Huffington Post guest columnist Amy Domini, founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments and author of Socially Responsible Investing, takes note of the increased use of "high-impact investing" as a term to describe investments into highly impactful companies. Domini recognizes that the activities of today's impact investors build upon the work of the socially responsible investing movement.

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"What makes a manager a specialist in socially responsible investing? It's three things. One, they select investments by applying standards that include impacts on people and the planet. Two, they are activist owners and engage in issues either directly through filing shareholder resolutions or less directly through policy work. Three, they add investments into highly impactful entities such as community development loan funds for farmers, micro-credit funds and start-ups in positive change fields."

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