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In this episode of Inside Impact Investing, host Rosl Veltmeijer sits down with Matt Goodwin, Head of Sustainable Investing at the Global Child Forum, and Sjoerd Rozing, portfolio manager of the Triodos Future Generations strategy, to explore Child-Lens Investing from the perspective of online safety for children.
Whereas most investment frameworks and financial decision making processes do not consider children as a distinct group, the Child-Lens framework does. Child-Lens Investing is a new approach that recognises children as key stakeholders in financial decision-making and ensures their rights and wellbeing are actively considered.
An important aspect of children's wellbeing is their online safety, a topic much discussed by parents and providers alike. Both Goodwin and Rozing acknowledge that telecom companies play an important and positive role, especially in emerging markets, providing connectivity for example for online education, but also financial services. But they also see the dangers of the online world for children. It is for this reason that Global Child Forum together with telecom companies and investors has developed the Listen Up! project, aiming to directly connect the digital industry with young people, ensuring their needs, their concerns and their ideas help guiding the creation of safer and healthier online environments.
Child-lens investing: How investors can contribute to the online safety of children
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Key topics of this podcast include:
What role do telecom companies play in the online safety of children
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