This Is Not an Impact Performance Report
Impact investing needs more than just “evidence” of impact; we need continuous “impact performance” data that is dynamic, fluid, and iterated upon.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces both financial and social returns
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Financing Social Justice
For people who are looking to invest responsibly, Adasina Social Capital has established the Adasina Social Justice Index, which informs investors about opportunities in four areas: racial justice, gender justice, economic justice, and climate justice.
Democratizing Capital
New laws enabling ordinary people to become equity investors have the potential to uplift marginalized communities, if the new market creates the infrastructure to include them.
Impact Investors Need to Share Power, Not Just Capital
Lack of access to capital is a longstanding and well-known barrier to equity for communities of color and women, but overcoming systemic injustices will take more than moving money. How investments are made, and the power dynamics behind those decisions, need to change, too.
Building Indigenous Power in Philanthropy
While allies and advisors are important in our work, it’s more important to support and develop our own Indigenous power, leadership, and decision-making.
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The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It’s approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
Roundtable on Impact Investing
A group of social innovation leaders from around the world discuss impact investing and how to make it more effective.
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field
In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.