Publications and Presentations

Blended Value Map Papers

The Blended Value Map: Tracking the Intersects and Opportunities of Economic, Social and Environmental Value Creation

February 24, 2004

by Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini
Tracking the intersects and opportunities of economic, social and environmental value creation.
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Blended Value Executive Summary

October 21, 2003

by Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini
Executive summary of the blended value map.
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The Blended Value Glossary

July 13, 2004

by E. Bibb, M. Fishberg, J. Harold, and E. Layburn
The blended value glossary (the BVG) is intended to advance a single, comprehensive nomenclature so that our common language can be a source of power instead of perplexity. The BVG will strive for convergence, streamlining the lexicon so that single concepts are connected to single terms (and vice versa). The BVG will strive for precision, clarifying subtle distinctions among concepts and terms. But when convergence and precision are not possible, the BVG will simply present how a term is used within a variety of contexts. The result, we hope, will be not only a singular, definitive resource, but also an opportunity for collaboration among the "silos" within the blended value universe and for the participants to strive for a more collective identity.
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Other Blended Value Papers

Blended Value Investing

March 2006

by Jed Emerson and Joshua Spitzer with Gary Mulhair
Published by the World Economic Forum with the support of the Cisco Foundation, this paper explores examples of how various investors and philanthropists are structuring capital to create financial returns with social and environmental impacts. Loan guarantees, securitizations and private equity investing, among other examples, are each explored through a number of case studies.
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Blended Resource Bibliography

October 6, 2003

By Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini
A 200+ page annotated bibliography of supporting documents and organizations presenting brief summaries of what is listed on the Map and to be used in concert with the Map itself.
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Maximizing Blended Value

February 25, 2005

by Sheila Bonini and Jed Emerson
Building beyond the blended value map to sustainable investing, philanthropy and organizations.
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