Interview: Why Impact Measurement and Management Are Integral to Making Effective Impact Investments

by Miriam Rose | Jan 17, 2019 | Impact Investing

This interview is part of a free online course, “Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose” from the Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship.

Calculating the Value of Impact Investing

by Miriam Rose | Dec 18, 2018 | Impact Investing, Publications

Executive Summary Impact investing aims to direct capital to ventures expected to yield social or environmental benefits as well as profits—an investment approach with increasing appeal across the globe. But there’s a problem. Measuring actual benefits remains largely...

What Is Impact Investing and Why Should You Care?

by Miriam Rose | Dec 6, 2018 | Impact Investing, Publications

Why Do We Care About Impact Investing? Solving our biggest social problems requires private capital:  The United Nations estimates a need for $3.9 trillion a year between now and 2030 to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Philanthropy and government funding is...

Pay for Systems Change

by Miriam Rose | Jan 28, 2018 | Effective Philanthropy, Impact Investing, Publications

Read this article on the Stanford Social Innovation Review website.

Philanthropy’s New Frontier – Impact Investing

by Miriam Rose | Nov 10, 2015 | Impact Investing, Publications

Foundations are hard-wired for social purpose and would seem to be natural candidates for impact investing, but so far they are behind the curve. Today, foundations account for only 6 percent of the approximately $60 billion in total impact investments under...