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Now is the time to double down on building resilient brands

In this article in Sustainable Brands, RSF President & CEO Jasper van Brakel explores how regenerative finance can bolster the brands achieving genuine social and environmental impact – and why now is the perfect time to double down on these partnerships.

The new administration has made some big changes. How are RSF and our borrowers responding?

Recent policy changes change the landscape our borrowers operate in. By remaining flexible, leaning into relationships, and doubling down on impact, we are working together to ensure that the social enterprises we support can continue their vital work to build a regenerated world.

The official RSF shopping guide: How to support the social enterprises financed by RSF

Learn more about some of the social enterprises we’ve financed… and where you can purchase their products!

Viva Farms: Fighting for a farming future

Since 2009, Viva Farms has given emerging farmers the resources they need to build successful farming businesses. With the new administration freezing the federal funding they depend on, how can they continue their vital work?

RSF invests $11.3 million into social enterprises

Financing for Halo Funding, Green Power Ventures, and Hogar Hispano is supporting investments in renewable energy and affordable housing.

Impact Measurement and Management at RSF

What is the best way for a mission-driven lender like RSF to measure the full scale of its own impact? We partnered with the Sorenson Impact Institute to find out.

AI and impact investing: A powerful partnership or risky bet?

Will more analytically informed climate investments help mitigate climate change? Can AI tools create perfectly tailored impact portfolios? Will values-driven clients leave their advisers for bots?

ImpactAssets Recognizes RSF as an Emeritus Impact Manager in their 2025 IA 50, the Definitive Guide to Impact Investing Fund Managers

We’re excited to announce that we’ve been selected to the ImpactAssets 50 2025 as an Emeritus Impact Manager! This award recognizes impact fund managers who have achieved IA 50 recognition for at least 5 years and consistently demonstrate a commitment to generating positive impact.

RSF invests $11.75 million into social enterprises

Financing from RSF gives social enterprises the capital they need to scale, innovate, and deepen their impact. This latest round of financing is supporting investments in childcare, wellness, and workforce development.

What Is Impact Investing?

What is impact investing, exactly? How is it different than traditional investing or philanthropy? And what does it look like in practice? Let’s answer some of these common questions about impact investing together!

Sunwealth: Inviting everyone to share the benefits of solar power

How can we finance the clean energy revolution? Sunwealth’s answer: community solar projects that invite everyone’s participation in the new energy economy.

What is a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)?

If you regularly donate to nonprofits, you may have come across the term “Donor-Advised Fund” or DAF. But what exactly is a DAF, how does it work, and how [...]

RSF Opens Double-Impact DAF Program to Donors Everywhere

New investment option from San Francisco–based RSF gives DAF holders with accounts at any sponsoring institution a new way to double their impact San [...]

RSF’s brand story: honoring 40 years of regeneration

Forty years ago, RSF was founded with a single goal – to pool funds from willing investors to support a school that had lost their building in a fire. Since [...]

RSF selected as a Top Impact Company by Real Leaders®

San Francisco, CA – January 8, 2025 – Real Leaders®, a global media and membership platform dedicated to inspiring the future of business, proudly [...]