There’s a misconception that you can’t make a return on your investment as well as having a positive social or environmental impact.
is on the rise, with the Global Impact Investing Network estimating that impact investments in 2022 topped $US1 trillion for the first time.
Most of the growth has been focused on renewable energy as environmental impacts – such as the amount of CO2 emissions avoided, or gigawatts of renewable energy produced – tend to be easier to measure. Improvements in social outcomes, on the other hand, are often more difficult to judge.
The GIIN 2020 Annual Investor Survey found that most global respondents reported performance in line with both impact and financial expectations – where financial targets were mostly risk-adjusted market-based returns. Locally, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia recently found that 92 per cent of investors’ experience in Australia has largely been in line or exceeded their expectation for market returns.
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