The survey shows a market more oriented towards making social rather than environmental impact and seemingly confident that investing in impact does not necessarily mean big compromises on financial returns.
A new report from the G7-backed think tank highlights the growing gap in funding needed to tackle the UN SDGs and suggests how it could be narrowed through smart use of blended finance and the development of more widely accepted sustainability disclosure standards.
The UK-based not-for-profit has called for faster action, after finding that three-quarters of financial institutions did not have a public policy on deforestation in place, despite pledging action on net zero.
Impact investments achieve returns comparable to the wider market, making them compatible with the fiduciary duty of pension funds to their stakeholders, a Pensions for Purpose research paper concludes.
Lisa Hehenberger of the Esade Center for Social Impact tells Impact Investor about the rationale for a report aimed at pushing impact up the agenda for decision-makers at Europe’s foundations
The fund manager will invest in businesses with scalable solutions to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in partnership with UK academic and other research institutions.
Asset owners are wrestling with how to balance pressure to decarbonise their own investment portfolios in the short-term against the benefits of investing in longer-term decarbonisation of polluting industries.
A survey from Norway’s recently established National Advisory Board provides insights into an increasingly vibrant impact investing sector where participants say they are poised to scale up their activities.
In a letter to the UK government, LCP and Pensions for Purpose say pension funds need to increase sustainable investment, and that intergenerational inequality among pension contributors needs to be addressed.
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