The Impact Principles are a global standard for integrating impact throughout the investment life-cycle, guiding investors in the development, implementation, and continuous development of impact management systems and processes...
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 represent a diverse group of investors from all over the world, including 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.
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 with Head of Secretariat Joohee Rand and representatives from BlueOrchard Finance Ltd and BTG Pactual.
Disclosures & Verifications
Recently Posted Disclosures :
Visit our Signatory database to access all the current Disclosure Statements and independent verification summaries published by Signatories.
Impact Principles Webinar Series
Publications & Media
The GIIN's Sizing the Impact Investing Market Report 2024
In its new Sizing the Impact Investing Market 2024 report, the GIIN estimates that the worldwide impact investing market includes 3,907 organizations that currently manage $1.571 trillion USD in impact investing assets under management (AUM) worldwide, representing 21% compound annual growth (CAGR) of the total impact investing market since 2019. This report also contains insights into the main capital influencers on the impact investing market, statistics on impact portfolio sizes and snapshots into regional and related efforts in sizing the impact investing market.
The GIIN's State of the Market 2024
The GIIN's State of the Market 2024: Trends, Performance, and Allocations builds on the results of the 2024 Impact Investor Survey to provide market insights, help explain investors' challenges, and highlight opportunities for the impact investing market. The report reveals steady growth in impact investing assets and satisfaction with financial performance among survey participants, and it highlights the rise of equity-like debt and public asset classes as key developments in the market.
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.
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
- Schneider Electric SE
- Rivage Investment
- Rally Assets