Fostering Lively Debate
Paul Brest and Kelly Born's Up for Debate article on impact investing zeros in on several important issues and offers some controversial conclusions.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?
It is possible for impact investors to achieve social impact along with market rate returns, but it's not easy to do.
Financial-first Impact Investing
Rethinking the target market.
Lasting Impact: Investing via Open Holding Companies
We need to change the structure through which we make impact investments for inclusive, fully realized value.
Pay for Success: What It Will Take to Work
Let’s critically assess the model and imagine greater possibilities by keeping it simple.
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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.