Impact Investing
Refreshed October 2023 | CPD time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
As participants in financial capital markets, individuals and organisations can generally select investments 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 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