Impact ecosystem

The Global Impact Investing Network has published a report highlighting the key trends and challenges in impact measurement and management practices. 

The SpainNAB-led Funds Task Force identifies key characteristics for impact investing and proposes a label to differentiate impact investments from other types of sustainable investing.

The collaborative grouping of standards setters and impact tool providers has published new guidance and tools designed to drive faster adoption of wide-ranging impact management.  

FAIR barometer of social finance reveals an increase is solidarity-based investments of €1.8bn in 2022.

Almost 160 private debt impact funds in Phenix Capital’s impact database target SDG 1 by tackling poverty in emerging markets.

Private equity is the most popular way for UK pension funds to make impact investments, but a wider geographical spread and greater attention to additionality would improve effectiveness, according to Pensions for Purpose. 

The vast majority of impact investors say financial returns from their impact investing strategies meet or exceed their expectations, according to the latest research by the Global Impact Investing Network.

The number of funds with biodiversity-related themes on Phenix Capital’s Impact Database now stands at 972, representing 55% growth since 2017. 

We talk to the national advisory boards (NABs) for impact investing in France, Germany and Italy to find out how the landscape for pension fund investment in impact is evolving.

We talk to the national advisory boards (NABs) for impact investing in the Netherlands, the UK and Sweden about their views on how local pension funds are embracing impact investing.