Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns

Impact Accounting Has an Equity Problem

By Andrew A. King, Ken Pucker & Jesse Colman 5

Is water in Sweden really 25 times more valuable than water in Mauritania?

Why Catalytic Capital Needs a Better Definition

By Savannah Baum, Olivia Rosen, Sean Sellers & Billy Silk

The decline and fall of ESG offers a cautionary tale for social impact financing and highlights the need for the sector to sharpen its understanding of catalytic capital. A new definitional framework for catalytic capital can help drive clarity, measurement, and greater market participation.

A Systems Change Framework to Impact Investing

By Daniela Afonso, Mariana Cabral, Ana Pimenta & Ricardo Zózimo 1

A key factor preventing impact investing from reaching its maximum potential is the absence of robust monitoring and learning processes anchored in systems change principles.

Financing Broadband in Hard-to-Reach Communities

By Brian Vo & Clara Miller

To close the digital divide, we need a capital market that powers community broadband.

New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data

By Dean Hand & Jacob Tate

With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data.