Archive

  • Benchmarking financial performance of impact investments

    20 January 2021

    Data providers can help investors compare the financial performance of impact investments, the GIIN's Dean Hand tells Michael Hurley

  • Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

    07 January 2021

    A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley

  • The outlook for impact

    06 January 2021

    Cliff Prior outlines the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment's priorities for 2021. Michael Hurley reports

  • The data provider hoping to put impact on the agenda

    29 December 2020

    The CEO of Util argues that ESG data is flawed, and measuring a company's impact on the Sustainable Development Goals can add a new dimension. Christopher Marchant reports

  • Women's Livelihood Bonds: The positive impact of helping women fight the climate crisis

    11 December 2020

    Millions of low-income women in emerging markets could be the most underestimated solution to mitigating climate change, writes Natasha Garcha

  • Putting a number on impact

    24 November 2020

    A system for scoring impact has led to the creation of impact weighted indexes, Impak's Paul Allard tells Michael Hurley

  • Impact part of pension trustees' fiduciary duty, says coal pensions CIO

    18 November 2020

    Managing a pensions investment portfolio in line with environmental and social impact considerations can be part of trustees' fiduciary duty, Michael Hurley reports

  • Impactful real estate's role in the pandemic recovery

    09 November 2020

    Real estate impact funds can help countries 'build back better' from Covid-19, writes Manfredi Catella

  • 'The time is right to invest in natural capital'

    12 October 2020

    How does HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management aim to attract large-scale investment in natural capital, Michael Hurley asks

  • Five years on from the UN SDGs, investors cannot afford to ignore impact

    05 October 2020

    The financial industry has a role to play in supporting the actions being taken by companies to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, says Vafa Ahmadi