Strategic Development Solutions

THE DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE HANDBOOK

DBL Handbook available now!

The Double Bottom Line Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Double Bottom Line investment private-equity funds. Double Bottom Line (DBL) private equity funds 'do good' and 'do well' by producing two bottom lines:

First Bottom Line:
Risk-adjusted market returns for large repeat institutional investors (the first bottom line), and
Second Bottom Line:
Measurable jobs, wealth, and community revitalization for community stakeholders in low-income neighborhoods (the second bottom line).

A number of regional double bottom line funds have been launched across the United States in order to attract private capital investment into distressed neighborhoods. The intent of the Handbook is to help community stakeholders better understand how DBL funds may benefit their regional economic goals and how these funds are created.

The Handbook is available as a read-only PDF here. Hard copies are available for purchase through the PayPal button below.

For more information or questions on the Handbook please contact handbook@sdsgroup.com

The Double Bottom Line Handbook

Funded by: the Ford Foundation

  • Co-Authored by:
  • James Nixon,
    Chair of Sustainable Systems
    Deborah J. La Franchi,
    President and CEO of Strategic Development Solutions
    Joseph Gross,
    President and CEO of Sustainable Systems
    Belden Hull Daniels,
    President and CEO of Economic Innovation International, Inc.
    Erin Flynn,
    Senior Associate at Future Works