Impact investing
Impact Investing Grows, but Field Leaders Concede Limitations
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Impact investing that seeks to align investments with social and environmental goals is growing. But might “impact-washing” be not far behind?
Impact investing
Impact Investing Rises, but the Impact of the Investments Remains in Doubt
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The core “impact investing” idea of using capital to address pressing global challenges is gaining rapidly in scale. But while solid economic returns can be demonstrated, showing socially transformative impact has proved more challenging.
investment strategies
Nathan Cummings No Longer Just Experimenting with Impact Investing
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The hands-on practice of impact investing has convinced this philanthropic institution to go all in.
Nonprofit News
Living Right: Buen Vivir Fund Heralds a More Democratic Kind of Impact Investing
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Imagine a loan fund in which borrowers constitute half the loan committee. Such is the structure of the Buen Vivir Fund, which launched operations this month with its first set of loans.
Philanthropy
Nonprofit Earned-Income Ventures Aren’t Rockets: Another Launchpad Failure
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Here, John MacIntosh examines the failure of an impact-investing intermediary. Foundations and nonprofits often support startups without accepting the hard lessons that private investors have learned: without risk, there’s rarely reward.
Nonprofit News
Generational Musings on Impact Investing: Are They Worth the Paper?
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Sometimes research findings are sufficient to generate headlines but insufficient as far as advancing learning is concerned.
Impact investing
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Positively Influence Impact Investing
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Global Impact Investing Network’s 2017 survey shows positive trends for impact investing prioritizing social over financial gains.
Nonprofit News
Nonprofit Investing Venture Supports Social Entrepreneurship
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RSF Social Finance brings integrated capital funding to the social field.
Opinion
SOCAP16 and the Continued Evolution of Impact Investing
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Social Capital Markets 2016 is the latest in a series of annual conferences hosted by Mission Hub and designed to “increase the flow of capital toward social good.” This year’s conference moved from a discussion of the nature of social investing to one on why social investing is the proper use of capital.
Nonprofit News
The US State Department Endorses Impact Investing at the UN General Assembly
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A “Trillion Dollar Challenge” is declared to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.