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.
Capricorn Investment Group
Capricorn’s Sustainable Investors Fund makes early-stage investments in innovative asset-management firms to help propel their work on environmental and social issues.
How Private Credit Investors Can Get a Grip on Impact
Private credit investors have a huge opportunity to point their portfolios towards impact, writes Michael Etzel, partner and co-head of impact investing at consulting firm Bridgespan.
How Value-Creation Plans Can Put More “Impact” in “Impact Investing”
Significant opportunities exist for institutional impact investors looking to place impact at the heart of their portfolio company engagement. We share three lessons from our experiences and conversations with leading impact investors on how to do this most effectively.