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Impact Investors Must “Get Closer” to Avoid Entrenching Inequality

Chris Hall

Investors’ impact monitoring and reporting processes may contribute to worsening equality, with those most in need of financing finding it harder to access, according to new research. Closing the gap To address impact-washing risk, governments should set clear boundaries and principles for impact standard development, the report noted.

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The Power of Results-Based Funding for Poverty Alleviation: What We Learned from Africa’s First-Ever Development Impact Bond – and What’s Next

James Militzer

A total of over 14,100 ultra-poor households were divided into seven cohorts, which were offered the one-year program at different times, with the last cohort starting in January 2020. The first round of data collection to measure the program’s impact on the first four cohorts was scheduled for April-May 2020.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

In its 2022 report, US SIF Foundation recorded a halving in the overall amount of US assets managed sustainably – US$8.4 trillion in 2020 – due to a change in methodology and an impending tightening of regulation. of all assets managed professionally in the US – or one in eight US dollars – are managed sustainably.

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No Time to Rest in Passive ESG Market

Chris Hall

In recent weeks, Bloomberg has announced the launch of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Green, Social, Sustainability Bond Indices , while MSCI unveiled a suite of indices under the Climate Action banner. The market for green benchmarks is getting crowded and it’s no longer confined to equities.