Principles and processes that turn ambition into executable portfolios.

Humanity has achieved remarkable progress in transportation, communication, and medicine, yet we are now facing unprecedented systemic challenges in terms of climate and social tipping points. We need to re- originate how we work together and govern, what we build and transport, how we grow and what we eat; we need to look after our water and our land, the air and our ocean, with fundamentally new approaches. We need to turn garbage into value and be mindful consumers in all we buy, use, and dispose of. There is huge potential and much, if not most is to be done.

We believe our timeless passion for progress — origination — is driving the next Renaissance where new ideas, new partnerships, new philosophies, and music and art will once again emerge and shape days to come. Building on a proud history, we celebrate what we have achieved and recognize that we can and must forge a plan of action for the unfolding circumstances. With eyes fully open to the risks and hardships our challenge entails, we have an optimistic view of the road ahead.

We see crisis and transformation as an opportunity to learn, change, and grow. It's a moment to bring people together, to unite, and to conceive fresh ways to move us all forward.

We know it takes a community to achieve major progress and shifts in our potential. Massive shifts in our civilizations like the industrial revolution, the move to mass personal transport, rewiring the world via computers, and health care have shown how mighty we are when drawing upon our species' superpower—our ability to work together for a greater future: we can get through almost anything. Collaboration, hard work, and hope form a trio that can't be beat. Hope creates a vision of a possible future. Hard work, more often than not with others, is the fuel that gets us there.

We believe work is not for pay only; rather, it is a way to be of service, to have a fulfilling life, to grow, learn, and feel community. A productive life and workplace is a safe road to lower stress, job satisfaction, and longer life expectancy.

We believe technology, which will soon power 75 percent of the world's GDP, is a resource that must be managed, financed, regulated, and used in service of people and the planet. AI opens an entirely new pathway to unlock global productivity potential, including in how projects are designed, started, run, and financed.

We believe blended finance, which fuses private capital with public or philanthropic capital, will be the way of tomorrow and an essential key to de- risk and unlock potential across the world. The aim of marrying public subsidies and private funding is to fill the financing gap that has traditionally hobbled the mitigation of vast societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty, particularly in the Global South. Blended finance mobilizes more capital and enables innovative and, in part, nature-based solutions for projects in renewable energy, climate technology, social inclusion, and beyond. Developing and scaling up the global marketplace for blended finance is key to the progress we are all seeking.