A ground-breaking book on the transformative power of impactinvesting
This is the first book to chart the catalytic path of this newindustry, explaining how it is and can be a positive disruptiveforce. It shows how impact investing is a transformational vehiclefor delivering "blended value" throughout the investment spectrum,giving a single name to a set of activities previously siloed inenclaves, revealing how they are linked within what is becoming anew field of investing. Written by two leaders in the growing fieldof impact investing, the book defines this emerging industry forparticipants on all sides of the funding equation (investors,funders and social entrepreneurs).
* Filled with illustrative examples of impact investing successstories
* Reveals how the field can expand in order to address the mostcritical social and environmental issues of our day
* Explores the wide-ranging applications of impact investing aswell as entrepreneurial opportunities
The authors do not take a normative approach to argue howinvestors should behave like an investment guide might but show howentrepreneurial people and institutions are already offering anintegrated alternative.
Antony Bugg-Levine
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