The nonprofit Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) recently projected that impact investments, defined as investments that “aim to solve social or environmental challenges while generating financial profit,” will grow to USD 500 billion by 2014, totaling roughly 1 percent of all managed assets. According to GIIN, impact investments currently amount to about USD 50 billion, with the majority of investors being high-net-worth individuals.
Despite this projected growth, GIIN argues that a lack of information and infrastructure is hampering impact investments from growing at a greater pace.
By Stefanie Rubin, Research Associate
About the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN):
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of impact investing, which it defines as for-profit investment made to solve social and environmental problems.
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Source Article: The New York Times: “With Impact Investing, a Focus on More Than Returns”
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