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  • The Allen & Overy Podcast

    via Allen & Overyby MaameYaa Kwafo-Akoto and Amit Bouri

    July 08, 2021

    Summary

    In this episode of The Allen & Overy Podcast, MaameYaa Kwafo-Akoto from Allen & Overy’s Institutional Investor practice speaks to Amit Bouri, CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), about what impact investing is and how the GIIN supports investors. MaameYaa and Amit discuss market trends for fund managers and institutional investors, whether there is a difference between sustainable investment and impact investing, and how impact investing can positively affect financial returns. 

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  • Why Family Offices And Private Investors Are The Cornerstones Of Impact Investing’s Most Promising Innovations

    via Forbesby Rob Kaplan

    July 08, 2021

    Summary

    In this Forbes article, Rob Kaplan explores why private investors and family offices have swiftly moved to the front-lines of impact investing, allocating their capital to a variety of solutions that provide an array of impact outcomes and financial returns. Kaplan mentions the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey, highlighting that nearly all family offices and private investors are considering, or already have, shifted toward sustainable investments of some kind. 

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  • Special report: Is impact investing here to stay?

    via Spear'sby Anna Solomon

    June 14, 2021

    Summary

    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.”

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  • New tool allows investors to measure, compare impact investments

    via Hazel Bradfordby Pensions & Investments

    June 14, 2021

    Summary

    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.

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  • G7 Backs – but Looks Beyond – Mandatory Climate Disclosures

    via Regulation Asiaby Chris Hall

    June 14, 2021

    Summary

    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. 

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  • Necessary tensions: resisting the allure of a pandemic quick fix

    via Pioneers Postby Amit Bouri

    May 11, 2021

    Summary

    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.”

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  • The future of impact

    via Pro Bono Australiaby Nikki Stefanoff

    May 11, 2021

    Summary

    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.

     

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  • Global impact investing networks launch measurement tool to boost market

    via Pro Bono Australiaby Maggie Coggan

    May 11, 2021

    Summary

    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.”

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  • Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog

    via Financial Timesby Chris Flood

    March 15, 2021

    Summary

    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.”

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  • Eight Finance Pros Share Their Go-To Resources On Impact Investing

    via Forbesby Forbes Finance Council

    March 15, 2021

    Summary

    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.

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  • Corporate Impact Investing in Innovation

    via Stanford Social Innovation Reviewby Ryan Macpherson, Claudine Emeott, Ken Gustavsen, & Moses Choi

    March 15, 2021

    Summary

    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.

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  • Tendercapital, Zani: Impact Investing e Recovery Priorita’ per affrontare sfide post pandemia

    via il Messaggeroby Teleborsa

    March 01, 2021

    Summary

    This Messaggero article highlights that the current pandemic has brought to light that investing in a sustainable and inclusive way must become a top priority and cannot be delayed further. It notes that according to the 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey by the Global Impact Investing Network, the impact investing market stood at 715 billion in 2020. Yet, the impact investing market must grow exponentially in order to tackle the inequalities that the current COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated.

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