The Legal Path to Sustainable Development: Module 10
Using the Law to Finance Development (Part 2)
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Pre-reading study time2 hours
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Live session3.5 hours
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Community of Practice
Session 1: Alleviating Debt for Sustainable Development
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
Tess Woolfenden
Jubilee Debt Campaign
Tess Woolfenden is a Senior Policy and Research Officer at Jubilee Debt Campaign working on unjust debt in the global south. In previous roles she has worked on the beyond aid agenda, explored unequal power dynamics within the development sector and addressed the role of language used by development actors in upholding global poverty and inequality.
Session 2: Measuring Sustainable Development Impacts: The future of ESG Data and the Law
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
Karl Richter
EngagedX
Co-founder of EngagedX, which specialises in providing consultancy, thought leadership, advocacy and policy work. Works internationally across private, public and social sectors. Experienced entrepreneur, leader, and executive. Lectures at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
Previously served a 12 month assignment as Head of Research and Knowledge for the UNDP SDG Impact Finance initiative (UNSIF), where he led research to improve the analytical framework for social impact investing; was a member of Groupe d'Experts de la Commission sur l'Entrepreneuriat Social (GECES) of the European Commission to advise on its Social Business Initiative. Currently part of the OECD expert group on social impact investing; Senior Fellow of the Finance Innovation Lab; and Adviser to several organisations.
Was invited by civil society organisations, academia, governments and the media across Europe, Asia and USA to speak on social impact investing. Has guest lectured at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; advised HM Treasury on EU social investment regulations; was invited to submit evidence for alternative finance to the UK's Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards; been asked by the UK Cabinet Office to represent the UK on social investment at EU level; was invited by US Secretary of State to be a plenary panelist at the Global Impact Economy Forum in 2012.
2011, he co-authored ‘Making Good in Social Impact Investment: Opportunities in an Emerging Asset Class'.
Holds an MBA specialising in entrepreneurship and project management, writing his dissertation on data interoperability standards and collaboration principles in the building design industry. He started his career as an architect and project manager for multidisciplinary design teams, and development leader for public and private sector construction projects. Was the founding Chair of Friends of the Crystal Palace Subway, a community-led initiative to reopen a historic community asset to the public.