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  • Beyond Good Intentions – Bringing Strategy To Giving, Impact Investing, and Corporate Responsibility

    via The European Business Reviewby Olga Almqvist

    January 25, 2023

    Summary

    In this European Business Review article author Olga Almqvist discusses the importance of impact investors and forward-thinking leaders sharing a common strategic approach to achieving impact at scale. Almqvist mentions the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022 report which estimates the size of the worldwide impact investing market to be USD 1.164 trillion, marking the first time that the GIIN’s widely-cited estimate has topped the USD 1 trillion mark.

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  • A New Impact Frontier Beyond ESG in 2023

    via Nasdaqby Aisha Williams

    January 19, 2023

    Summary

    In this Nasdaq article author Aisha Williams discusses the growing impact investing market. Williams mentions the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022 report which estimates the size of the worldwide impact investing market to be USD 1.164 trillion, marking the first time that the GIIN’s widely-cited estimate has topped the USD 1 trillion mark.

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  • From climate-smart farming to electric rickshaws: the investors banking on make an impact

    via Reutersby Mark Hillsdon

    January 17, 2023

    Summary

    In this Reuters article, author Mark Hillsdon spoke with Amit Bouri, CEO and Co-Founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) to discuss the rapid growth of the impact investing industry, which the GIIN estimates at USD $1.64 trillion. Bouri says, “There is undeniable momentum behind allocating capital in a way that actually drives progress on the world’s most pressing issues … in a way that can achieve financial objectives and achieve impact objectives.”

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  • 7 Steps to Engage in Impact Investing

    via U.S. News & World Reportby Brian O'Connell

    January 05, 2023

    Summary

    In this U.S. News & World Report, author Brian O'Connell provides readers with seven practical ways to engage with the impact investing market. O’Connell mentions the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022 report which estimates that size of the worldwide impact investing market is USD 1.164 trillion, marking the first time the cited estimate has topped the USD 1 trillion mark.

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  • Social-impact investing pays in more ways than one. Here are the keys to an effective investment

    via The Globe and Mailby Courtney Robinson and Leslie Jackson

    December 14, 2022

    Summary

    In this The Global and Mail article, authors Courtney Robinson and Leslie Jackson discuss the growing impact investing market. Jackson and Robinson write, “Social-impact investing is a mostly misunderstood and underutilized way for a company to support the communities it serves by amplifying its power to pay it forward. But it is on the rise: The Global Impact Investing Network, which advocates for increasing its scale and effectiveness, estimates that the size of the worldwide impact investing market has topped US $1-trillion.”

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  • Impact Investor Conference: Growing the sector to maximise impact

    via ImpactInvestorby Hans van de Veen

    November 30, 2022

    Summary

    In this ImpactInvestor article, author Hans van de Veen discusses how to grow the impact investment space to maximize impact, an issue that was debated at the first Impact Investor Conference in Amsterdam which took place last week. Veen writes, “The size of impact investing market has surpassed the $1 trillion mark, according to the latest figures from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). ‘A significant milestone’, according to Wouter Koelewijn, senior advisor, Europe, at the GIIN. During a panel discussion at last week’s Impact Investor Conference in Amsterdam, Koelewijn added that this figure represents only a tiny percentage of the total global financial sector and it is far from what is needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.”

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  • Devex Invested: As impact investing grows up, here’s what to watch

    via Devex by Adva Saldinger

    November 30, 2022

    Summary

    In Devex article, author Adva Saldinger discusses the growth and momentum of the impact investing market. Saldinger writes, “The impact investing industry is seeing more professionalization and standardization. Many firms now use or align with the same sets of impact standards. And nearly 1,500 people showed up at GIIN’s forum in The Hague earlier this fall — a record crowd. What’s next is an additional level of sophistication: figuring out how to most effectively invest for impact, ensuring some comparability across investments, and maintaining authenticity and veracity as the industry grows, experts tell me.”

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  • Investor in Focus: PayPal

    via Pioneers Post by Laura Joffre

    November 29, 2022

    Summary

    In this Pioneers Post article, author Laura Joffre sits down with Joanne Gan, head of impact investing and ESG at Paypal’s treasury. Joffre writes, “Non-financial companies in the US alone are sitting on US$2tn in cash holdings. If those corporations were to put only a fraction of this into impact investing, that would grow the impact investing market significantly, currently estimated at US$1.16tn. This was the reasoning behind the creation of the GIIN Corporate Impact Investing Initiative in October. Its aim: help companies keen to meet environmental and social goals to invest their financial assets in impact, by sharing best practices and research.”

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  • ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG

    via Stanford Social Innovation Reviewby Jaclyn Foroughi

    November 11, 2022

    Summary

    In Standford Social Innovation Review article, author Jaclyn Foroughi helps readers understand six important differences between ESG and impact investing to ultimately help channel funds appropriately and facilitate better conversations. Foroughi writes, “Too often, ESG is confused with impact investing, which obscures the enormous efforts of the impact investing space. Understanding the difference not only facilitates better-informed conversations but helps channel funds appropriately and further amplifies the progress of the sector toward achieving the audacious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. There is little doubt that the future of both business and finance incorporates social and environmental considerations. At the same time, the symbiotic relationship between these benefits and financial performance ensures the sustainability of purpose-driven organizations. Having the knowledge to differentiate between what lies in the past and what is part of our future is essential in ensuring the success of our people and planet.”

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  • A big moment for impact

    via Private Equity Internationalby Louise Fordham

    November 11, 2022

    Summary

    In this Private Equity International article, author Louise Fordham discusses what the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) new report, GIINsight: Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022, which estimates the worldwide impact investing market to be USD 1.164 trillion dollars, means for impact funds and investors. Fordham writes, “It is worth noting that the network’s previous estimate sized the impact investing market at $715 billion in 2020 – that is considerable growth in a short period, particularly given that the markets have grappled with a global pandemic in between. Despite covid – or perhaps in part because covid highlighted the need for investment to address the many challenges facing communities and the planet – new players have continued to enter the impact arena.”

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  • GIIN launches $4.5m Impact Lab to 'fine-tune' impact investors’ strategy for maximum impact

    via Pioneers Post by Laura Joffre

    November 01, 2022

    Summary

    In this Pioneers Post article, author Laura discusses the launch of the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) ImpactLab supported by EQT Foundation, Temasek and Visa Foundation. Joffre writes, “The Impact Lab will build its work on current GIIN tools for impact management and measurement, but will go further than just collecting data on impact performance: the Lab aims to develop analytical tools that would enable investors to ‘fine-tune’ their strategy by identifying what works, and what doesn’t in different circumstances.”

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  • Global Impact Investments Surpass $1 Trillion for the First Time

    via Barron's Pentaby Fang Block

    October 27, 2022

    Summary

    In this Barron’s Penta article, author Fang Block discusses the launch of the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) new report, GIINsight: Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2022 which estimates the worldwide impact investing market to be USD 1.164 trillion dollars. Block writes,“The GIIN estimates that more than 3,349 organizations managed in impact investing, of which 1,289 met GIIN’s criteria as impact investors, with US$485 million impact assets under management as of Dec. 31. Among the impact investors, 88% reported their investments met or exceeded their expectations. The median investment return for impact funds was 6.4%, compared to 7.4% for non-impact funds, according to the report. Geographically, impact investors concentrated in developed markets. The U.S. and Canada accounted for 50% of the impact investment, while European impact investors made up nearly a third of the market, according to the report.”

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