Impact Investing
Refreshed January 2025 | CPD time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Individual and institutional investors can generally select the assets they invest in on any basis they wish. Conventionally, investors operate solely to maximise returns, but ethical and sustainable investors believe that moral considerations should also apply. Impact investors aim to take ethical and sustainable investment principles a step further by intentionally making investment choices that result in measurable non-financial impacts as well as monetary returns.
1. Introduction
2. Why Impact Investment Matters
3. The Price of Conscience
4. Areas for Impact
5. Measuring Impact
6. Investors and Impact
7. Conclusion
Module Test