Resources for Funders
Demonstrated returns support the case for impact investing and further developing our collective ability to effectively align impact goals with financial performance.
The following resources highlight relevant research and information that supports the case for the growth and development of impact investing. If you have any questions about the resources here or are interested in working with me, please reach out:
Impact Investing Has Demonstrated Returns
According to the Global Impact Investing Network’s 2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey, 67% of impact investors expected market rate returns alongside their impact goals and most of them did, in fact, see financial (68%) and impact (78%) performance in line with their expectations. These demonstrated returns support the case for impact investing and further developing our collective ability to effectively align impact goals with financial performance.
Innovative Finance Unlocks Value
Innovative finance is an important mechanism for effectively aligning impact goals with financial goals. It challenges existing structures, processes and incentives by considering the full range of the risk and return spectrum to better meet the needs of funders and impact organizations, ensuring funds get where they’re needed to make the most impact. By unlocking more social and economic value from capital, innovative finance works to create investment portfolios that optimize for risk, return and impact.
Towards Systems Level Change
Innovative and blended finance models open the door to a systems lens on investing, which seeks to understand the complex set of stakeholders, interconnections and dynamics that define systemic social and environmental issues and how financial capital can be deployed to enable real systems-level change. Systemic investing evolves past investments in a single program or project to consider multiple coherent investments – such as business model innovation or market development – to shift entire systems.
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