Xavier de Souza Briggs, the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, talked to Bloomberg’s Lenora Suki about our commitment to mission-related investments.
Last week the Ford Foundation joined the growing impact investing community, with our announcement of a $1 billion commitment to mission-related investments. Today on Facebook Live, we were happy to have a chance to answer questions about it.
Watch the segment, featuring Xavier de Souza Briggs, the foundation’s vice president for Economic Opportunity and Markets, and Lenora Suki, head of sustainable finance product strategy at Bloomberg and a board member of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation.
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The Ford Foundation is an independent organization working to address inequality and build a future grounded in justice. For more than 85 years, it has supported visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Today, with an endowment of $16 billion, the foundation has headquarters in New York and 10 regional offices across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
