This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its second year anniversary. To celebrate, I’ve been curating special compilation episodes, featuring some of the best segments over the past two years of SRI360.
Today, I’m revisiting two extraordinary guests who have harnessed the power of impact investing to create a better, more sustainable world. What ties these two pioneers together is their commitment to setting the stage for a future where investment is not just about profit, but about purpose.
Here are the featured guests:
Basil Demeroutis, Managing Partner of FORE Partnership
FORE Partnership is a purpose-driven real estate investment firm active in the UK and Western Europe. Out of a passion for sustainability, Basil founded FORE Partnership believing in a low carbon future in which property can be a force for social good, aligning with both his and the company’s investors’ core values.
In his segment, we discuss how Basil puts the “E” and the “S” into their real estate projects. We hear about some of FORE’s projects and examples of the real social impact they have made, how FORE became one of the first real estate investors to become a certified B Corporation, and much more.
Full episode here: https://sri360.com/podcast/basil-demeroutis/
Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Founder and Former Managing Partner at Bamboo Capital Partners
Since our last conversation in 2022, Jean-Philippe founded a company called Oxygen Holding and became a partner in Oryx Impact in early 2024. His former venture which we explored back in 2022 is Bamboo Capital Partners, and it’s an impact investing platform providing innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging markets.
Jean-Philippe is widely considered to be a global pioneer in the field of impact investing, having founded Blue Orchard in 2001 and later on Bamboo Capital Partners in 2007. He’s launched eight investment funds and raised over $1 billion across a variety of asset classes and sectors.
Jean-Philippe has made it his life’s mission to help develop solutions to some of the most critical problems on our planet today. In his segment, he shared Bamboo Capital Partners’ investment strategies and their five main Funds. We also talk about Bamboo’s partnerships with various UN agencies and International NGO’s, the SDG500 Impact Investment platform, and much more.
Full episode here: https://sri360.com/podcast/jean-philippe-de-schrevel/
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What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.
SHOW NOTES:
[00:00] Introduction
[03:12] Basil Demeroutis & what FORE Partnership does
[19:07] FORE’s building forward strategy & investment selections
[26:09] Investment examples & greener building materials
[33:59] Jean-Philippe de Schrevel’s start in microfinance & founding Blue Orchard
[41:34] Career ambitions rooted in faith & founding Bamboo Capital
[47:12] Explaining Bamboo Capital & Jean-Philippe’s different funds
[01:05:14] Investment examples & greenwashing
QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEWS:
“In impact investing, fiduciary responsibility means that I have to deliver the social and financial impact that I promised you. If I’m not equipping my investment process and my teams to actually deliver, then I’m a liar. ”
— Jean-Philippe de Schrevel
“We recognize that buildings are a potential delivery vector for social change. If you think of it, we spend 80% – 90% of our time inside buildings, so they do have a huge impact on communities. ”
— Basil Demeroutis
