Investing in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is crucial for creating a positive impact, transforming the world, and achieving a sustainable future. The urgency has never been greater, with the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the need for investment beyond ESG strategies that mainly reduce risk.
Most impact investing has been done in private markets and as a niche activity. Currently, most impact investing takes place in private markets, making it a niche activity. To mobilize private capital at scale and finance an annual SDG gap of $4.5 trillion, impact investing must become more mainstream and available through public capital markets. This is particularly critical for emerging market countries (EMCs), which are more vulnerable to climate and social challenges.
Although challenges to being an impact investor in public markets exist, a consensus is growing on how to address them. This report outlines core steps to financing a more sustainable and secure future through public capital markets.
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was confronted with a number of significant policy concerns. Today, working together to solve those challenges is more imperative than ever. The Milken Institute is committed...
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) refers to a family of neurodegenerative conditions that cause changes in behavior, mood, executive function, language, memory, and motor function. As many as 30,000 people are living with FTD in the United...
Countries undergoing population aging today are facing a much different experience than their historical counterparts. One only needs to look at the countries in Asia to see how these trends are unfolding. Demographic aging is happening...
The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Ann Theodore Foundation have released a new request for proposals (RFP) focused on understanding the underlying biology of sarcoidosis. Applications are open now through Tuesday...
The 26th annual Milken Institute Global Conference convened the best minds in the world to tackle its most urgent challenges and realize its most exciting opportunities. Throughout the four-day event, our health teams curated nearly three...
This year’s report, Building a Resilient America: The New Consensus for Action, is part of The Milken Institute-Harris Poll Listening Project, now in its fifth year, which surveys socioeconomic, institutional, and political barriers to...
Technical Update Dementia presents a pernicious gender-based health disparity in the United States, inflicting a disproportionate burden on women as both patients and caregivers. Given the rapid increase in the population of older Americans...
Nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 sparked many of the largest US corporations to pledge more than $200 billion to advance racial equity and confront the nation’s history of systemic racism. Nonprofits, government agencies, and...
Employers seek to support their employees while normalizing a whole-person approach to substance use disorders (SUD). The response to addiction and the opioid crisis requires a whole-of-society approach, including employers of all sizes...