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This report by the US National Advisory Board on Impact Investing addresses the importance of the growing impact investing market in solving some of the worlds most challenging sustainability problems. They stress the importance of connecting the private and public sectors to support the growth ...

This is the report of the sub-group established by GECES to develop a standard for social impact measurement. This standard will be used:

• as part of the qualification for social enterprises, and for funds under the EuSEF legislation, and
• as public reporting or information provision ...

In The Power of Impact Investing, published in 2014, Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg, two of the foremost experts in the field, explain what impact investing is, how it compares to philanthropy and traditional investments, where opportunities are evolving around the world ...

During the past 10 years of impact investing in Brazil, we have observed a significant development in the impact investing space. Five years ago, only a few players identified themselves as impact investors, very few organizations in the social sector were investor-ready, and there were ...

Tackling youth unemployment is a priority. Over 1 million young people are not in employment, full time education or training — almost 1 in 7of all young people in the UK. Transitions to adulthood have become increasingly difficult as a result of the economic outlook and ...

9 recommendations for Investors who want to make a difference and how they must balance financial return with complex measures of social and environmental impact.

Published in 2014 this book offers a detailed, reliable, and proven approach to rigorously evaluating and increasing the social impact of philanthropic efforts. The world is beset with enormous problems that desperately need solutions. And as a nonprofit, NGO, foundation, impact investor, or socially responsible ...

Over recent years there has been a tremendous upsurge in demand for organisations — across both charitable and commercial sectors — to provide more information about their social and environmental impact. For social-purpose organisations, these developments have brought considerable opportunities as well as some new pressures. While ...

This report identifies twelve high-performing funds that have seen both financial and social returns on their investments. This report is designed to be a resource for the broad community interested in the future of impact investing, but especially for impact investing practitioners – those fund managers ...