Publications

In this post of the GIIN's blog, Amit Bouri, Co-founder and CEO of the GIIN, shares his latest thoughts on utilizing the concept of "handprints" as an active way for companies to proactively work towards better outcomes for their communities. He explains, "The idea of an 'environmental footprint' is now clear to most people, and increasingly, the concept of a firm’s 'social footprint' is also coming into the discussion, as investors consider how the company treats its workers and the broader stakeholder community."

Many investors provide tailored non-financial support, including technical assistance, to companies in order to enhance product development,…

Investments into financial services can unlock access to opportunities and enhance resiliency in the face of financial crises. Many of these…

SNS Impact Investing invests globally for social impact and market rate financial returns, focusing on microfinance and agriculture. Pro Mujer…

In this Op-ed, Amit Bouri reflects ESG investments and calls for investors to "build beyond the baseline" with an emphasis on going beyond. He says, "To go “beyond,” our world needs more investors and business leaders asking a new question: How do you ensure that your portfolio performs in our turbulent and rapidly changing world, while also investing now for a sustainable, regenerative future economy that serves all of society and the planet?"

Institutional asset owners such as pension funds and insurance companies have an immense opportunity to deepen their engagement with external…

To accelerate progress towards global goals such as mitigating climate change and improving the quality of jobs amongst the global workforce,…

Institutional asset owners are increasingly interested in incorporating social and environmental factors into their portfolios and investments…

Over the past decade, impact investing has primarily been executed in private markets; however, given the tremendous opportunity to leverage…

COMPASS: The Methodology for Comparing and Assessing Impact builds on the GIIN’s ongoing efforts to help impact investors integrate impact into…

The impact investing industry is full of success stories: stories about impact investors thinking differently about the power of their capital,…

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.”