Impact ecosystem

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The impact investing sector cannot remain the exclusive realm of the wealthy if its potential is to be maximised, according to Snowball’s CEO Daniela Barone Soares

Six months after the publication of the Impact Taskforce’s ‘Time to deliver’ report, Nick Hurd assesses the progress made so far and highlights the need to accelerate efforts to grow the impact investment sector

GIIN has opened a public comment period for its upcoming guidelines for impact investing in listed equities. Separately, the organisation has added new impact themes to its IRIS+ system, including racial equity

Investments in South Asia show the highest growth in clients actively using responsible financial services, whereas Latin America and the Caribbean lag, according to GIIN’s latest research

Being an impact-driven organisation linked to a corporation can be challenging. A new report and risk assessment tool launched by EVPA aim to help social corporate investors assess and safeguard their impact integrity

Cliff Prior, CEO of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), talks about the organisation’s priorities and growth plans, and their focus on catalysing impact investment to benefit people and planet

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a beta version of its first impact performance benchmark. It will allow investors to assess and compare sector-specific impact performance to peers and to SDGs, and to make investment choices to maximise impact

Roberta Bosurgi, CEO of the European Venture Philanthropy Association, reflects on the organisation’s efforts to bring philanthropic purpose and investment practice together and the need for the sector to join forces to maximise impact

CEO and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network shares his vision for mobilising capital on a scale commensurate with the social and environmental challenges facing the world