Layering Evidence for Impact Investing Success
How investors can gather more context and nuance about the social impact of their investments, and thus bridge the gap between impact investing theory and practice.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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What Investors Need to Know to Embrace Catalytic Capital
Development finance institutions, private foundations, and other types of investors have distinct questions about using catalytic capital. We must answer them help this branch of impact investing do more to solve pressing societal problems.
In Latin America, Impact Finance Demonstrates Remarkable Progress and Untapped Potential
There is significant interest in impact investing in Latin America as a whole, but most of the financial activity occurs at the national level, providing an opportunity to develop diverse and country-spanning investments.
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How Nonprofits Are Leveraging Donor-Advised Funds
Over the past decade, the popularity and use of donor-advised funds have grown dramatically. How can they help nonprofits strengthen their operations? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Richard C. Shadyac, Jr., of the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Fred Kaynor from Schwab Charitable. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
How Academia Can Do More to Advance Sustainable Finance
With looming global crises, scholars now more than ever must connect finance to its role in achieving social and environmental goals. Here are five ways they can step up their teaching and research.
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ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.
Fixing the S in ESG
How to move from net zero to net impact.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
The Next 10 Years of Impact Investment
To get an idea of where impact investment might be headed over the next decade, the authors examine where the field has been in three areas that play an outsized role in its goals and practices.
The Social Impact Investment Mirage
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.