impact investing
Values-driven capital deployment
Impact investing is putting money into companies, organizations, or funds with the intention of generating both financial returns and measurable social or environmental benefit.
Unlike traditional investing, which focuses solely on profit, or philanthropy, which expects no return, impact investing aims for both: Her impact investing portfolio includes affordable housing developments and renewable energy startups.
- triple bottom lineBusiness accountability triad
- green bondsLoans for environmental projects
- microfinanceSmall loans for poor entrepreneurs
- community developmentOrganized local betterment efforts
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
renewable energy · social enterprise · gender equality · fair trade · sustainable agriculture · philanthropy · healthcare equity · circular economy · racial justice · public health initiatives · fiduciary duty · carbon offsets · poverty alleviation · changemakers · mission-driven · regenerative · climate resilience · venture capital
impact investingvulture capitalism
Exploiting dying businesses
asset stripping · hostile takeovers · leveraged buyouts · short-termism