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  • Leading global financial services firms join the Finance for Impact summit to back fair and inclusive Net Zero Transition

    Leading global financial services firms join the Finance for Impact summit to back fair and inclusive Net Zero Transition

    July 18, 2022
    Category: News

    Today the City of London Corporation will host the Finance for Impact Summit alongside its partners the Impact Investing Institute (III) and KPMG, at which financial services firms with more than £3.6 trillion of assets and assets under management will announce their participation in a Just Transition Finance Challenge.

    Read more about this: Leading global financial services firms join the Finance for Impact summit to back fair and inclusive Net Zero Transition
  • Strong performance of Clwyd Pension Fund’s local and impact investments demonstrates the opportunities of a place-based approach  

    Strong performance of Clwyd Pension Fund’s local and impact investments demonstrates the opportunities of a place-based approach  

    July 13, 2022
    Category: News

    At the Impact Investing Institute, we believe that a place-based impact investing approach creates opportunities for institutional investors to make market-rate, risk-adjusted financial returns while simultaneously delivering a positive social and environmental impact locally.

    Read more about this: Strong performance of Clwyd Pension Fund’s local and impact investments demonstrates the opportunities of a place-based approach  
  • Impact Investing Institute joins call for the SEC to publish rulemaking on human capital management disclosures

    Impact Investing Institute joins call for the SEC to publish rulemaking on human capital management disclosures

    June 24, 2022
    Category: News

    The Impact Investing Institute has signed a letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, urging the Commission to prioritise publishing a comprehensive set of human capital management disclosure requirements for U.S.-listed

    Read more about this: Impact Investing Institute joins call for the SEC to publish rulemaking on human capital management disclosures
  • Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative award 

    Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative award 

    June 16, 2022
    Category: News

    The UK’s inaugural green gilt issuance, which was supported by the Impact Investing Institute, has been honoured by the Climate Bonds Initiative with their Largest Green Sovereign Bond and the Sovereign Green Market Pioneer awards.   

    Read more about this: Green gilt supported by Impact Investing Institute receives Climate Bonds Initiative award 
  • Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission marks a decisive step forward for investing with impact in charitable foundations’ endowments 

    Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission marks a decisive step forward for investing with impact in charitable foundations’ endowments 

    May 23, 2022
    Category: News

    Fiduciary duty is not incompatible with impact investment – but, unfortunately, this remains a pervasive misconception. Now, with the publication of the judgement in the case of Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission, a decisive step has been taken towards dispelling this myth for good in the £72bn UK charitable foundation sector. 

    Read more about this: Butler-Sloss v Charity Commission marks a decisive step forward for investing with impact in charitable foundations’ endowments 
  • Press release: HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce with Impact Investing Institute as a member of its Delivery Group

    Press release: HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce with Impact Investing Institute as a member of its Delivery Group

    April 26, 2022
    Category: News

    We warmly welcome HM Treasury’s launch of the UK Transition Plan Taskforce and look forward to working as part of the Taskforce’s Delivery Group to develop the gold standard for UK companies’ climate transition plans. 

    Read more about this: Press release: HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce with Impact Investing Institute as a member of its Delivery Group
  • Blog: A role for private impact capital in social and affordable housing

    Blog: A role for private impact capital in social and affordable housing

    March 16, 2022
    Category: News

    This blog, written by Shadi Brazell, our programme manager for place-based impact investing, first appeared in the March edition of the National Housing Federation’s newsletter and focuses on the role of private capital in financing the delivery of social housing in the UK.

    Read more about this: Blog: A role for private impact capital in social and affordable housing
  • Press Release: Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up white paper’s commitment to facilitating more local pension scheme investment in addressing place-based inequalities whilst delivering a financial return

    Press Release: Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up white paper’s commitment to facilitating more local pension scheme investment in addressing place-based inequalities whilst delivering a financial return

    February 2, 2022
    Category: News

    The Impact Investing Institute welcomes the publication of the landmark Levelling Up White Paper and the ambitious, new approach it sets out, designed to re-focus Government spending on tackling place-based inequalities.

    Read more about this: Press Release: Impact Investing Institute welcomes Levelling Up white paper’s commitment to facilitating more local pension scheme investment in addressing place-based inequalities whilst delivering a financial return
  • Press Release: Impact Taskforce calls on G7 to take urgent action to mobilise more institutional capital for a just and inclusive transition to net zero

    Press Release: Impact Taskforce calls on G7 to take urgent action to mobilise more institutional capital for a just and inclusive transition to net zero

    December 13, 2021
    Category: News

    The Impact Taskforce, the independent, industry-led taskforce supported by the G7 Presidency, has released its recommendations aimed at financing a Just Transition to a climate-secure future for all. The recommendations are focused on transforming the quality and transparency of information on the impact of investment decisions and deploying financing, especially in emerging markets, that delivers…

    Read more about this: Press Release: Impact Taskforce calls on G7 to take urgent action to mobilise more institutional capital for a just and inclusive transition to net zero
  • The Leadership Council publish report: The Great British Talent Swap

    The Leadership Council publish report: The Great British Talent Swap

    November 26, 2021
    Category: News

    The Leadership Council, in partnership with the charity pilotlight, have published a new report, The Great British Talent Swap, calling for a sharing of talent and experience between the charitable and commercial sectors.

    Read more about this: The Leadership Council publish report: The Great British Talent Swap
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