Leveraging Expertise Across Asset Classes for Institutional Impact
TIAA-CREF traces its social impact investing to the mid-1980s when it invested in affordable housing for low- and moderate-income communities in New York.
TIAA-CREF traces its social impact investing to the mid-1980s when it invested in affordable housing for low- and moderate-income communities in New York.
Conservation finance is an undeveloped investment opportunity that offers the potential to conserve vital ecosystems while also providing a financial return.
An analysis of the viability of pay-for-success initiatives in South Carolina shows that this new type of financing can work in more rural, "red” states.
From 2008-2012 the US government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) supported $2.4 billion in impact investments.
The World Bank Group’s IFC has seen a strong correlation between investments that do well financially and those that perform well socially and environmentally.
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.
How to move from net zero to net impact.
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
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.
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.