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Just Transition finance
Reducing and absorbing carbon emissions at the speed and scale needed to safeguard our planet requires vast amounts of capital. At the same time a global consensus is emerging that to be sustained and successful, this transition needs to be socially inclusive.
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Our Impact Report January 2021 – June 22
At the Impact Investing Institute, we aim to transform capital markets to make them fairer and work better for people and the planet. In this, our second impact report, we reflect on the achievements we have made so far and look ahead, outlining our priorities for the future.
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Bridging capital into communities: A practical guide for policy makers
In this report we consider the effectiveness of grant, guarantee and tax relief subsidy approaches in the UK to improve the financing of social enterprises, charities as well as small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
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Responding to the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy’s Net Zero review
We recommend that the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy adopts a “Just Transition” approach, empowers individuals and considers the voice of communities in local investment decisions in the Government’s plans to deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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Responding to the Pension Dashboards Programme’s call for input on design standards
In July 2022, the Pension Dashboards Programme launched a call for input on the design standards which Qualifying Pensions Dashboard Services must comply with when presenting pensions information to the user.
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Responding to BEIS, DEFRA and HMT’s call for evidence on the update to the Green Finance Strategy
In May 2022, BEIS, DEFRA and HMT published a call for evidence ahead of the UK government’s update to its Green Finance Strategy, expected later this year.
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Estimating and describing the UK impact investing market
Measuring the growing impact market’s scale potential and who is investing.
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Financing structures for place-based impact investing – what works?
In May 2021, our white paper “Scaling up institutional investment for place-based impact” identified a barrier which could prevent institutional investors from adopting a place-based approach: the lack of appropriate financing vehicles through which to invest.
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Originating place-based impact investments
The origination of place-based impact investment opportunities is highly complex, making it difficult to connect institutional investors seeking to adopt place-based strategies with the fund managers and enterprises who meet their needs.
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Investing with impact in the endowment
Our paper, “Investing for impact in the endowment: Why do it and how to get started”, is a practical guide designed to help foundation leaders and the constellation of professionals that surround them to make their first moves into impact investing.
