Industry Know-How

This study by PWC has focused on the business potential the SDGs offer and the relevance it has for companies worldwide. Major findings: 71% of business say they are already planning how they will engage with the SDGs, 13% of business habe identified the tools ...

This article in the category of innovative finance describes how impact investing financial products add a development objective to an investment goal and establish a key link between sustainability targets and commercial capital. In doing so they address a major funding dilemma facing social enterprises ...

This guide published by the Mission Investors Exchange acknowledges the challenges that organizations with small staff sizes face when attempting to participating in the opportunities presented by the markets of impact investing. The guide presents the growing importance and advantages of impact investing, and offers ...

Econsense is an association of leading, globally active companies and organizations of German business specializing in the area of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The guide provides some basic definitions and discusses common motivations and goals for conducting an impact assessment. Commonly used ...

This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement ...

In its annual survey, the Global Impact Investing Network found that a third of all respondents were interested in making investments that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment through both debt and equity investments in the United States and emerging markets. Some investors seek ...

Local and Regional Governments are key players in the successful global implementation of the Sustainability Goals because they work directly with and for their citizens, and therefore, know best where projects should be implemented. This report describes each of the Sustainability Goals, and specifically outlines ...

Developing nations need trillions of dollars a year to tackle issues like food security, climate change risks and basic infrastructure. The global challenges are so complex and the size of the funding that’s needed is so large, traditional funding sources like philanthropy are probably ...

Cambridge Associates and the Global Impact Investing Network have collaborated to launch the Impact Investing Benchmark, the first comprehensive analysis of the financial performance of market rate private equity and venture capital impact investing funds. While the impact investing industry is in an early stage ...