Why IRIS?
The second in a four-part series on impact investing and the role of metrics.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces triple bottom line results
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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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The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
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?
Unpacking the Impact in Impact Investing
A longer version of "When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?" from the Fall 2013 Up for Debate feature.