The report provides insight into the major trends impacting investment today and their ability to tackle some of the world’s most intractable societal problems.

Investing-for-impact-2012-Report-PDF

Table of contents:

  1. New ways to invest for social and environmental impact 2. A view from the top: trends in impact investing – Interview with Mark Kramer 3. Unlocking capital to drive social impact 4. Funding growth of social businesses 5. Social entrepreneurship moves from niche to mainstream 6. Stories from the field 7. A new world of metrics: trends in monitoring social return 8. Avoiding traps in impact investing: lessons learned 9. Stories of private impact investors 10. Creating a capital curve for social enterprises 11. Microfinance as a more mature impact investment opportunity – Interview with Rupert Scofield 12. The role of business in catalyzing impact – Interview with Sir Richard Branson

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title: “Investing For Impact 2012 How Social Entrepreneurship Is Redefining The Meaning Of Return” ShowToc: true date: “2023-02-02” author: “Gregory Vance”


The report provides insight into the major trends impacting investment today and their ability to tackle some of the world’s most intractable societal problems.

Investing-for-impact-2012-Report-PDF

Table of contents:

  1. New ways to invest for social and environmental impact 2. A view from the top: trends in impact investing – Interview with Mark Kramer 3. Unlocking capital to drive social impact 4. Funding growth of social businesses 5. Social entrepreneurship moves from niche to mainstream 6. Stories from the field 7. A new world of metrics: trends in monitoring social return 8. Avoiding traps in impact investing: lessons learned 9. Stories of private impact investors 10. Creating a capital curve for social enterprises 11. Microfinance as a more mature impact investment opportunity – Interview with Rupert Scofield 12. The role of business in catalyzing impact – Interview with Sir Richard Branson

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