Terms & Conditions

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 page, together with the pages and documents referred to in it, sets out the terms and conditions (“Terms & Conditions”) on which you may make use of the Website, whether as a guest or registered user. The Terms & Conditions apply 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 Terms & Conditions, which supplement our Acceptable Use Policy, Cookie Policy, and Privacy Policy.

Use of the Website includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use the Website. Please read this page carefully before you start using the Website, as the information contained herein will apply to your use of the Website.

Disclaimer

All content on the Website is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute and should not be construed as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, or otherwise transact in any investment.

All content is provided solely on the basis that you will make your own investment decisions, and we do not take account of any investor’s investment objectives, particular needs, or financial situation. In addition, nothing in the content of the Website shall, or is intended to, constitute financial, legal, accounting, or tax advice. Before making an investment decision, consult your own financial, legal and tax advisers.

Under no circumstances, including any form of negligence, do we accept liability for any form of damages directly or indirectly resulting from the content and information on the Website, whether as a result of relying on this content or information for your own investment decisions or otherwise.

Nothing in these Terms & Conditions limits or excludes any liability which cannot be limited or excluded as a matter of law.

Contact Information

Systemic Investing Initiative
Zurich, Switzerland
Main Website: www.transformation.capital
E-Mail: info@transformation.capital

Website Changes

We may update the Website from time to time and may change its content at any time. However, please note that any of the content on the Website may be out of date at any given time and that we are under no obligation to update it. Further, we do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Accessing the Website

The Website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that the Website or any content on it will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw, suspend, discontinue, amend, or change all or any part of the Website without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or to the entire Website, to users who have registered with us.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms & Conditions. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at admin@transformation.capital.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms & Conditions and other applicable terms and conditions and that they comply with them.

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Rules

We either own or have the right to use or licence, directly or through our affiliates, the rights connected to some of the intellectual property shown on or emerging from the Website. This includes, amongst other things, the logo of the TransCap Initiative and that of EIT Climate-KIC, the copyright to the TransCap White Paper, the source code behind the Website, and any trademarks that have been filed and/or granted. These works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world, and we reserve all rights connected to them.

You may print off and download extracts of any page(s) from the Website to which you have access for non-commercial use. You must not use any part of the materials on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or any third party licensors. The status of the Systemic Investing Initiative (and that of any other identified owners and contributors) as the authors of material on the Website must always be acknowledged.

Any names, images, and logos identifying EIT Climate-KIC or the TransCap Initiative are proprietary marks of the Climate-KIC Holding B.V., its ultimate holding company, or its affiliates. Copying these logos via the Website is not permitted without prior approval. Requests for permission to use the logos should be emailed to admin@transformation.capital. Please ensure that you tell us how and why you wish to use the logo(s).

Uploading Content to the Website

Whenever you upload content to the Website or contact other users of the Website, you must comply with the standards set out in the Acceptable Use Policy and any other terms or guidelines applicable to that feature. You warrant and undertake to ensure that any such contribution does comply with those standards, is not defamatory, offensive, or otherwise unlawful or inappropriate and does not infringe any third party’s privacy, intellectual property, or other rights, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty and undertaking. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on the Website if, in our opinion, such material or post does not comply with the standards set out herein and in the Acceptable Use Policy or is otherwise (in our sole discretion) deemed not appropriate for the Website.

Any content you upload to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we (and other users of the Website) have the right to use, store, copy, distribute, and disclose and make available to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of the Website. The views expressed by other users on the Website do not necessarily represent our views or values.

If you have any concerns about material that appears on the Website, please contact admin@transformation.capital.

Hyperlinking to the Website

You may link to the home page or any other page on the Website, provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way or frame the Website on any other website in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The Website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out above, please address your request to admin@transformation.capital.

Hyperlinks to Other Websites

Where the Website contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those websites and resources are not responsible for the content or reliability of those websites or resources, do not necessarily endorse any views expressed within them, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-serve attack.

We will report any breach of the above to the relevant law enforcement authorities, and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately. We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs and viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes, and platform in order to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software.

We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption, or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or your downloading of any content posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Reliance and Liability

The content on the Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on the Website. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website is accurate, complete, or up-to-date.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms which may apply to the Website or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

  • use of, or inability to use, the Website; or
  • use of, or reliance on, any content displayed on the Website.

If you are a business user, please note that, in particular, we will not be liable for:

  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  • business interruption;
  • loss of anticipated savings;
  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill, or reputation; or
  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on the Website. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Personal Information

By using the Website, you consent to the processing of your information as set out in our Privacy Policy. Please note, where you decide to share any of your personal information on the Website, we will not be responsible for any use of such information by other users of the Website.

Changes

We may amend these Terms & Conditions at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take note of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Law

These Terms & Conditions, their subject matter and formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by Swiss law. You and we both agree that the courts of Switzerland will have exclusive jurisdiction.

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