dark Matter, CIVIC SQUARE, ThirtyPercy Foundation, and Lankelly Chase for civic-led systemic investing in the UK. It was written collectively by the team behind this collaboration. Finance at the Climate Crossroads Since the signing of the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement in 2015…