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Status of the Social Impact Investing Market
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Status of the Social Impact Investing Market

A Primer


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Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

Economic anthropologist Maximilian Martin offers a solid introduction to social impact investing and to the entities that play significant roles in its growth. He illustrates examples of how firms, governments and nonprofits work together to achieve economic returns for investors while helping to address critical social and environmental issues. getAbstract recommends his brief but enlightening paper to investors, policy makers and activists searching for innovative ways to unite financial and social aims.

Take-Aways

  • Social impact investing involves “investments made into companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.”
  • Its market now totals $36 billion, but forecasts suggest it could reach as much as $1 trillion by 2020 to meet the global challenges and “public services expenditure gaps.”
  • Returns on social impact investments are higher than those of conventional investments, yet potential investors cite a lack of precedent, proven market participants and a commonly accepted rating system as investing hurdles.

About the Author

Maximilian Martin founded Impact Economy, a firm specializing in social impact investing and strategy.