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During these unprecedented times, when COVID-19 has exacerbated systemic inequalities, there is renewed interest in impact investing and creating positive change for the world’s poorest. At the same time, there is also a rising concern for "impact washing" or "pandemic washing" – where dollars are being deployed to “business as usual” investments, or even reinforcing rather than reducing inequalities on the ground.
As capital markets prepare for a post-COVID economic downturn, and global actors look to mobilize dollars for COVID response, how will investors ensure that they are responding to the “New Normal,” and how can they overcome “inclusivity blind spots”? How can innovative, data-driven approaches unlock impact capital at scale? How do we ensure that investors and funders are building long-term COVID resilience by being responsive to women, minorities and other underserved communities? In this program, Impact Entrepreneur’s Laurie Lane-Zucker welcomes Durreen Shahnaz, the pioneering founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX).
Durreen Shahnaz is the founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX). As a pioneer in social impact, Shahnaz has led IIX to create the world’s first social stock exchange, the largest crowdfunding platform for impact investing (Impact Partners) and innovative financial structures such as the Women’s Livelihood Bond series. Shahnaz developed industry benchmarks such as Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS), and is launching IIX Values, a technology-driven impact measurement and management platform.
For her pioneering work, Shahnaz received the 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award— the ‘Nobel Prize for Business’— and the 2016 Asia Game Changer Award, among others. She is also an advisory member of UNDP, UNESCAP, World Economic Forum, and TED fellow. Shahnaz holds a BA from Smith College; a joint degree – MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from the School for Advanced International Studies at John Hopkins University.