The Impact Principles, launched in April 2019, provide a framework for investors to ensure that impact considerations are purposefully integrated throughout the investment life cycle...
Are you an Impact Investor?
What is impact investing?
Impact Investing is investing into companies and organizations with the intent to contribute to measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
The Signatories
Signatories to the Impact Principles are a diverse group of impact investors, comprised of asset managers, asset owners, Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions...
Signatory Process
Organizations that have established an impact management system that aligns with the Impact Principles may complete the Signatory documentation provided by the Secretariat…
Latest from the Impact Principles
Advisory Board Election Results
We are thrilled to announce the results of our 2024 Advisory Board election as well as our new Convenor, Danielle Brassel of Zurich Insurance Group. A huge thank you to all our nominees and to all the Signatories who submitted ballots. Click below to learn more about our new Advisory Board.
Principle 9 and Verification Guidance
Introducing a new series of resources on Common and Emerging Practices in the implementation of the Impact Principles!
This first guidance aims to address a desire among the community for a better understanding of the types of verifiers and verification services, as well as for more consistency between them.
IDB Invest Sustainability Week
We were delighted to participate in IDB Invest Sustainability Week 2024 this June in Manaus, Brazil.
Impact Principles’ Advisory Board member Alessandro Maffioli from IDB Invest moderated a panel titled "Impact Management as a Conduit for Scaling Capital Mobilization and Impact," and he was joined by the Head of Secretariat Joohee Rand and representatives from BlueOrchard Finance Ltd and BTG Pactual. Read more and watch the recording below.
Disclosures & Verifications
Recently Posted Disclosures :
Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P.
Read our annual Disclosure Statements and independent verification statements required of all Signatories.
News & Insights
Announcements
4th Anniversary of the Impact Principles Event
The GIIN's Impact Performance Benchmarking Tool
Signatory Update
Calvert Impact - The Impact of Investing in Puerto Rico
BlueOrchard - Green Earth Impact Fund secures $25 million from Luxembourg's ministry of finance
Insights
World Economic Forum - "Private Market Impact Investing: A Turning Point"
The GIIN's 2022 Market Sizing Report
Impact Principles Webinar Series
Publications & Media
Inclusive Business Investing Guide
Created by Impact Principles Signatories, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), British International Investment (BII), and the Dutch development bank FMO, the new Inclusive Business Investing Guide aims to help investors allocate capital to inclusive businesses and to support inclusive business strategies among their investee companies.
2023 GIINsights Report
The 2023 GIINsight series offers a comprehensive overview of the impact investing industry, with actionable insights on impact investing activity and impact measurement & management practice. Each report seeks to fill a gap on impact investing insights in the market, reflecting data and perspectives from a diverse sample of 308 impact investors globally who collectively manage USD 371 billion in impact investing assets. These reports also explore trends over time, by offering a five-year comparison among 88 repeat respondents of the 2018 Annual Impact Investor Survey and 2023 GIINsights.
The GIIN's 2022: Sizing the Impact Investing Market Report
In the GIIN's 2022: Sizing the Impact Investing Market report, the size of the worldwide impact investing market is estimated to be USD 1.164 trillion, reflecting an increasingly comprehensive measurement of impact assets under management globally. The report also provides insight two areas of development in the market that are becoming increasingly prevalent: green bonds and corporate impact investing.
New Signatories in 2024
- ImpactA Global Limited
- Evenlode Impact Limited
- Quadria Capital Investment Management Pte. Ltd.
- MedAccess Guarantee LTD
- EQT AB
- Jonathan Rose Companies
- Brookfield Renewable Energy Group LLC
- Conscious Investment Management Pty Ltd
- AEW UK Investment LLP
- Chiratae Capital Management LLP