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Impact Investing
Team 8Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe
Team 8: Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe
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Concept & Foundations
• Demands both a financial return and a measurable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact
• Emerging asset class• Difference between SRI and Impact Investing
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Applications to Sustainability & Environment
23%
17%
16%
14%
11%
7%
6%4%
2%Distribution of Impact Investments by Sector
Renewable Energy
Rural Developmemt
Health
Trade
Water and Sanitation
Technology
Finances and Business services
Education
Housing
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Current Examples
• Dow Jones Sustainability Index • Calvert Foundation Community Investment• RSF Utility Function
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Breakthroughs & Challenges
• Global Acceptance• Success where government and philanthropy cannot do
enough • Moving from niche to mainstream• Deal sourcing • Lack of a common language • Impact measurement: the development and adoption of
standardized metrics, benchmarks, and/or ratings (Impact Reporting Investment Standards and Global Impact Investment Rating System
• Organized network to advance shared interests
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Conclusions & Top 3 References
The sector has the potential to drive significant capital to market-based solutions to the world's
most pressing challenges
References:1.2.3.