European impact investment bank ClearlySo announced in December 2016 that it has launched ClearlySo ATLAS, an impact measurement solution for private equity and venture capital investors.
The new tool is being marketed as a way to help "private equity and venture capital investors assess the...
Is it a fair question or expectation that at the end of the day, firms like Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan value social impact more than financial returns? Can we really believe that funds would put social impact returns above their fiduciary duty to produce...
Jed Emerson, who first coined the term "Blended Value" and is Chief Impact Strategist with ImpactAssets, talked about remaining grounded, focusing less on the how and more on the why of impact investing at SOCAP16 event in September.
Main Takeaway
Impact investing is not a "fuzzy...
Impacts to four broad stakeholders will be assessed: Community, Borrower, Beneficiaries, Financing. Resulting impact scores will be used to exclude or review loans with higher credit risk against high social impacts in low-income communities with historically low investment.