GLOBAL IMPACT INVESTMENTS SYSTEM

What is a Global Impact Investments System?

The Farm is committed to increasing the scale and effectiveness of our corporate and NGO impact goals around the world, within our own companies, and across the private and public sectors. We welcome opportunities to support the constructive actions of organisations, communities and individuals who are working towards a better planet.

Global impact refers to the far-reaching consequences or effects that an event, action or development has on countries and regions around the world. A system is a group of related things that work together as a whole or an interconnecting network; a set of principals or procedures according to which something is done; organised framework or method.

Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, sustainable social and environmental impact, alongside economic and cultural benefit to the communities and partners we serve. In our terms, impact investments refers to our work to forward the programmes and projects we have curated across the sectors we are seeking to influence. It also includes the application of a spectrum of interconnected resources for our active projects, partnerships and clients.

Why “The Farm”? 

The genesis of The Farm came about at a time when we began to envision a new model, one that would integrate passion, experience and innovation together with sufficient resources, to focus on critical areas of greatest human, wildlife and environmental need. 

We buck antiquated protocols, but we respect time-tested systems and universal design. We are driven by an instinctive aptitude for disrupting the status quo and fostering the spirit of curiousity. By inviting daring exploration and insightful collaboration, the seeds of systemic change can begin to emerge. Extraordinary results become achievable.

Very simply, we looked at the most influential areas of travail, deficit or imbalance, negatively impacting local and global communities. We narrowed them into eight main categories, and studied them against a scale representing the dichotomy of relative survival. We set about to design projects that had the potential to generate positive change and sustainable impact in each of the various categories. 

The goal of all projects in our operative zones, is to positively and measurably impact change on a survival spectrum.  Whether we are addressing a micro-localised challenge, or a broader moonshot problem, we believe that each project deserves our best and brightest work.

As part of a global community working to eradicate disease, famine, economic instability, depletive energy sources, inequality and a host of other scourges that threaten our current civilisation, we believe in striving towards the remodeling and provision of a more equitable distribution and management of the world’s abundant resources. To enable optimal survival for a healthy planet, in short, we need to be building a world that allows for an increasing global population to gain access to the following basic survival needs:

Category 1: Nutritious Food Sources and Clean Water

Category 2: Full Health Care Services and Longevity Practices

Category 3: Education and Learning Resources

Category 4: Global Technologies, Job Training & Opportunity, Economic Growth

Category 5: Environmental Infrastructure, Clean Energy Sources, Regen Practices and Resources

Category 6: Equal Opportunity and Gender Equality

Category 7: Social and Legal Justice Systems and Recourse

Category 8: Community & Social Resources, Arts and Cultural Programmes

One House, Many Rooms

These dynamic areas could be said to interconnect within the eco-system of one human, and are also present in a group, an organisation, a community, a society and ultimately all of mankind and the environment. Where one or more of these essential sustainability factors falter, an individual is negatively impacted, thus influencing the overall health and capability of their families, extended community and society - and even all life on the planet.

Improving a specific or isolated problem in one area is not always sustainable unless other surrounding areas of influence are likewise isolated, addressed and mitigated.

We then curated a model to channel our own resources and partnered resources into an organised structure, resulting in the architecture of a Global Impact Investments System feeding into core Project categories represented within our corporate entities, and/ or extended networks, with the vision to generate positive and measurable impact.

How We Work

Once we assessed how and where to best utilise our resources, we sought to devise workable methods to apply across our organisational structures.

As we first engage in observation and inspection for the purpose of resolving critical problems, we often find ourselves on the ‘pathless path.’ But we view problems as opportunities to reframe obsolete systems, refine the narrative or define a new vision and to forge new routes for sustainable growth.

We aim to conceive and test new paradigms and solutions for a more sustainable and equitable world.

Our approach leans in the direction of the polymath, people whose interests and knowledge capabilities span multiple disciplines. They draw on disparate fields to generate new insights, and leverage upon the best human discoveries to enhance their own understanding of a problem or phenomenon. We believe that often some of the most creative solutions are like an intricate tapestry woven from the threads of knowledge, curiosity, and mastery across multiple disciplines.

At the onset, we begin with a recipe of hard-won and intuitive experience, drawn from a complex body of knowledge and disciplines. We then expand and collaborate our ideas and thinking to identify, deconstruct, push and prod into the nature of the problem and then test approaches and solutions, to ultimately generate better models that are scalable and sustainable. Our collaborators may represent a wide range of accomplishments: intellectual, artistic, social, scientific, physical, and spiritual.

Within this constructive environment, brilliant innovation begins to emerge.

Equally important to the longevity of success, are the exhaustive lessons from our collective failures. In this way, we can emerge victorious in the game and goal - always, with senses honed and wits sharpened.

A Philosophical Organisational Structure

An organisation is made of communications terminals (the people), organisational lines and a product or products to move through those lines and be delivered or exported. All organisations, whether composed of 6 people or 6,000 people are nothing more than the postulate, vision, capability and organisation of the people involved combined with clever use of resources with which to accomplish the goals set out.

The extent to which the people of the organisation have accurately envisioned a product that is needed and wanted by the society, have created a system and structure to produce and deliver this product, and can ensure its capability to fulfil a valued and sustainable need  will determine its potential for success. 

A house will not stand long without a strong foundation and load bearing pillars. The Farm consortium represents best-in-class capabilities with decades of combined experience and results (the foundation). We’ve built and aggregated an extensive suite of resources and tools (the pillars) for application to The Farm projects, and available to our partners and clients:

The Tool Shed 

SOW

Lead: Envisioning Strategy, Plans, Programmes, Fuelling the Mission 

• Vision, policy, strategic planning 

• Economic infrastructure 

• Project-based financial capital and structured financing investments

• Financial modelling/ investment planning

• Global asset management services 

• Access to our network of seasoned financial and international banking partners

• Access to proprietary e-banking and fintech platforms

• Business plans and programmes 

• Thought leadership retreats 

• Executive and team coaching

GROW 

Inspire: Building the Teams to Build a Better World - Resources for Development, Production and Implementation 

• Research, development and concept incubator hubs 

• Multi-disciplinary “moonshot” summits 

• Start-ups, launch strategy, growth plans, IPO consultation 

• Strategic business relationships and governmental partnerships

• Non-Profit / NGO growth and management tools 

• Access to world-class technology advancements and development teams 

• Professional network in arts, sciences, engineering and architectural design

• Agriculture and permaculture training programmes

• Access to medical, health and wellness breakthroughs and delivery networks

• Access to data-driven medical/healthspan/longevity practices 

• Curated health and wellness programmes, integrating mind/body/spirit 

• Critical conservation and climate initiatives 

• Databases, data management and data mining 

• Educational training platforms and immersive learning

• AI platforms and integrations

• Storytelling: development & production studios 

HARVEST

Reap: Collecting the Yield 

• Technologies to harvest and prepare to bring to market 

• Full service agency: social, marketing, advertising content production and data management services

• Building audiences, constituents and users 

SHARE
Distribute: Exporting Products and Solutions the World Needs

• Plans and programmes for product exportation and viability 

• Regional and global distribution networks – multi industry 

• Financial resource and accounting management 

ACCOUNTABILITY & REVIEW 

Measure: Creating Sustainable Impact, Product Review 

• Impact measurement, people, planet, profit, circular economy and accountability tracking 

• Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) corporate strategies - from planning to implementation to statistical measurement

• Organisational and product efficiency reviews and consultation services 

CONSCIOUS COMMUNITIES

Empower: Mobilising Leaders 

• Impact events through our private members club, Gather

• Community building and mentorship programmes

• Curated community collaborations

• Other growth resources accessible within The Farm consortium of companies 

Our Ethos

We always shoot for the stars in vision and approach, but to effect lasting change and tangible impact we must find a way to land the ship.

Our intent is to enact resolute and sustainable solutions - solutions that are data driven, adaptable and intuitive, community-endorsed and well-tested. We do this by finding and examining the root cause of a problem and, through a process of rigorous exploration, discovering the most effective way to bring lasting change. 

Within our named areas of operation, we observe, listen and interact to inspect and then isolate problems or gaps in infrastructure, methodology and resources. We need to get into the weft and the warp of existence, and observe how these impact human, animal and environmental conditions and common basic needs. We spend the time and resources needed to study and discover root causes, using inspection, data and analysis. By looking at apparent problems from a holistic, multi-disciplinary skills set, we can devise and implement solutions that address even the weakest links. 

We then envision the Ideal Scene for the region, activity or project… 

• How should this (area) function? 

• What is the purpose, objective, goal and of this activity, community, organisation? 

• What are the largest departures from this ideal scene?

• What circumstances are causing these departures? 

• What resources are currently available to-hand to solve or resolve this? 

• What resources (programmes, personnel, finance, materials, support, etc.) are missing and must be created and channeled to enable a new ideal scene? 

• What is the timeline in which resources can be applied, solutions can be developed and programmes implemented to move this activity or community towards a more ideal scene? 

There are always knowns and unknowns in any endeavour. Assessing what we know and don’t know, and what we need to learn, is critical to the process. 

As humans we are instinctually adept at responding to disaster and danger. Crisis handlings are devised when coping with an emergency that we were unprepared for. But we are not as adept at predicting and preparing for mid to long range impact from our actions. Too often, reactionary solutions in crises-mode, are only cosmetic and do not enable systemic change. In some cases, they prolong the problem or even worsen it. We see this time and again, billions of dollars poured into programmes that may defer the inevitable for a period, but do not solve it. 

With the unprecedented advances over the last three quarters of a century in communication systems and technologies that connect people and industry from around the world, our actions or omissions can have tremendous influence. Owing to high-velocity access to knowledge and data through the internet and AI tools, localised cultural focus has evolved to a standard of global awareness – spotlighting both much laudable progress and the problems that plague or threaten us all.  With knowledge and awareness comes increased responsibility. More and more people from all corners of the globe are searching for answers, working towards solutions, and mobilising around sustainable actions to build a better world. 

The Farm exists to take deep dives into real world issues with synergistic collaborators, to foster the dreams we all dare to dream, and enact opportunity regardless of geographical, cultural, ethnic and economic circumstances. And to help safeguard all life by bolstering resilience on this very intricate and vulnerable planet. 

We curate cooperative efforts across a spectrum of global and local entrepreneurs, thinkers, artisans, innovators, scientists, engineers, health and wellness specialists across industries.  Our programmes and projects are designed to encourage and generate innovative ideas and solutions that can be implemented and measured, with accountability practices in check, to better inform and navigate evolving systems. Moreover, we strive to calculate and help source the adequate resources necessary to get the job done.

Inherent in our ethos is the impulse to help form bonds of humanity, through interconnectedness of ideas and the sharing of data and knowledge, knowing that only by unifying and opening global channels of access for all communities, bridging cultural divides and building esprit de corps, can we all win.