Impact ecosystem

Big capital is gradually entering the impact investment space but is it translating into big impact? One of the many key issues at debate at last week’s Impact Investor Conference in Amsterdam.

A collection of photos from yesterday’s Impact Investor Conference in Amsterdam and instructions on how to get a digital copy of our first Impact Investing Guide

France’s impact investing sector has experienced record growth in the past two years, driven by new investments and new entrants identifying themselves as impact investors for the first time.

As founding strategic partners, EQT Foundation, Temasek and Visa Foundation have committed $4.5 million to fund this ‘first-of-its-kind’ industry initiative

The GIIN’s latest market sizing report estimates that global assets under management in impact investments now represent $1.164 trillion, a sign of the sector’s “undeniable momentum”

Big Society Capital’s CEO Stephen Muers welcomes the growth of the UK social impact investment sector as it grapples with the cost-of-living and energy crises

Plus, Amsterdam-based Rockstart launches fund to back early-stage tech startups and help develop ideas aimed at tackling societal problems via tech-enabled solutions

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