Impact Investing News

Interview with Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Bamboo Capital Partners The Oasis Fund, managed by Bamboo Capital Partners, was named a “Best for the World Fund” by B the Change Media, for setting the measurement and management bar in impact investing, based on its GIIRS Rating.  “Best for the World Funds” include investment funds that have completed […]

The world’s first ‘Humanitarian Impact Bond’ has been launched by The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to improve the financing of aid in conflict-hit countries. The Humanitarian Impact Bond, set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has raised over £20 million pounds (26 million CHF), to set up three […]

Smarter Money As a SOCAP media partner, ImpactAlpha is pleased to be able to offer a $250 discount through Sept. 29. Register now. Photo credit: SOCAP The Social Capital Markets conference, or SOCAP, convenes on the San Francisco waterfront for the 10th time October 10–13. Organizers have turned over a portion of the conference to guest curators to […]

The Brief Dreamer economics, big biz needs small biz, driving financial inclusion, Asia’s sustainable food boom Sept. 5, 2017 Shek Kip Mei Market, Hong Kong l Photo by Natalie Ng Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! #TalkingPoints: Dreamers How Dreamers boost the American economy. The Trump administration’s plan to cancel the program that allows about 800,000 U.S. immigrants who arrived as […]

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published the seventh edition of its Annual Impact Investor Survey report, which shows continued progress in the dynamic impact investing industry, officially established only 10 years ago. The survey sample size and reported assets under management are the largest ever, illustrating the growth and growing engagement of the […]

The Brief Aug. 28, 2017 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico l Photo by Jezar Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! We’re ba-a-ack. #Featured: Open Mic Impact Management: How the right data can drive performance for people and the planet. All investments have an impact. But what type of impact and how does it compare? Bridges Fund Management facilitated the Impact Management […]

Impact investing is about using markets and money for social good. Impact investing is built on the belief that private capital can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through investments made into […]

Kevin Egolf is an impact investing professional focusing his efforts on socially responsible farmland investing. His passion for sustainable agriculture and extensive finance background naturally led him into the growing impact investing field and towards impacting agriculture. Through Iroquois Valley Farms, a leader in triple bottom line impact farmland investing, and Local Farms Fund, a […]

2030 New data sheds light on popular (and not so popular) SDGs John Legend l Photo credit: GlobalGoals.org Impact investors are increasingly adopting the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals as a guide to impact and opportunity. Yet little is known about which of the goals are getting the most attention. A new report from InvestorFlow, the fast-growing […]

Smarter Money Six in 10 Millennial investors say they’ve made at least one sustainable investment in the last year Growing interest in sustainable investing is turning into action. The trend is especially pronounced among Millennial investors, according to a new survey from the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing. In the survey, “Sustainability Signals,” 86% of active […]

The Brief Friends of ImpactAlpha, dance incubator, uncharted food access, sustainability signals, bitcoin’s remittance boom Aug. 10, 2017 Photo by Nadim Merrikh Greetings, FOIAs! #Featured: Editor’s Note Dear Friends of ImpactAlpha. The new ImpactAlpha is wrapping up its first season and gearing up for a breakthrough fall and new year. As we head into a two-week August recess, […]

The idea was simple at the beginning, back in 2006: find a fund in which my clients could invest their money that would finance farms and businesses involved in sustainable agriculture. I quickly discovered that no such thing existed. Instead, the inquiry set me off on a rewarding decade-long journey of learning, collaboration, and co-creation. […]

The Brief Impact ETFs, tech for the visually-impaired, education’s OpenTable, inclusion through inclusion, dark shadows Aug. 2, 2017 Greetings, ImpactAlpha readers! What will impact investing look like in 2030? Our friends at the Global Impact Investing Network are working on a roadmap to accelerate impact investing toward the next stage of market development. You can have your […]

The Brief Chan-Zuckerberg’s portfolio, J.P. Morgan’s clean billions, Patamar’s livelihood thesis, care-bots, Brief Quiz No. №25 Jul. 28, 2017 Photo by Kimberly Farmer Hello ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original How Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are investing their social-change billions. If and when the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative becomes one of the biggest private social-change funders in history, these early […]

Impact investing is about using markets and money for social good. Impact investing is built on the belief that private capital can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through investments made into […]

Better Data Jean Case, our CEO, issued a simple clarion call in the Stanford Social Innovation Review last month: #ShareYourData. The time is now. The impact investing field has grown leaps and bounds since the Global Impact Investment Network first started tracking the growth of the field in 2010. Networks like Toniic and The ImPact […]

The Brief Jul. 27, 2017 Hello ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Peterborough social impact bond becomes a proof point. Fewer prisoners are returning to prison in Peterborough, England. That represents a success for the city, the ex-offenders, and the investors who backed the world’s first social impact bond, which financed a comprehensive post-release program. Social impact […]

  LONDON, UK, August 1, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Representatives of sacred places and cities that attract spiritual pilgrims are working with highly placed conservationists to create a dedicated fund for their environmental protection by relying on the investment community’s growing commitment to ethical or impact investment. The altar at the Naga Metropolitan Cathedral, September […]

The Brief Blending finance for global goals, responsible robo-advisors, U.S. impact investing alliance, future of transportation in the U.K. Jul. 26, 2017 Rua Líbero Badaró, São Paulo, Brazil l Photo by Guilherme Cunha Hello ImpactAlpha readers! #Featured: ImpactAlpha Original Blending finance to unlock capital for the 2030 global goals. To build its $150 million private equity fund […]

Inclusive Economics More than $9 million available for borrowing for refugees Photo credit: : Kiva The micro-lending platform’s latest fund is making more than $9 million available for borrowing by refugees and host countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. There are 22.5 million refugees spread around the world; five million from the crisis in Syria. “Beyond direct relief, there needs […]

Smarter Money Former Gov. Deval Patrick: ‘We’re being closely followed, so we owe it to the field to do it well.’ Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, manageing director, Bain Capital Double Impact The tipoff that impact investing is indeed reaching a new stage in the capital markets came when Deval Patrick described the $390 million Bain Capital […]

Inclusive Prosperity The GSG honors Philadelphia community-development finance institution that connected capital markets and low-income communities Philadelphia, PA l Photo credit: Sam Horine For decades, Don Hinkle-Brown has fantasized about having access to the public markets to raise capital for childcare centers and charter schools, grocery stores and health clinics, energy efficiency upgrades and small businesses […]

Smarter Money Equities and fixed-income products with high ESG ratings “have better risk-return ratios” Photo credit: AP The world’s second-largest reinsurer is done with legacy indexes that fail to account for companies’ performance on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, issues. The Swiss firm is already 90 percent of way towards shifting its portfolio to track ESG […]

Smarter Money ‘United Nations’ of impact investing in Chicago draws national advisory boards from 16 countries Chicago, United States l Photo credit: Austin Neill On the heels of the G20 meeting in Hamburg will come a summit of the Impact 16 in Chicago. That’s the number of countries, with the recent addition of Finland and Argentina, […]

Smarter Money Mainstream asset owners are on a journey to make their investments a powerful force for good — let’s welcome them. New York, New York l Photo credit: Anders Jildén In the impact investing community, there is continuing talk about whether “the big tent” — created by the diversity of strategies and approaches pursued by investors– is too big. There are […]

Inclusive Economics The venture capital fund is expanding into healthcare, agriculture, and housing Vishal Mehta, Co-founder Lok Capital Gurgaon-based Lok invests in financial institutions serving low-income Indians, and is expanding into healthcare, agriculture, and housing. Lok has exited four companies in the past 12 months, enabling the firm to return $65 million in principal from its second fund, […]

by Teri Lovelace, LOCUS President Ever felt like your chosen profession or career didn’t quite reflect your inner values? You know that feeling when you’ve made choices but you’re not exactly “planted” in the right pot. You feel it inside, that small nagging discontentment urging you to do more for a greater good, but the […]

Climate Finance The fund is looking to back twenty projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia with up to $100 million each Climate Investor One was conceived in 2014 and incubated by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. The fund is looking to back twenty 30- to 60-megawatt projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia with […]

Impact investing is about using markets and money for social good. Impact investing is built on the belief that private capital can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through investments made into […]