Social impact

Impact Investor speaks to Javier Armentia about CREAS, the impact investment firm he co-founded in Spain, and the outlook for impact investing in the country.

The UK’s development finance institution is funding the new project alongside logistics company DP World. The port will become the single gateway for imports and exports of containers in the DRC.

As the summer holidays in Europe get into full swing, Impact Investor examines the challenges facing the tourism sector and the opportunities for investment in sustainable travel.

Breast cancer deaths disproportionately affect women in low- and middle-income countries. However, healthtech innovations are increasingly making life-saving screening more accessible.

Keynote speaker Sarah de Lagarde will discuss the impact of healthtech at this year’s Impact Investor Conference. But before that, Sarah, a double amputee, will be attempting to climb Kilimanjaro and raise funds for STAND.

Commitments from several regional pension schemes have boosted the fund’s capacity to invest in the development and acquisition of affordable housing in the UK, where there is an acute shortage.

The equity and bond strategies will target both social and environmental impact across nine impact themes and are being made available to both retail and institutional investors.

Spanish impact investor CREAS has raised €40m at first close for its €70m Creas Impacto II fund and announced its first two investments.

The German investor believes offering financial incentives to companies if they hit social impact targets should play a greater role in investment strategies.

The gaming sector is growing at an exponential rate. For impact investors, there are a number of pathways forward, but also key considerations around how to affect social change through gaming.