Measurement for Small and Growing Businesses
A look at impact investor and capacity development provider measurement practices, and some innovative new approaches to metrics.
Impact Investing Socially responsible investing that produces triple bottom line results
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Letting Loose the Crazy Uncle
A new report explains how the financial services industry can better harness impact investing to serve client demand.
Impact Investors Are Raising Their Game
To bring impact investing into the mainstream, the World Economic Forum is using market-simulated games to advance the conversations.
Mission-Driven Returns
Two new case studies reveal practical lessons about successful philanthropic impact investing.
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Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies, and Impact Investors
Measuring Social Impacts outlines a five-step method for figuring out which impacts matter and how to measure them.
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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.