Privacy Policy

The TransCap Initiative is a collaborative, multi-stakeholder open innovation programme. The website located at www.transformation.capital ("Website") is operated by the Systemic Investing Initiative (“we” or “us”), a non-profit association domiciled in Zurich, Switzerland, under enterprise identification number (UID) CHE-244.215.765.

This privacy policy (“Policy”) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. The Policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, the Website. Your use of the Website means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the regulations in the Policy, which supplement our Terms & Conditions, Acceptable Use Policy, and Cookie Policy.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting the Website and any of our associated platforms or by taking part in any of our programmes or events, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We May Collect from You

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information You Give Us

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on the Website (which includes enrolling in or registering on all our associated platforms) or filling in forms on paper, by corresponding with us by phone or e-mail, by engaging with us on social media, or otherwise.

This includes information you provide when you register to use the Website or register on any of our associated platforms; subscribe to or apply for our programmes either on the Website or on paper, or attend any of our events in person; search for, contribute to, submit, receive funding in connection with, and/or report financials and activities in connection with any funding proposal; participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on the Website or associated platforms; enter a competition, promotion, or survey; report a problem with the Website or associated platforms; or when you contact us for any other reason.

The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, passport, financial and credit card information, personal description and photograph, and other information as requested or provided.

Information We Collect About You

With regard to each of your visits to the Website or any of our associated platforms we may automatically collect the following information:

  • technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
  • information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through, and from the Website or associated platforms (including date and time); content you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Information We Receive From Other Sources

We may receive information about you if you use www.transformation.capital or any other website we operate (including any of our associated platforms), if you use any of the services we provide, or if you attend any of our events. In this case, we will have informed you when we collected that data that it may be shared internally and combined with data collected on the Website, our associated platforms, or from elsewhere.

We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, third party funders, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, analytics providers, and search information providers) and may receive information about you from them.

2. Cookies

Our website and associated platforms use cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website or associated platforms. This helps us to provide you with a good user experience when you browse the Website or use our associated platforms and also allows us to improve our website and associated platforms. For detailed information on the cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and how to manage cookies, see our Cookie Policy.

3. Uses Made of the Information

We use the information you provide to us in the following ways:

Purposes

Personal Data

To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products, and services that you request from us or have enrolled in.

For instance, if you participate in any of our events, you may provide us with your passport and/or dietary information so that we can arrange for your transportation and appropriately cater for you when participating in onsite events.
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Telephone number
  • Address
  • Company or university affiliation
  • Professional and academic background, and other personal information captured on a curriculum vitae
  • Topical interests in the field of innovation, education, finance, entrepreneurship, climate change, or related fields
  • Username
  • Passport
  • Nationality
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Date of birth
  • Medical information in certain circumstances that you may provide, incl. disabilities
  • Dietary requirements or preferences
  • Photo
  • Any other personal information you voluntarily provide to us

To provide you with information about other goods and services we offer, or activities that we conduct, that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about or participated in.
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Telephone number
  • Company or university affiliation
  • Topical interests in the field of innovation, education, finance, entrepreneurship, climate change, or related fields

To notify you about changes to our service.

We are constantly seeking to improve our data and experimenting with the best way to contribute to our network and serve our community of partners. We will keep you updated about changes to our service.
  • Name
  • E-mail address

To report to third party funders.

We may be acting as a re-granting agency, distributing funding from third parties to recipient organizations and individuals. In such situations, we are usually required to report on results, which usually includes information on specific activities funded by such grants and personal data associated with the activities. Whenever possible, we will use anonymized information for reporting purposes. However, it is possible that our funders and/or auditors acting on behalf of our funders will request personal information to monitor or verify our activities.
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Company or university affiliation
  • Scholastic/academic background
  • Consumption of services, participation in programmes
  • Time spent on individual activities funded under grant agreements

To improve our business including anonymisation and analytics, fulfil our administrative purposes, protect our business interests, and comply with our legal obligations.

All community knowledge exchange and mobilisation use will be in line with the Policy.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information


We will use the information we collect about you as follows:

Purposes

Personal Data

To administer the Website and associated platforms and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, and surveys.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information

To improve the Website and associated platforms to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information

To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, and enjoy an optimized experience using such services, when you choose to do so.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Search data and statistics
  • Other technical information

As part of our efforts to keep the Website and associated platforms safe and secure.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information

To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our website and associated platforms about goods or services that may interest you or them.

  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Search data and statistics
  • Other technical information

To improve our business including anonymisation and analytics, fulfil our administrative purposes, protect our business interests, and comply with our legal obligations.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information


Information about you that we receive from other sources will be used in the following ways:

Purposes

Personal Data

We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Company or university affiliation
  • Topical interests in the field of innovation, education, finance, entrepreneurship, climate change, or related fields

To improve our business, including anonymisation and analytics, fulfil our administrative purposes, protect our business interests, and comply with our legal obligations.
  • IP address
  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Other technical information

4. How Long We Keep Your Information For

We are required to keep your information for several years so that our third-party funders can audit our operations. Currently, this period is 7 years, but this may change in the future. We will not store your data for any longer than is necessary for us to comply with this legal obligation.

5. Direct Marketing

If you have already engaged with us, such as participated in programmes or have received newsletters, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about similar goods, services, or activities. If you are new to engaging with us or our affiliates, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.

6. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means any subsidiaries or holding company and its affiliates. We may share your information with selected third parties including:

  • third-party funders in order to fulfil our administrative purposes or for reasons of legal compliance,
  • business partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you,
  • travel agencies, transportation services providers, and similar organizations to provide logistical services to you,
  • restaurants, hotels, caterers, and similar organizations to cater to your food and accommodation preferences, and/or
  • analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of the website and associated platforms.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
  • If our assets are acquired by a third party, including our employees, in which case personal data held by us may be one of the transferred assets.
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of any of our legal entities, our customers, or others.

How third parties handle your data is determined by their own privacy policies. Although we endeavour to protect your data via contractual arrangements with third parties, we accept no liability for the use of such data by third parties.

7. Where We Store Your Personal Data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details, and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing, or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with the Policy.

All information you provide to us is stored on our servers, on servers owned and operated by our hosting providers or other service providers, or on encrypted hard disks in laptops and desktop computers owned by us or our affiliates and operated by employees of us or our affiliates.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of the Website and associated platforms, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted through the Website or associated platforms; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, in line with our internal security policies (including in respect of IT equipment such as laptops and mobile phones), we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to ask us to amend, not to process, or to delete your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to ask us to transfer your data to a third party. You can exercise your rights by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data or by contacting us at admin@transformation.capital.

You also have the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised by sending an email to admin@transformation.capital.

9. Third-Party Links

The Website and any associated platforms may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, affiliates, or third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on the Website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

11. Contact

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to admin@transformation.capital.

Do you want to collaborate with us?

There is an urgent need to rethink the way we deploy financial capital for transformative impact in human and natural systems. The field of systemic investing has garnered significant momentum, and now is the time to scale deep and scale out. So we invite challenge owners, systems thinkers, innovation practitioners, investment professionals, ecosystem shapers, and creative voices to join us in figuring out how to redeploy financial capital in service of a prosperous and sustainable future for all.

How is systemic investing relevant to

Foundations

...because the pots of capital operating under a philanthropic logic are orders of magnitude smaller than those operating under an investment logic, so systemic investing is a way for foundations to leverage their capital in the systems they care about.

Corporations

...because their supply chains are becoming increasingly fragile and societal expectations of business are growing. This requires companies to deploy all the tools in their finance toolbox (incl. direct investments, advanced purchase agreements, and supply-chain financing) and partner more strategically with governments, foundations, and NGOs.

Impact Investors

...because single technologies, start-ups, or social enterprises—no matter how ingenious their solutions and how brilliant their teams—are unlikely to change systems by themselves. So what matters is that these single-point solutions are synergistically nested within a broader systems change effort.

Institutional Investors

...because mainstream ESG investing doesn’t benefit places and communities at the pace, scale, and quality required, so institutional investors must channel more capital into real-economy assets in a strategic and collaborative manner.

MDBs and DFIs

...because sustainable development in a VUCA world requires portfolio approaches to systems innovation, and those need to be funded with a different investment paradigm than those dominant in development finance institutions today. And because the public sector cannot finance sustainability transitions alone, so systemic investing is a way to crowd-in private-sector capital in a smart way.

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About

Who We Are

The TransCap Initiative is a think-and-do-tank operating at the nexus of real-economy systems change, sustainability, and finance. We operate as a multi-stakeholder alliance coordinated by a backbone team and comprised of wealth owners, innovation leaders, system thinkers, research institutes, and financial intermediaries. Our community is open to anyone committed to our cause and values.

Why We Exist

We exist to improve the way sustainable finance is purposed, designed, and managed so that money can become a transformative force in building a low-carbon, climate-resilient, just, and inclusive society. We believe that the key to accomplishing this vision is to inspire and enable investors to leverage the insights and tools of systems thinking and complex systems science for addressing the most pressing societal challenges of the 21st century.

What We Do

Our mission is to build the field of systemic investing. This means developing, testing, and scaling an investment logic at the intersection of systems thinking and finance. We do that by convening a multi-stakeholder alliance to develop a knowledge and innovation base, test novel concepts and approaches, and build a community of practice.

Our core ideas borrow from the disciplines of systems thinking and complex systems science, challenge-led innovation, human-centred design, new economic frameworks, and financial innovation. Our experiments are contextualised in those place-based systems that matter most for human prosperity—such as cities, landscapes, and coastal zones—as well as in value chains and other real-economy systems. We hope that our work produces knowledge and insights, methods and tools, and a self-organising community of inspired and enabled change makers.

The places and value chains we intend to transform act as centres of gravity for our work. In each of these systems, we will work with challenge owners, communities, innovators, investors, and other stakeholders to design, structure, and finance strategic investment portfolios nested within a broader systems intervention approach.

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Contact Us

TransCap Core Team
community@transformation.capital