As part of SOCAP, the Federal Reserve of San Francisco hosted a series of sessions on building health-related impact investing products and partnerships. A great resource for those interested in this massive sector.

http://www.frbsf.org/community-development/events/2013/september/socap-social-capital-markets-health/videos/

Interesting New Impact Investing Report from the World Economic Forum.

http://reports.weforum.org/impact-investment/

Impact Investing 2.0 -- What $3 Billion Tells Us About the Next $300 Billion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cathy-clark/impact-investing_b_3850296.html

A Nice Summary of Events at SOCAP

Recognition of the Viability of Social Impact Investment and Business Models Shows Signs of Global Critical Mass as Social Enterprise Community Heads to SOCAP13 – Press Releases on CSRwire.com

Interesting Impact Investing Platform for Solar

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/03/business/energy-environment/a-firm-that-aims-to-match-environmental-values-with-financial-value.html?smid=pl-share

Is the Tragedy of the Commons Really a Tragedy?

The FT's Tim Harford highlights two sides of a very important academic debate on how we can address environmental issues.  He compares Garrett Hardin's 1958 "Tragedy of the Commons" approach to Lin Ostrom's focus on how communities solve the challenges of sharing resources by creating systems and rules.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/afc5377e-1026-11e3-a258-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2dk2XoC4A

Internalizing Externalities to Address Climate Change

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/business/a-carbon-tax-that-america-could-live-with.html?smid=pl-share