Impact Investing

Impact Investing is an up-and-coming field of practice that directs capital to investment opportunities that are likely to produce a positive social, environmental, and financial return.

Top Publications

• Counter(Imp)acting Austerity, November 2011, by JP Morgan 
• Working paper: Enabling Social Innovation Through Developmental Impact Investing, June 2011, SiG@Waterloo
• The Canadian Impact Investing Fund: A National Fund Proposition to Support Investment in the Social Sector - An Overview for Stakeholders, May 2011, Social Investment Organization
• Impact Investing in Canada: A Survey of Assets, Social Investment Organization, 2010
• Investing for Social and Environmental Impact by the Monitor Institute
• Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Investing for Impact: Case Studies Across Asset Classes by Parthenon Group and Bridges Ventures
• Impact Investing: Harnessing Capital Markets to Solve Problems at Scale by Antony Bugg-Levine and John Goldstein
• The Capital Curve for a Better World by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green  
• Blended Value Investing: Capital Opportunities for Social and Environmental Impact by the World Economic Forum
• The Blended Value Map: Tracking the Intersects and Opportunities of Economic, Social and Environmental Value Creation by Jed Emerson and Sheila Bonini
• Social Enterprise and The Social Investment Market in the UK: An Initial Overview by JPA Europe Limited: July 2010
• Impact Investing by GIIN
• Impact investments: An Emerging Asset Class by JP Morgan
• Social Venture Exchange: Social Finance Census

Top Blog Posts from SocialFinance.ca

• New Support for Global Impact Investment Rating System (GIIRS)
• Canadian Responsible Investment Conference Update: Impact Investing: Innovations for Social Finance
• What is the Local Investor Potential for Impact Investing?
• PRI 2009: Exploring the Links Between Responsible Investing, Social Finance and Impact Investing
• Event Recap: Impact Investing: Building Prosperity Outside the Mainstream

Additional Resources

• Global Impact Investing Network
• Social Venture Exchange
• Impact Investing @ Rockefeller Foundation
• Canadian Task Force on Social Finance
• Canadian Cooperative Association