The Responsible Hand: Overcoming the Shortcomings of Impact Investing
For impact investing to truly harness the power of the market, we need to directly align shareholders’ value with both social impact and profit.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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Avoiding the “Hope Bubble”
We must invest in the financial literacy of social entrepreneurs and in the social literacy of investors.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field
In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.
Investing Beyond Exit
An important question that social entrepreneurs should also be thinking about when dealing with 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.