Private company

Generation Investment Management

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Investment management firm

Generation Investment Management (Generation IM) is a sustainable investment management firm founded in 2004; its co-founders included former US Vice President Al Gore and former Goldman Sachs' Asset Management head David Blood, along with five other founders, with a vision to see long-term sustainable investing become best practice and for sustainable capitalism to become the enduring economic model.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Generation Investment Management (Generation IM) is a sustainable investment management firm founded in 2004; its co-founders included former US Vice President Al Gore and former Goldman Sachs' Asset Management head David Blood, along with five other founders, with a vision to see long-term sustainable investing become best practice and for sustainable capitalism to become the enduring economic model.2

The story

Generation was founded in April 2004 by a group of seven founding partners led by Al Gore and David Blood. Its goal was integrating the disciplines of finance and sustainability.

In 2021 Generation launched Just Climate, a climate-led investment business aiming to address the net-zero challenge at scale. It closed its inaugural Climate Assets Fund I in 2023, raising $1.5 billion.

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Timeline

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