The 2021 GIIN Investor Forum

In this article, Anne Field from Forbes interviews Amit Bouri, Co-Founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, about some key findings from the GIIN’s 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey. In particular, they focus on the Survey’s findings related to the current COVID-19 crisis and note that impact investors seem to not have abandoned pre-crisis investing plans. According to Bouri, this makes sense, particularly if you understand investors’ reasons for embracing impact. He also underscores, “Impact investors are motivated by issues that are going to take a long time to resolve.”

This Pioneers Post article, covering the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey, highlights that impact investors do not seem to be scared off by the current COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, according to the survey, more than half (57%) of the respondents answered, “they were unlikely to decrease the volume of capital they had planned to commit to impact investments this year.” Moreover, the article underscores that this year’s survey, “provides data and insights from the largest number of respondents ever: 294 of the world’s leading impact investors, who collectively manage USD 404 billion of impact investing assets.”

In this Institutional Asset Manager UK article, Madeleine Taylor covers some of the findings from the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) 10th Annual Impact Investor Survey. For instance, Taylor features data on market growth, noting that “the aggregate AUM of the impact investors that have been repeat respondents to GIIN’s annual survey has almost doubled from USD 52 billion to USD 98 billion” over the past four years. Amit Bouri, Co-Founder and CEO of the GIIN, highlights that this growth can be attributed to an increase in sophistication in impact investing. As the survey points out, the ways firms measure impact has improved significantly over the past decade and “strong performance is motivating investment activity, both in financial and impact terms.”

In this statement posted on Medium, GIIN CEO Amit Bouri reflects on persistent racial discrimination and the urgent need for action. "In this tumultuous moment, we must use our pain as fuel to redouble our efforts toward that future: a future that is more inclusive, more equitable, and more just; a future in which finance is used as a powerful lever to tackle our most urgent challenges; a future in which the “black lives matter” mantra is understood simply as a statement of fact.” - Bouri shares his reflections on structural racism and urges all those in positions to make change happen to take action. George Floyd and far too many others deserve justice.

In this article, Elena Johansson covers how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be used as an “investing tool” to drive greater impact, and interviews Rachel Bass, Senior Manager, Research, at the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) in New York. According to Bass, although the application of the SDGs in investments remains an evolving process, the importance of SDG investing is rising. Bass underscores that the GIIN’s 2020 State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice survey revealed that approximately three-quarters of respondents are aligning their portfolios with the SDGs, “using the SDGs to guide their impact measurement and management practices” and to set their targets.

In this article, Meg Massey covers a variety of new network initiatives within the impact investing industry that have been launched in response to the current COVID-19 crisis. Massey underscores that the initiatives are focused on facilitating the sharing of vital information and best practices, “which helps the response on the ground and strengthens the sector’s post-COVID future.” The Response, Recovery, and Resilience Investment Coalition (R3 Coalition), which is managed by the GIIN and is supported by a group of leading foundations is one of the initiatives mentioned in the article, as it, and is designed to connect investors and streamline impact investing efforts that will address the large-scale social and economic consequences of COVID-19.

In this article, Abby Schultz interviews Co-Founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, Amit Bouri, on the launch of the new Response, Recovery, and Resilience Investment Coalition (R3 Coalition). According to Bouri, “there was a broad recognition that we had a unique and unprecedented global crisis that required a unique and global response.”

In this article, Hazel Bradford covers the launch of the Response, Recovery, and Resilience Investment Coalition – “R3 Coalition” – founded  to “streamline impact investing efforts that address the social and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic through opportunities such as health interventions and access to capital.” The current COVID-19 crisis "underscores the need for bigger and better collaboration," notes Amit Bouri, Co-Founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, which is managing the coalition.

In this article, Amit Bouri, co-founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), highlights the significance of impact performance and provides insights from the GIIN’s second edition of The State of Impact Measurement and Management Practice report. For instance, Bouri underscores that impact performance is shaping the way, “investors will think about impact for years to come…” and “…is redefining what ‘successful’ investing looks like.”