Social Impact Investment Taskforce (ed.)

Social Impact Investment Taskforce

Impact Investment: The Invisible Heart of Markets

Harnessing the power of entrepreneurship, innovation and capital for public good

Format Type
PDF / PDF
Date of publication
15/09/2014
Edition
1. edition
Volume/Format
51 pages, PDF

Price

Free of charge

Description

Social impact investing, impact investing for short throughout this report, encompasses environmental impact. It is at the core of a broad ‘impact continuum’, that runs from philanthropy to responsible and sustainable investment, which includes all those seeking to achieve positive impact. Impact investment is growing fast. The amount invested by the 125 leading impact investors is forecast to grow by nearly 20% this year, according to the latest study by the Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) and JP Morgan.1 Given that $45 trillion are in Mainstream investment funds that have publicly committed to incorporate environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions,2 it would only

need a small fraction of this money to start moving into impact investment for it to expand rapidly along the growth path to the mainstream previously taken by venture capital and private equity.

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Cover Impact Investing - soziale Veränderung finanzieren

Ziel des Projekts ist es, das Potenzial und die Grenzen sozialer Investitionen auszuloten und gemeinsam mit Partnern der öffentlichen Hand und der Sozialwirtschaft konkrete Anwendungsmöglichkeiten zu entwickeln.