FAQs
Answering your questions about impact investing
Getting Started with Impact Investing
No matter if you are just starting as an impact investor or are looking to improve existing efforts, we can help. We work with you to develop a comprehensive impact strategy that is right for your organization and complements your existing investment processes.
Measuring the Impact of Impact Investing
As many as 97 percent of investors agree that the difficulty of measuring impact has been a key barrier to the growth of the impact investing industry. We provide guidance on how you can measure impact and properly assess the risk associated with your investment.
What Is Impact Investing and Why Should You Care?
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) defines impact investing as investment into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention of generating social or environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Bridgespan Social Impact Publications about Impact Investing
Our publications are prominently featured on news platforms that reach both the social sector and the for-profit sector. The breadth and depth of topics covered by our publications position us as thought leaders in the impact investing industry. For a more complete list, please visit our impact investing publications page.
When Impact-First Investments Are the Right Tools for Social Change
Impact-first investment can deliver attractive financial returns as it prioritizes measurable social change in the messy middle between grants and conventional investing. This report identifies market conditions favorable to impact-first investments and describes multiple examples in which they outperform grants or investments seeking market-rate returns.
Impact-First Investing Services
The Bridgespan Group supports impact-first investors who seek to be more catalytic or flexible as well as long-term in their pursuit of social and financial returns. Please visit Bridgespan Social Impact for more about how it works with leading global investors to successfully achieve both market-leading returns and social impact.
Impact Investing: Getting Started
No matter if you are just starting as an impact investor or are looking to improve existing efforts, we can help. We work with you to develop a comprehensive impact strategy that is right for your organization and complements your existing investment processes.