In this article, Stephen Foley comments on how impact investing is rapidly gaining traction, noting that, “we may even peg 2017 as a breakthrough year for the concept of impact investing.” He references how several organizations, including the GIIN, have run high-profile events on impact investing in recent months, provides examples of new structures in the space such The Rockefeller Foundation’s “forest resilience bond,” and highlights how institutional investors such as Goldman Sachs and UBS are active in impact investing as well.

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