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Register for Beloved Community Conversations with AdasinaAt Adasina Social Capital, we believe that true change happens in community. Our work has always been about more than markets — it’s about people coming together to use finance as a tool for justice. That’s why we’re launching Beloved Community Conversations: a new series of intentional, virtual gatherings for investors, collaborators, and social justice…
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Resource: A Handbook for Upholding Gender Equitable Workplaces
This Trans Day of Visibility, Adasina is excited to share the newest resource in our Gender Justice Campaign: “Upholding Gender Equitable Workplaces: A Handbook for Employers & Investors.” This Handbook, developed alongside our Social Justice Partners at Trans Women of Color Collective, is a first-of-its-kind guide for employers looking to create, strengthen, or reimagine their… -

2025 Impact Report: Celebrating & Leveraging Our Collective Power
We are delighted to share Adasina’s 2025 Impact Report, which offers a comprehensive look at the progress we made — in community with you — across our social justice pillars last year. Whether you’re a current investor, a longtime champion of our work, or a new member of our beloved community curious about advancing justice… -

The Adasina Power & Resistance Playlist
At Adasina, we love music. And not just because we love dancing from our work-from-home offices — but also because music brings people together and connects us to our collective power, across barriers. That’s what we’re all about at Adasina: helping investors and social justice advocates harness their power to advance justice. So, from our… -

Immigrant Rights & Your Portfolio
In the wake of the recent ICE shootings that have taken precious lives across several U.S. cities, we grieve deeply with the families and communities most affected. As we mourn, we also recommit ourselves to action—together. When you invest with Adasina, your portfolio becomes a source of power to advance movements for immigration rights. While ICE… -

Sharing Wealth, Strengthening Community: Rachel J. Robasciotti in Conversation with Tara Health Foundation
This article originally appeared on the Tara Health Foundation website. Written by Mia Reilly. “It’s not about being generous, it’s about investing in our shared survival—and thriving. I want security in community because where I come from—that’s the only real security there is.” This comes from Rachel J. Robasciotti, Founder and Co-CEO of Adasina Social… -

A New Chapter for Adasina: Transitioning to Employee Ownership
Written by Maya Philipson, Adasina Co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer & Chief Compliance Officer At Adasina, staff are not just colleagues — they are a key part of our Beloved Community and the reason we exist. From the beginning, Adasina’s Founder & Co-CEO, Rachel J. Robasciotti, and I have believed that capital is a transformative social… -

Adasina’s Q3 2025 Impact Update
Q3 2025 Impact Update As we enter the last quarter of the year, we are delighted to share Adasina’s Q3 2025 Impact Update! In Q3, our Impact Team focused on building strategy, coalitions, and momentum in response to emerging developments across racial, gender, economic, and climate justice. We finalized plans for the launch of our… -

Rachel J. Robasciotti & Stacey Abrams on DEI & ESG: Why the Smart Money Isn’t Afraid (Fortune)
Adasina’s Founder & Co-CEO Rachel J. Robasciotti and Stacey Abrams, Founder of American Pride Rises Network, cut through the polarized rhetoric on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and ESG investing to deliver a salient, evidence-based message: DEI and ESG investing are prudent business tactics and investment essentials. Dive deeper into the benefits of DEI and… -

Adasina’s Q2 2025 Impact Update
Q2 2025 Impact Report We’re excited to release Adasina’s Q2 2025 Impact Report! The second quarter of 2025 was characterized in large part by the aggressive enforcement of immigration law and overall harassment of immigrant communities, particularly Latinx immigrants, at the hands of a hostile executive branch. Investors are not separate from the grassroots movements… -

DEI & ESG Investing Outlook: Rachel J. Robasctiotti Interviewed on Wall Street Journal
Adasina’s Founder & Co-CEO Rachel J Robasciotti was recently interviewed by Miriam Gottfried of The Wall Street Journal about the current state of DEI, ESG, and impact investing. Her key takeaway? Despite the political rhetoric, DEI and ESG remain good business. Smart investors and corporations understand this – even if many are quiet about it… -

Adasina’s Q1 2025 Impact Update
Q1 2025 Impact Report We are thrilled to announce the release of Adasina’s Q1 2025 Impact Report! 2025 presents opportunities for our impact work to make important strides, as corporate shifts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) reinforce the need for continued advocacy and action. This report details the opportunities for change that we have made together… -

Redefining Investor Responsibility In An Age Of Systemic Risk
In a recent feature in Forbes, our Co-CEO Julianne Zimmerman elaborates on Adasina’s approach to social justice investing. She also asserts that ignoring the material impacts of racial, gender, economic, and climate injustice poses real (and escalating) costs. Learn more and take action with us: Redefining Investor Responsibility In An Age Of Systemic Risk. -

Don’t Give Up On DEI, Advisors Say
Danielle Burns, Managing Director at Adasina, was quoted in the article “Don’t Give Up on DEI, Advisors Say,” published in Financial Advisor Magazine. This piece highlights the vital role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the financial services industry. Dive into the article here. -

2024 Impact Report
We are thrilled to announce the release of Adasina’s 2024 Impact Report! This report builds on the foundation laid by our inaugural report, showcasing meaningful, measurable progress we have made together over the last year to advance racial, gender, economic, and climate justice. Download Adasina’s Impact Report Here -

Entry Points for Equity: Risk Criteria and Partnership in Indigenous-aligned Portfolios
We’re excited to share that Kevin O’Neal Smith, Adasina’s Impact Strategist, has written an insightful article titled “Entry Points for Equity: Risk Criteria and Partnership in Indigenous-aligned Portfolios,” featured in GreenMoney. This article highlights the crucial need for integrating social justice and rights-based perspectives into ESG investment strategies. Discover the importance of this approach by… -

Inclusion Is Still a Strategic Necessity
Check out Julianne Zimmerman‘s insightful article, “Inclusion Is Still a Strategic Necessity,” featured on ImpactEntrepreneur. She emphasizes how embracing inclusive practices can significantly boost business success. Dive into the article here. -

A New Hope:
High-Conviction Portfolios with Large-Scale ImpactArticle by Julianne Zimmerman This article is the first in our three-part series, So You Say You Want Impact — next up: Choose Aligned Returns. For decades, investment advisors have told impact-seeking clients that values-aligned investing just isn’t practical as a core strategy. They have advised, “You won’t love what’s in your public markets portfolio… -

Choose Aligned Returns
Article by Julianne Zimmerman This article is the second in our three-part series, So You Say You Want Impact — read the previous installment, A New Hope, or jump to our next installment, Raise Your Impact Expectations. Just like in any field, there are persistent misconceptions in investing. Some are so widespread and deeply rooted that… -

Raise Your Impact Expectations:
Transform Public Companies and FinanceArticle by Julianne Zimmerman This article is the third in our three-part series, So You Say You Want Impact. Read previous installments A New Hope and Choose Aligned Returns. If you’ve read this far in our So You Say You Want Impact series, you are probably either an investor who already has defined impact objectives,… -

Solving for Inequality:
The Investor Key to Global Economic StabilityArticle by Julianne Zimmerman Key Points The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) recent 2025 Global Risks Report finds that inequality, climate risk, biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, warfare, and geoeconomic confrontation are all widely recognized as severe and intensifying threats. The report also concludes that these threats are interconnected. While recent executive orders undermining DEI, JEDI, and…





















