What is resilience? MCV’s impact and fails of 2020
Tour the report: mercycorps.org/MCVimpact2020
RESILIENCE. The events of 2020 and the resulting changes to how we work, live and interact with each other were understandably accompanied by a great degree of anxiety and uncertainty. It was a profound year that made many of us redefine success and question our fundamental assumptions about how to operate in the world. It’s also led some to say that resilience is the new ROI.
But what are the ingredients of resilience? How can you tell if a company you’ve invested in, or might invest in, is resilient? Are we, as investors, resilient ourselves? This year’s impact report is peppered with what we came up with. In it we look at a few dimensions of resilience that are important to Mercy Corps Ventures, like climate resilience and financial resilience. Then we examine our own failings and lessons learned over the last year and how we can make changes in 2021 to improve our own resilience as investors. We hope you enjoy this glimpse into some amazing enterprises, emerging technologies, and much-needed shifts in systems perpetuating an inequitable status quo.
Here’s a quick look at the numbers…
