Next Normal Now: Re-Imagining Capitalism for Our Future | Climate Action

In this Regulation Asia article, Chris Hall covers a recent two-day summit between the Group of Seven (G-7) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors. Hall underscores the summit’s support for the introduction of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures and the need to develop even better reporting frameworks. Hall also touches on the importance of developing, refining, and harmonizing impact reporting frameworks, and looks to the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Impact Measurement and Management framework as an outstanding example. 

In this Wall Street Journal article, exploring the idea of linking asset manager’s compensation to performance on environmental, social and governance issues, The Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Co-founder and CEO Amit Bouri notes that “Investors are no longer satisfied with vague promises about ESG benefits, and firms now need to measure impact to raise money.” Amit highlights the GIIN’s IRIS+, a system for measuring, managing, and optimizing impact used by more than 17,000 investors. 

In this Pensions & Investments article, Hazel Bradford covers the launch of the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) COMPASS methodology for comparing and assessing impact. The idea behind GIIN’s Compass methodology “is to standardize the components and process of impact performance analysis at the aggregate investment, fund or portfolio level.” COMPASS: The Methodology for Comparing and Assessing Impact is groundbreaking, as it allows investors to compare impact results, and offers insight into three critical impact figures: scale, pace, and efficiency.

In this Spear’s article, Anna Solomon makes the case that impact investing is here to stay. Solomon touches on the history of impact investing, looks at where the field currently stands, and notes that according to the Global Impact investing Network (GIIN), “The size of impact investments increased by around 40 percent between 2019 and 2020, and is now estimated at $715 billion.”

This Pro Bono Australia article covers the Future of Impact panel that took place at Shift 2021. The panel featured GIIN’s Co-Founder and CEO Amit Bouri, Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green, Jed Emerson, impact investment pioneer; and impact investment expert Fran Siegel.

In this Op-ed in Pioneers Post, GIIN’s Co-founder and CEO Amit Bouri reflects back on a full year of pandemic life. Bouri underscores that “we cannot unsee what this past year has revealed” and that “there will be no miracle cure, no silver bullet for the economic and social recovery ahead.” Instead, says Bouri, “to truly address the underlying problems exposed by the pandemic, we need to tackle our systemic gaps from more than one direction.”

In this Pro Bono Australia article, Maggie Coggan covers the launch of The Joint Impact Indicators by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The initiative aims to “assist impact investors to report and measure goals and outcomes across gender, the climate, and employment.”

This Financial Times article covers Temasek’s recent $500m allocation to Leapfrog Investments. According to the GIIN, Temasek’s partnership “marks the largest single commitment to a specialist impact investment manager.”

In this Forbes article, eight finance experts share their go-to resources on impact investing. Seema Chaturvedi, from AWE (Achieving Women Equity) Funds, lists the Global Impact Investing Network as “the one resource” she turns to, to learn about impact investing.

This Stanford Social Innovation Review article covers the emerging field of corporate impact investing, which currently stands at “more than $7.2 billion in committed capital.” The authors outline five strategies of successful corporate impact funds that may inspire and help new investors navigate this nascent market.