Investment Proposal Draft

To: Clark Hansen, CEO of Anima Mundi Investment Partners 

From: Sofia Kristiansen 

Date: February 26, 2023 

Subject: Investment Opportunity in Bombas Socks Company

As a Research & Development Analyst at Anima Mundi Investment Partners, it is my job to present unique and promising investment opportunities. After diligent research, I have come across a company called Bombas that I think would make a great addition to your investment portfolio. Bombas donates a pair of socks to the needy for every pair purchased. Their company values align with our own and have had a very healthy financial growth pattern over the last few years. 

I will first explain the standards AMPD complies with followed by a presentation of how Bombas supports and promotes these same values. Then, I will mention a small hiccup with Bombas' supply chain and why this might be a concern of ours as investors. Finally, I will conclude with an overview of the benefits of having Bombas as an addition to our portfolio while staying mindful of a couple issues that I see in the company's infrastructure. I will provide recommendations at the end that we might consider if going forward with a Bombas investment.  

AMDP Investment Standards

socially responsible, sustainable, profitable

Triple Bottom Line

"theory expands conventional business success metrics to include an organization's contributions to social well-being, environmental health, and a just economy. These bottom-line categories are often referred to as the three “P's”: people, planet, and prosperity"

                (https://sustain.wisconsin.edu/sustainability/triple-bottom-line/#:~:text=Triple%20bottom%20line%20theory%20expands,people%2C%20planet%2C%20and%20prosperity.)

    - Profit:

    - People:

    - Planet:

Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Environmental Responsibility
2. Ethical Responsibility
3. Philanthropic Responsibility
4. Economic Responsibility

Social Enterprise

"business with specific social objectives that serve its primary purpose"

(https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/social-enterprise.asp#:~:text=A%20social%20enterprise%20or%20social,used%20to%20fund%20social%20programs.)

Carbon Footprint

• Total amount of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane that are generated by our actions)

• It is calculated by summing the emissions resulting from every stage of a product or service’s lifetime material production, manufacturing, use, and end-of-life

• Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change could prevent millions of premature deaths due to air pollution

    https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/#:~:text=A%20carbon%20footprint%20is%20the,is%20closer%20to%204%20tons.

Overview of Bombas 

    Mission 

  Give-Back Program Logistics / Financials

    Sustainability / Sourcing Materials

    Cost to Consumers

ANALYSIS

    Expert Opinions

RECOMMENDATION 

    Give Back Program is Legit but Sourcing Is Not / Toss up

How are we improving the land where we source the materials from?? Do they connect with the farmers of the land where their crops come from? 

https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/#:~:text=A%20carbon%20footprint%20is%20the,is%20closer%20to%204%20tons.

https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/sustainability-indicators/carbon-footprint-factsheet#:~:text=%E2%80%9CA%20carbon%20footprint%20is%20the,end%2Dof%2Dlife).

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/geh/geh_newsletter/2013/12/spotlight/reducing_greenhouse_gas_emissions_can_improve_air_quality_and_save_lives_.cfm 

Please provide your source for each definition at the end of the definition, and include that source in your WORKS CITED at the end of the document.

Bombas is a sock company focused on the buy a pair give a pair initiative. They have donated over five million pairs of socks to those in need. What I am going to do in this proposal is give an honest review of Bombas in a holistic approach that commends the company for its social and sustainable agendas while also taking a closer looking into its supply chain and exposing the hidden truths about the manufacturing process of their final product. The company’s mission is to create community and provide socks for those that cannot afford them, but at what cost?