Nonprofit Elects Impact Investment Advisor to Help Further Mission
NEW YORK– March 30, 2015 – Madeira Global, a New York-based investment and advisory firm servicing qualified investors and institutions in the area of impact investing, today announced it has partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a non-profit organization founded in 1885. WCS selected Madeira to be the exclusive impact investment advisor to its conservation enterprise program in order to help further its mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe.
“We are honored that on the cusp on its 120th anniversary, WCS chose Madeira as its impact investment advisor,” stated Christina M. Alfonso, Founder and CEO of Madeira Global. “Impact investing goes beyond traditional philanthropy – we believe it is the foundation for solving global problems – and the aim is for our partnership with WCS to enable valuable funds to be strategically allocated in order to create lasting change.”
WCS’ collaboration with Madeira is part of its Conservation Enterprise Development Program (CEDP), which was launched in February 2012 to help sustainable market-based conservation enterprises across the world that benefit both people and wildlife. Madeira and WCS will combine organizational resources and experience to create an advisory committee focused on evaluating and implementing the further development of CEDP and identifying other appropriate opportunities for collaboration across the WCS global network, with the ultimate goal of creating an investment fund tailored to conservation-friendly businesses across WCS’s biodiversity-rich landscapes and seascapes.
“In light of rising private capital support for environmental solutions, we believe Madeira’s expertise in strategic product development for impact investments uniquely positions our partnership to further innovation in both financial services and wildlife conservation,” stated Todd Stevens, WCS Executive Director of Global Initiatives. “By pooling our collective knowledge, our partnership will enable us to impact countless communities and wildlife worldwide.”
