Impact investors seeing positive social, financial ROI

• Date: 01 August 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30639
• Published date: 01 August 2019

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• Two-thirds of baby boomer entrepreneurs give

to a limited number of speci c causes, displaying a

more focused approach to their philanthropic efforts

compared to the 57% of millennials who support a

wide variety of causes.

Gen X entrepreneurs, meanwhile, are focused on

their local communities, with 90% valuing charities

that bene t the area where they live, compared to

79% of boomers. And similar to boomers, Gen X

entrepreneurs tend to focus their giving on a nar-

row set of causes and prefer to support traditional,

well-established nonpro ts. However, they are more

closely aligned with millennials in their tendency to

be hands-on, with 61% preferring to be personally in-

volved with the charities they support, the report said.

For more information, and to access the report in

full, visit https://bit.ly/2JcDGQa. ■

MILLENNIALS (continued from page 7)

Impact investors seeing positive social,  nancial ROI

Data released by the Global Impact Investing

Network shows that the vast majority of impact

investors are seeing good rates of return, in terms

of both  nances and social impact.

The data is laid out in the GIIN’s latest Annual

Impact Investor Survey, the most comprehensive

overview of the current global impact investing

market. The survey looks at trends and topics such

as capital allocations by sector, geography and

instrument; indicators of market growth; industry

challenges; impact measurement and management;

 nancial and impact performance; and more.

According to the latest report:

• The impact investing market continues to grow

and mature. Collectively, respondents to the survey

manage around $239 billion in assets. A subset of

80 investors that contributed to the Annual Survey

both four years ago and this year grew their assets at

a compound annual growth rate of nearly 17%—a

sign that the market is not only growing through

new investors entering the market, but also due to

increasing assets under management from those

already in the market, the GIIN said.

• Impact investors report performance in line

with both  nancial and impact expectations. A clear

majority of respondents indicated that their invest-

ments have met or exceeded their expectations for

impact (98%) and  nancial performance (91%).

• Impact measurement is key to investors’ goals

and practices. Respondents nearly universally mea-

sure and manage their impact, typically using a

mix of qualitative information, proprietary metrics,

and metrics aligned to IRIS—a generally accepted

system for measuring, managing and optimizing

impact. And more than 60% of investors track their

investment performance to the United Nations’

Sustainable Development Goals, the report said.

For more information, visit https://thegiin.org. ■