Skip to main content

Capitalism

Transforming our capitalistic system to become an inherent driver of environmental sustainability and social equality

Capitalism Impact Social

TechFounders’ Miki Yokoyama on integrating Justice, Equality and Sustainability in her work

Miki Yokoyama is personally driven by three things: 1. equal opportunity 2. sustainable economic development and 3. unlocking potential. Learn about the best advice she ever got from her former boss at BMW and how she builds her drivers into the scope of her work with Tech Founders, the RESPOND accelerator and the SAP Foundry.

Fabian Heilemann May 3, 2021 | 4 min
Capitalism Climate Impact

From CleanTech (2000’s) to ClimateTech (2020’s) – an industry is coming of age

In the early 2000s, concern around rising energy prices tied with rising emissions led to a wave of venture investors piling into cleantech almost overnight. Then unforeseen forces, such as advances in fracking and China’s manufacturing prowess, drove energy and solar PV prices way down, causing high-flying cleantech startups to topple one by one. What are the learnings? And what is different in the current new dawn of Climate Tech?

Fabian Heilemann Mar 23, 2021 | 6 min
Capitalism Impact Social

The flaw in the system – reducing social inequality through more TAX JUSTICE

As social inequality is widening both globally and also within western societies, we need to look at our tax system as a fundamental driver of this issue. If we keep taxing capital gains lower then labor income, we are perpetuating the problem and are effectively reducing opportunities for social advancement. This is posing a threat to our collective "social contract" and is at odd with the idea that one's standard of living should be determined primarily by one's own value contribution and one's own performance.

Fabian Heilemann Mar 21, 2021 | 3 min
Capitalism Impact

Why it’s the “1 %” who have an obligation to deliver solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges

For decades the scientific community rang the alarm-bells regarding the onsetting climate crisis and increasing social disparities. Bu the leaders especially in business and politics rarely listened. I am making a statement for the privileged "1 %" of our society to finally step up to their responsibility and take action. With the insight, independence, wealth and power of the "1 %" comes a dedicated obligation to stop being part of the problem and start becoming part of the solution now.

Fabian Heilemann Feb 13, 2021 | 4 min
Capitalism Impact Social

Social Impact Bonds – the future of outcome-based philanthropy

Traditional philanthropy is centered around the concept of making grants and donations to charitable organizations. But the social impact that is actually achieved by the charities is oftentimes vague with little quantitative accountability. Social Impact Bonds are solving this issue by creating outcome-based contracts with aligned incentive schemes. Learn how this generates a compelling win-win-win-win situation for public authorities, private investors, charities, and society as the ultimate beneficiary.

Fabian Heilemann Dec 30, 2020 | 5 min
Capitalism Impact

Impact Capitalism in a Nutshell

Why do we urgently need to transform today's financial capitalism? Because it has systematically produced our biggest challenges in the 21st century: Climate crisis and social disparities. The way forward is to transform financial capitalism into Impact Capitalism, which refines systemic incentives so that they align the interests of people, planet and profits. To establish Impact Capitalism, we must simultaneously drive change in three dimensions: Ethics, Technology and Regulation. The time is now.

Fabian Heilemann Dec 24, 2020 | 5 min