Impact ecosystem

New data platform Forest IQ has been created by an alliance of leading not-for-profit organisations. It plans to help impact investors eliminate deforestation from their portfolios.

Goodwill Investments increases funding into insurtech firm Inclusivity Solutions. Plus: Clarity AI and Radient AI announce strategic partnership to integrate sustainability data with fund insights | ABC Fund invests in Ugandan coffee supplier JKCC

Differing perceptions of fiduciary duty is one of several reasons European and US investors diverge in their strategies when seeking to make an impact.

Leading figures from the impact investing industry, such as our keynote speaker Maurits Schouten, will share their experiences and offer up key insights.

Turkey’s NAB is looking to galvanise impact investment by tapping into a vibrant local private sector and by attracting international players. However, several obstacles remain, such as the need to generate more awareness.

New guidance from the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation seeks to tackle potential conflicts between climate and biodiversity investments and provides recommendations on how to minimise the trade-offs.

Under the ‘Generating real-world impact’, the second edition of our annual Impact Investor Conference will bring together Europe’s impact investing sector in The Hague on 7 December 2023.

Large language models have been around for years but have recently acquired celebrity status with the launch of ChatGPT. We look at the use of artificial intelligence in impact investing from three different perspectives.

Impact assessment should be seen as part of the solution, not a deterrent to profitable investment, big institutions argued at the GIIN Impact Forum 2023. 

GIIN announces collaboration with Singapore-based Centre for Impact Investing and Practices to educate investors and corporations on best practice for impact investing, during the GIIN Impact Forum in Copenhagen.