Impact Evaluation Lab gets strategic investment from Jim Sorenson

I had the wonderful opportunity to develop some content on a short introduction to Impact Investing with Hatim Baheranwala for Net Impact Amsterdam 's The State of Impact Investing 2025 event last week at NIO House Amsterdam. Here's a few helpful slides we developed if you've ever wondered: -What are impact investments? -What are some approaches to impact investing? -How big is the impact investing market? Special thanks to The Global Impact Investing Network, Principles for Responsible Investment, Morningstar, and S&P Global for providing great publicly available information we leveraged in our research & summarization #netimpact #finance #sustainability #sustainablefinance #impactinvesting #socialimpact #innovation #purposedriven #thispostwaswrittenbyahuman

Impact investing is about creating real social and environmental change — but without strong measurement, progress is hard to prove. In this new article by Gorgi Krlev, Lauren Wang Kaufmann, and Maoz (Michael) Brown, recent research shows how better impact measurement can do more than track results: it can align investors, validate purpose, and strengthen industry credibility. Read their insights on how to make impact measurement more meaningful: https://lnkd.in/exbCGAmX

At The Global Impact Investing Network Forum last week, the most powerful session I attended was on Systemic Impact Investing, led by The Good Investors. Simply put, systemic impact investing uses firm-level investments to generate impact within and beyond the firm by addressing the constraints that limit progress across an entire system. The best primer I’ve seen on this practice is the recent report by Agora Global Ltd developed in collaboration with Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the FCDO IMPACT Programme. It outlines four reasons why the current impact-investing paradigm may misrepresents its impact: 1️⃣ 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. Investments rarely assess how one firm’s subsidised growth affects others in its value chain or market. Growth for one business can mean contraction for another. True impact looks at the net effect across the system. 2️⃣ 𝐔𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬. Impact investors are part of financial systems too. Capital can either build confidence and crowd others in—or distort markets and crowd them out. Measuring that influence is essential to understanding real impact. 3️⃣ 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐬. If investments genuinely address systemic constraints, impact should continue once investors leave. But most reporting stops at exit, meaning we miss both ongoing positive effects and the risks of reversal. 4️⃣ 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. To credibly claim results, investors need to show what changed because of their capital — not just what happened while they were there. Otherwise, we end up with every investor claiming the same “jobs created,” regardless of how their terms or support actually contributed. After setting the scene, the report highlights practical approaches to delivering systemic impact, alongside case studies. It culminates in the Systemic Impact Investing Standard, which I hope will be widely read by all systems-curious impact investors. The systemic impact investing session at the GIIN Impact Forum wasn’t on the main stage and, in fact, it only had a modest number of attendees. Hopefully that changes soon...with more organisations looking up from the trees to notice the forest. 🌳 🌲 🌳 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e3zdVWcc #SystemicImpactInvesting #ImpactInvesting #SystemsThinking #GIINImpactForum

On October 22, GIIN CEO and Co-founder Amit Bouri will join a distinguished panel at the FT Climate & Impact Summit North America, to discuss how impact investing is changing the investment narrative. While many investors are developing impact investing strategies that they believe can deliver market-rate returns, the belief that social impact means compromising on returns or taking on higher risk for longer periods of time persists. Amit will explore persistent misconceptions and the key barriers to scaling impact investing joined by Georgia Levenson Keohane (Economic Development Fund), Witold Henisz (Value and Sustainable Business Initiative; The Wharton School) and moderator Simon Mundy (Financial Times). 📅 Learn more about the summit and this session: https://lnkd.in/eYEPjUes #ImpactInvesting #ClimateAction #Finance #FTSummit2025

🌍 How can investors move beyond good intentions to create measurable, systemic change? In his latest piece, David Stead examines three innovative impact investing models discussed at the The Global Impact Investing Network's Impact Forum that are shaping the next phase of capital for systems change. Together, they reveal how data-driven, evidence-based strategies are turning ambition into action. How might these models inspire the next generation of investors to scale measurable impact? Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dW5nV5cT . . . . #ImpactEntrepreneur #ImpactEconomy #ImpactInvesting #SystemsChange #SustainableFinance #RegenerativeEconomy #SocialInnovation #InclusiveGrowth #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #ChildLensInvesting #UNICEF #TriodosBank #AXAIM #FamilyOffice #Sustainability #ResponsibleInvestment

#impactfinance and #impactinvesting are developing rapidly. Large #assetmanagers, #insurancecompanies, #pensionfunds, #foundations, #privateequity firms and others are joining the more specialist #impactinvestors in innovating and gradually scaling the market. It could go faster and bigger of course, and one hopes the extra capital is reaching the entrepreneurs who use it best - and people who need it most.

This month, The Global Impact Investing Network brought together experts from around the world for its annual forum in Berlin. Under the theme Unshakeable Values. Common Purpose, the forum, reinforced how to mobilize capital for both financial returns and positive impact. Here are our key takeaways: 1. Investors Are Building Resilience in Response to Market Headwinds 2. From Hype to Impact: AI is Enabling Economic Participation 3. Sophistication + Credibility: Impact Management Expectations Are Evolving 4. All-In on Impact: Foundations Are Driving Change Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gc2tfc_g At Quinn+Partners, we advise companies and investors on developing strategies to drive, measure and manage their positive social and environmental outcomes through their business and investment practices. If you are ready to take the next step on your impact investing and impact management journey, please get in touch at https://lnkd.in/efVaryzG #GIIN #Impact #ImpactInvesting #Investors #Strategy

🌍 Sustainable Investing Spotlight | Aligning Wealth with Values ��In an era where investors are demanding purpose as well as profit, Fred Kooij, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Tribe Impact Capital, explains how transparency, engagement, and alignment between values and wealth are redefining modern portfolio management. 📈 Fred discusses how Tribe is reshaping the wealth industry, moving beyond traditional models toward impact investing that delivers measurable environmental and social outcomes alongside financial returns. 🎬 Watch the full interview on below to see how Tribe Impact Capital is driving change through purpose-led capital. #SustainableInvesting #ImpactInvesting #ESG #WealthManagement #PurposeDriven Louise Blanc Amy Clarke [17913]

“As institutional investors are now moving into the heart of the impact market, it’s up to the pioneers to keep pushing the boundaries,” said Goodwell Partner Nico Blaauw following the GIIN Impact Forum 2025 in Berlin. The discussions in Berlin highlighted how far the sector has come — and how vital it remains to preserve the depth, inclusivity, and local context that defined its early years. Read Nico’s full reflections on the future of impact investing and Goodwell’s role in shaping it: https://lnkd.in/erFbr9QW

Beating the market might just start with fixing it. 💥 Companies tackling global challenges are not only changing the world — they’re also outperforming it. A Schroders x Oxford study found up to 9% alpha from impact investing. The takeaway? When impact runs deep, returns often do too. We unpack the numbers in our latest blog post 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2_Q3T3G #impactinvesting #sustainability