Why IRIS?
The second in a four-part series on impact investing and the role of metrics.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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Protecting and Monitoring Impact as an Investor: Part II
Tactics and tools for monitoring impact investments.
Protecting and Monitoring Impact as an Investor: Part I
Tactics for negotiating the terms of an impact investment.
Impact Investing’s Three Measurement Tools
IRIS, PULSE, and GIIRS may sound like alphabet soup, but a growing and dynamic industry needs all three measurement tools.
Achieving Takeoff
Part VI in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.
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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.