Role of not-for-profit and community organizations in child lens investing

What would change if community organizations helped decide how financial risk and value are defined?

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Civil society, not-for-profit and community organizations working in Australia are invited to an interactive conversation about the role of CSOs in child lens investing. The conversation will build on Criterion’s core framing of finance as a system of power, not just a source of capital. Investment decisions are already shaping children's lives, through what gets funded, how risk is valued and whose interests count. In the session, we'd be discussing:

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• where financial decisions are already shaping the outcomes that not-for-profit and community organizations are working toward and what it could look like to use finance as a tool to advance the change they're already working toward
• the role organizations could play in shaping how investors consider children wellbeing
• how civil society, not-for-profit and community organizations expertise could shape how risk and value are understood in investment decisions
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We see this as the first of many engagements with civil society on child lens investing, not a one-off. Part of what we're hoping for is to meet organizations and people who are excited by these ideas and who we could work with more closely over time, including at an in-person gathering down the track. This isn't a training, but we would use this session as a way to learn what organizations would want/need in a training.

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Join us. No finance background is needed. Curiosity, and a commitment to children's and families' wellbeing, matter more.

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