What is Social Impact Investing?

Social impact investing is an investment approach that intentionally seeks to generate both financial returns and measurable positive social or environmental outcomes. Unlike traditional investing, which focuses solely on profit, social impact investing directs capital toward organizations, projects, or businesses with a clear social mission—such as addressing poverty, improving education or healthcare and access to it, or advancing long-term environmental sustainability.

A defining feature of social impact investing is the commitment to measuring and reporting the social or environmental results achieved alongside financial performance. This approach is used by a range of investors, from institutional funds and banks to individuals, who want their investments to contribute to solutions for societal challenges while also growing their wealth.

Social impact investing is guided by frameworks and principles, such as the Impact Principles, which ensure that investments are managed with rigor and transparency throughout their lifecycle. These investments can take many forms, including equities, bonds, mutual funds, and microloans, among others, and are often aligned with global goals to help humanity grow and thrive.

In summary, social impact investing mobilizes capital to create measurable positive change in society or the environment, while still achieving financial returns for investors.

FCD Invest supports our clients in developing or enhancing their social impact investment strategies to help them achieve meaningful, positive change.

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