{"id":9709,"date":"2023-02-15T15:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2811global.com\/what-is-impact-investing-and-why-is-it-so-important\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T21:19:02","slug":"what-is-impact-investing-and-why-is-it-so-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2811global.com\/en\/what-is-impact-investing-and-why-is-it-so-important\/","title":{"rendered":"What is impact investing and why is it so important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9709\" class=\"elementor elementor-9709 elementor-7983\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eec78c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4eec78c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86c97b4\" data-id=\"86c97b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff8868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ff8868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/2811global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3eac833d-6aca-44d1-9d32-d11f74f40267-3-888x675-2-500x380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-7987\" alt=\"Inversi\u00f3n de impacto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2811global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3eac833d-6aca-44d1-9d32-d11f74f40267-3-888x675-2-500x380.jpg 500w, https:\/\/2811global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3eac833d-6aca-44d1-9d32-d11f74f40267-3-888x675-2-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2811global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3eac833d-6aca-44d1-9d32-d11f74f40267-3-888x675-2.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb621c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb621c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In 2007, the term &#8220;impact investing&#8221; was coined at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj3mZWc1cz9AhUqnYQIHYtIAd4QFnoECBEQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockefellerfoundation.org%2Fbellagio-center%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PuV8-cz2VJUHKSjm6yda5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockefeller Foundation&#8217;s Bellagio Center<\/a><\/span> , referring to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and\/or environmental impact. This after a long history of that organization in supporting innovations that seek to catalyze private sector investment for social and environmental good. Thus, in recent years, impact investing has been expanding as a promising tool for both investors and philanthropists, who for many years thought of themselves as actors from different scenarios. <\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwixhpCEp5j9AhV_ibAFHe5LCyAQFnoECAsQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthegiin.org%2Fresearch%2Fpublication%2Fimpact-investing-market-size-2022%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw27lCFvXi5XkdIXhqbqDSvR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a><\/span> of GIIN (Global Impact Investment Network) estimated that the current size of the global impact investment market is $1.164 billion dollars, in which the organization admitted that for the first time it had exceeded one million million in this area. Investments come mainly from <strong>the United States and Canada<\/strong> (50% of investing organizations) and from Western and Southern <strong>Europe<\/strong> (31% of organizations), while in <strong>Latin America<\/strong> the number is one of the lowest (3% of investing organizations).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the above, the study considers that more than 50% of active impact investor organizations made their first investment within the last 13 years, a situation that suggests the development and growth of the sector in recent times. <\/p>\n<p>Impact investments are investments made with the intention of generating a <strong>positive and measurable social and\/or environmental impact<\/strong> along with a <strong>financial<\/strong> <strong>return<\/strong> . Impact investing can be done in both emerging and developed economies, targeting returns that can range from below-market to market-rate returns, depending on each investor&#8217;s strategic objectives. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85a4ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c85a4ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impact Investing Concepts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a6461d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a6461d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-037e0e1\" data-id=\"037e0e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265ee9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"265ee9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As explored, the growing impact investing market makes capital available to address and help overcome the most pressing challenges in the world, and in particular in Latin America in sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, education, conservation, financial inclusion, sustainable tourism, health, housing and rural development.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some important concepts regarding impact investing: <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab19b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab19b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">impact investor<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cda936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cda936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Organizations, funds, fund managers, foundations, family businesses, government, pension funds, cooperatives, insurance companies making investments with the intention of generating a measurable social and\/or environmental impact together with a financial return.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02d6e06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02d6e06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea2a1df\" data-id=\"ea2a1df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b145668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b145668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entrepreneurship with social\/environmental impact<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75989e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75989e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-946f852\" data-id=\"946f852\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-affb38b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"affb38b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An organization whose mission is its primary drive (for-profit, non-profit, or hybrid) and with a market-based strategy. <\/p>\n<p>A new arena is also unfolding in which both for-profit and non-profit organizations can be value and impact driven while also being responsive to the marketplace. More and more nonprofits are <strong>generating revenue<\/strong> through the sale of products or services to become sustainable and less reliant on philanthropy, while for-profits are integrating social good into their business models.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdbeb38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdbeb38\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5870a36\" data-id=\"5870a36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bddcd53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bddcd53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">investment elements<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-815e52e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"815e52e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5a8623\" data-id=\"a5a8623\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124d278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"124d278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong>intentionality<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The investor must have the express purpose of generating a social or environmental impact.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Impact Measurement <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The expected impact must be measurable. Objectives must be determined and these must be able to be monitored and managed. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>financial return<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The investment must generate a return. The range of return expectations can vary and fall on the spectrum from expecting a below market return to an average market return. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Instruments<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The investment vehicles and instruments can be structured as private or public debt or capital, assets or other innovative instruments, such as performance-based payment contracts and Social Impact Bonds. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>additionality<\/strong><i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today, not only is impact investing conceived as an investment that manages to be sustainable from a financial and social\/environmental point of view, but the path is also being opened to take a further step towards regenerative investment.<\/p>\n<p><em>This text was originally published in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecosistemadeimpacto.org\/recursos\/inversion-de-impacto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecosistema de Impacto<\/a><\/span> in August 2019. Its authors were Luz Mila Lancheros and Gabriela Carrasco, and it was updated in February 2023 by the 2811 team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>We invite you to learn more about our economic regeneration projects <a href=\"https:\/\/2811global.com\/en\/economic-regeneration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> . <\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa29ed espacio1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa29ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Posts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d63fe2 elementor-grid-eael-col-3 elementor-grid-tablet-eael-col-2 elementor-grid-mobile-eael-col-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-post-grid\" data-id=\"9d63fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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