Report: Africa Due Diligence Trip
As a resident of Florida for over 20 years I have become used to seeing alligators, hurricanes, and bugs. They are real, but if you watch the news you would assume no one should ever visit or live in Florida as they are one bite away from losing their life to an...
CommonGood @ Impact 2024
Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, will be giving a talk at the upcoming Impact 2024, hosted by National Christian Foundation (NCF) on October 17-19 in Scottsdale, AZ. The session will cover relatable topics such as what Impact Investing exactly is (and what...
Fortis Green Holdings Profiled
The Bridge Talent Services, Rwanda’s premier recruitment firm committed to connecting international and Rwandan organizations with high-capacity talent, recently published a great video profile of Fortis Green Holdings, a renewable energy investment firm focused on...
Fortis Green and AXIAN Energy Acquire Solar Plant Assets in Rwanda
Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management, a renewable energy investment firm currently investing out of its Green Fund I, and AXIAN Energy, a division of the Pan-African Group AXIAN, recently announced the acquisition of stakes in Gigawatt Global...
Walker & Dunlop’s 2024 Affordable Preservation Impact Report
Housing affordability is one of America's greatest challenges. There is a deficit of approximately 4.5 million homes, and the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder is most impacted. According to a recent report, the number of low-rent units declined 2.1 million in the...
Whitepaper: The African Century
Extraordinary periods of economic growth have rotated around the world for centuries. While each is unique, the region's demographics, industrialization, and infrastructure development are always key. In CommonGood's most recent whitepaper "The African Century", we...
Fortis Green’s Key Partnerships
Fortis Green Renewables Green Fund I (“Fund”) provides capital for small-scale renewable energy assets in Sub Saharan Africa. The Fund invests in operational and development assets, each offering unique and potentially competitive return profiles. Green Fund I...
Africa was not at all what I expected…
Meeting students at a school in Musanze District, Rwanda The rains kept coming. As did the mud. And my doubts. Not at all what I expected. This is what kept going through my mind as we carved our way along the washed-out, jolting muddy roads 2 hours outside...
Jeff & Jonathan on the Nuance Podcast
Jeff and Jonathan Shafer were recently guests on the Nuance podcast, hosted by Dr. Case Thorp, to discuss impact investing, the intentional placement of one's investment capital in projects that both generate profit and positive social outcomes. The Shafer brothers...
Advisor Webinar Replay: How to Select the Best Private Impact Investments for Your Clients
Do you want to get better at determining the most appropriate private values-based investments for your clients? Eagle Venture Fund hosted a special webinar featuring CommonGood's own Jeff Shafer and Stephen Hestor for RIAs and investment professionals that...
CGC to Visit Africa on Fortis Green Due Diligence Trip
As you read this CommonGood is on the way to Africa for a Due Diligence trip to tour recently acquired hydropower and solar investment assets in Fortis Green Renewables Fund 1, meet with co-investors and local partners, and see firsthand the day to day impact of...
Affordable and Workforce Housing Fund Officially Closed
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund, LP (MFIF), focused on the preservation of multi-family housing primarily serving minority populations and lower income residents, has officially closed. The fund is aimed at helping to fill the incredible demand for...
TradeBacked Completes First Repurchase Agreement
We are thrilled to announce the successful finalization of the first repurchase agreement in TB Fund 2. This significant milestone was unanimously approved by the joint TradeBacked and CommonGood investment committee, reflecting the commitment to excellence...
Fortis Green Acquires Rwaza Hydro Power Plant
Fortis Green Renewables, a US-based renewable energy investment firm, currently investing out of Green Fund I, recently announced the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Rwaza Hydropower Ltd (“Rwaza”), a 2.6MW operational run-of-river hydropower...
Context Matters: People Are Using Their Money to Help Find Meaning and Purpose
When I started my career in 1996, socially responsible investing (SRI) was the main vernacular and methodology used to describe screening out companies or “sin” stocks. Candidly, I was not really interested at that time. Then came ESG, but it was Impact Investing...
Jeff Shafer on the Avant-Garde Entrepreneur podcast
CommonGood Capital CEO Jeff Shafer was recently a guest on the Avant-Garde Entrepreneur podcast, chatting with host Trisha Bailey about investment readiness from the impact investor standpoint and the metrics, values, and opportunities impact...
The Core Tenants of Impact Investing
At CommonGood Capital, we believe Impact investing is about aligning your capital with your values. While making a profit is important, making a difference in the world with your investments is equally valued. In looking at the heart of impact investing, there are...
Private Credit: The Original Impact Investment Replay Available
Hot off the release of his popular Private Credit white paper - Stephen Hester, CommonGood Capital's VP of Investments, was featured as a guest panelist on a CAIA Association-hosted webinar on the same topic, the replay of which is now...