Impact Investing

Impact investing is an exciting and rapidly growing industry powered by investors who are determined to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial returns. This is taking place all over the world, and across all asset classes.

What You Need to Know about Impact Investing

  1. What is impact investing?

    Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
  2. Who is making impact investments?

    Impact investment has attracted a wide variety of investors, both individual and institutional.

  3. How do impact investments perform financially?

    Impact investors have diverse financial return expectations.
  4. Where can I go for more information?

    The GIIN builds critical market infrastructure and supports activities, education, and research that help accelerate the development of the impact investing field. Learn more.

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