SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING

What Is Impact Investing?

Impacting investing aims to generate specific beneficial social or environmental effects in addition to financial gains. Impact investments may take the form of numerous asset classes and may result in many specific outcomes. The point of impact investing is to use money and investment capital for positive social results.

Impact investing refers to an investment strategy that not only generates financial returns but also creates constructive outcomes. The strategy actively seeks to make a positive impact by investing, for example, in non-profits that benefit the community or in clean-technology enterprises that benefit the environment. Impact investing attracts individuals as well as institutional investors including hedge funds, private foundations, banks, pension funds, and other fund managers.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Impact investing refers to a general investment strategy that not only generates financial returns but also creates a positive social or environmental impact.

  • Investors who follow impact investing consider a company's commitment to corporate social responsibility or the duty to positively serve society as a whole.

  • Socially responsible (SRI) and environmental, social, & governance (ESG) investing are two approaches to impact investing, although there is still some disagreement over terminology in the investing community.

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