Democratic ownership—whether through ESOPs, worker-owned cooperatives, housing cooperatives, food/farming cooperatives, credit unions, or other forms—is hitting its stride as a strategy that enables workers, residents and community members to own, control and more equitably share in the economic benefits of their workplaces, housing and other community assets. Hear how impact investors are sourcing and investing in these opportunities, and how they are working with investees and fieldbuilding partners to ensure and accelerate success.
Catalyzing Democratic Ownership with Impact Investing
Lori Mizuno
July 13, 2022
Format
Other
Meta Themes
Reimagine Systems
Deliver Equity and Inclusion
Advance Democracy
Themes
Purpose and Desired Outcome
We would hope to see an increase in: • Impact capital flowing to organizations demonstrating democratic forms of ownership and control. • Organizations of all kinds incorporating democratic ownership structures, whether through conversions to worker-owned and/or cooperatively-owned organizations, or getting started in such forms. • Continued innovation in how fieldbuilding organizations are facilitating worker-ownership and other cooperative conversion and development processes. We would expect to track this through • Our client impact investment pipelines (which reveal cooperative conversions, emerging cooperatives and co-investors) • The tracking carried out by fieldbuilding/advocacy partners.
Audiences
Allocators (Family Offices, HNW Individuals, Foundations)
Accelerators & Incubators
Service Providers
Academia
Government
Artists & Culture-makers
Entrepreneurs
Corporate & SME
Intermediaries (Financial Advisers, Investment Bankers)
Asset Managers
Speakers
- NameJavier Hernandez
- TitleVice President
- OrganizationAvivar Capital LLC
- StatusConfirmed
- NameTina Eshaghpour, MPH
- TitleDirector of Learning and Innovation
- OrganizationCalifornia Wellness Foundation
- StatusInvited
