Capital with purpose The second wave of impact investing

This books guides the reader through the latest development in the field of sustainable and impact investing and provides a step-by-step guide to clarify what an impact focused investment strategy. It highlights the key areas where there is need for more innovative financial models and where major opportunities to achieve both social and financial returns exist. The Covid-19 pandemic is an acute example of the need for more resilience in portfolios. What does “risk” mean in the world that emerges? As the interest – and pressure – to move assets into more sustainable business models, many institutional and private investors are associating their investments with the sustainable development goals. Very few though can demonstrate how this has changed their investment practices and what long-term progress each investment will actually lead to. Readers of this book will be able to understand the terminology and the emerging standards that help to assess the potential for positive (or negative) impact that a company or a project may have. It shows simple, cost-effective ways to manage impact – as well as the scientific evidence based models – in order to fit each investor’s level of ambition and needs. Different types of asset classes and instruments are discussed and a number of case studies illustrate what some pioneering investors think and do.