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By Lucidity Insights Research Team • December 20, 2023
What Is Impact Investing?
Impact Investing is a unique path between philanthropy and traditional investment, distinct from ESG. Explore the core principles, including Intentionality, Return Expectations, Range of Asset Classes, Impact Measurement, and the pivotal Additionality. Discover how Additionality sets Impact Investing apart from ESG, ensuring real impacts beyond passive screening or risk mitigation.
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The Business of Impact Investing in 2023
Impact investing is a form of investing that believes that every dollar invested can make a difference, while producing a profit. Over the past 20 years, impact investing has undergone a remarkable evolution, driven by a confluence of societal, economic, and technological factors. These influences have propelled impact investing into a crucial mechanism for addressing societal needs, traditionally the domain of public funding. In 2022, the impact investing market sat at US$1,146 billion, growing at a healthy compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29% over the last four years. This special report features interviews with thought leaders in the impact investing space, and offers an insightful perspective on the current and future state of impact investing, its challenges and opportunities, and highlights case studies of investors, social enterprises, and the impact they are having on the world.
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