Manufactured Capital comprises material goods or fixed assets which contribute to the production process rather than being the output itself – e.g. tools, machines and buildings. Financial Capital plays an important role in our economy, enabling the other types of Capital to be owned and traded. But unlike the other types, it has no real ...

The Five Capitals Model provides a basis for understanding sustainability in terms of the economic concept of wealth creation or ‘capital’. Any organisation will use five types of capital to deliver its products or services. A sustainable organisation will maintain and where possible enhance these stocks of capital assets, rather than deplete or degrade them.

Sep 17, 2021 · It takes a longer view, requiring more patient financial capital and a willingness to build new knowledge, skills and share the risks of the transition. A regenerative future is more than just nature and land - it has a strong societal dimension.

Jul 3, 2024 · Prior to joining Second Horizon Capital in 2021, Kelsey served at NationSwell, a social impact company.In her role as Senior Director of Partnerships, she developed and operationalized impact partnerships with corporate responsibility teams, foundations, and not-for-profits, including AARP, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BlackRock, Heinz Endowments, Salesforce, PwC, and State Farm, among others.

Sep 7, 2022 · Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022. Read our annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December, 2022. Most read. The Five Capitals - a framework for sustainability. The Five Capitals Model provides a basis for understanding sustainability in terms of the economic concept of wealth creation or ‘capital’.

Nov 28, 2022 · Venture capital funds, family offices and community development finance institutions (CDFI) in the US actively leaning in to regenerative agriculture, to unblock challenges to adoption and scale as in another collaborative project, Growing Our Future.

In 1996, Forum developed the pioneering Five Capitals Model, which provides a basis for understanding sustainability in terms of the economic concept of wealth creation - or ‘capital’. Any organisation or entire industry will use five types of capital to deliver its products or services.

Jan 23, 2024 · Special emphasis must be given to financial models that allow full participation of smallholders in the value chain, given that they make up 70% of the global cocoa value chain. Institutions such as IDB Invest can play an important role in creating financial products and services that cater to buyers’ and producers’ needs in the region.

Shareholders, as fellow citizens, friends, family members and colleagues, are also too complex to possess only financial interests. The most audacious strategy, signifying a genuine shift in the purpose of business, would involve expanding the definition of directors' and shareholders' “interests” to include non-financial objectives.

A sustainable organisation will maintain and where possible enhance these stocks of capital assets, rather than deplete or degrade them. For a just and regenerative future Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability organisation running out of offices in the UK, US, India and Singapore.