The Impact Principles, launched in April 2019, provide a framework for investors to ensure that impact considerations are purposefully integrated throughout the investment life cycle...
Are you an Impact Investor?
What is impact investing?
Impact Investing is investing into companies and organizations with the intent to contribute to measurable positive social or environmental impact alongside financial returns.
The Signatories
Signatories to the Impact Principles are a diverse group of impact investors, comprised of asset managers, asset owners, Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions...
Signatory Process
Organizations that have established an impact management system that aligns with the Impact Principles may complete the Signatory documentation provided by the Secretariat…
Latest from the Impact Principles
Register Now: BII/Impact Principles Webinar Episode 4
Please join us for the fourth episode in the British International Investment and Impact Principles webinar series on Wednesday, May 29th at 9:00 EST / 14:00 BST. In this episode, we're excited to bring you an expert panel discussion on Sustaining and Scaling Impact through Exits, featuring senior industry leaders from BII, Blue Earth Capital AG, Franklin Templeton Social Infrastructure Fund and Omnivore. We will discuss guiding principles for exits as well as concrete steps investors can take to prepare for, structure, and manage exits to promote sustained impact.
Celebrating Five Years of the Impact Principles
We look forward to celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Impact Principles with Signatories and invited guests in London on May 15th!
Since being launched in 2019 with 58 founding Signatories, the Impact Principles have become the global standard for integrating impact throughout the investment lifecycle, elevating transparency and rigor in impact management practice and safeguarding against impact washing as the impact investing market mainstreams.
Welcoming Joohee Rand as new Head of Secretariat
The Impact Principles Secretariat and Global Impact Investing Network are delighted to announce and welcome Joohee Rand as the new Director of the Impact Principles and Head of Secretariat.
Learn more about Joohee and the transition marking this next chapter below.
Disclosures & Verifications
Recently Posted Disclosures :
Quadriga Capital VI GP Limited
Lending for African Farming Company (LAFCo)
Read our annual Disclosure Statements and independent verification statements required of all Signatories.
News & Insights
Announcements
4th Anniversary of the Impact Principles Event
The GIIN's Impact Performance Benchmarking Tool
Signatory Update
Calvert Impact - The Impact of Investing in Puerto Rico
BlueOrchard - Green Earth Impact Fund secures $25 million from Luxembourg's ministry of finance
Insights
World Economic Forum - "Private Market Impact Investing: A Turning Point"
The GIIN's 2022 Market Sizing Report
Impact Principles Webinar Series
Publications & Media
2023 GIINsights Report
The 2023 GIINsight series offers a comprehensive overview of the impact investing industry, with actionable insights on impact investing activity and impact measurement & management practice. Each report seeks to fill a gap on impact investing insights in the market, reflecting data and perspectives from a diverse sample of 308 impact investors globally who collectively manage USD 371 billion in impact investing assets. These reports also explore trends over time, by offering a five-year comparison among 88 repeat respondents of the 2018 Annual Impact Investor Survey and 2023 GIINsights.
The GIIN's 2022: Sizing the Impact Investing Market Report
In the GIIN's 2022: Sizing the Impact Investing Market report, the size of the worldwide impact investing market is estimated to be USD 1.164 trillion, reflecting an increasingly comprehensive measurement of impact assets under management globally. The report also provides insight two areas of development in the market that are becoming increasingly prevalent: green bonds and corporate impact investing.
WEF: 'Private Market Impact Investing: A Turning Point"
World Economic Forum attributes greater alignment on impact industry standards to the Impact Principles in its publication, ‘Private Market Impact Investing: A Turning Point'. It highlights many Signatories to the Impact Principles (TPG, Actis, Brookfield Asset Management, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd, Mirova, LeapFrog Investments, KKR, responsAbility Investments AG, Trill Impact, Lightrock, Apollo Global Management, Inc., DWS Group) who have paved the way in proving the validity around impact investing.
We are proud to be the standard for the market, and excited to see how we can keep moving the industry forward.
New Signatories in 2024
- ImpactA Global Limited
- Evenlode Impact Limited
- Quadria Capital Investment Management Pte. Ltd.
- Panarchy Partners Pte. Ltd
- MedAccess Guarantee LTD
- EQT AB