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主題︰ Updates from the GIIN - Jobs, News, and Information from the Impact Investing Field

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Impact Investing News & Events

Press Highlights

Visit the press clips resource page of the GIIN website for a more complete index of impact investing coverage.

The Economist features an article on social impact bonds and financial innovations.
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Forbes interviews Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund and GIIN Board Chair, on the current and future state of impact investing.
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Acumen Fund interviews Amit Bouri, Director of Strategy and Development at the GIIN, on impact investing trends.
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Fast Company features an article on social impact bonds in the U.S.
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SNS Impact Investing features an opinion piece on its website by GIIN CEO Luther Ragin Jr. with GIIN Program Associate Katy Lankester.
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Progress out of Poverty speaks with GIIN Program Associate Katy Lankester about using IRIS with the Progress out of Poverty Index.
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Recent Research

Visit the research resource page of the GIIN website for a more complete survey of impact investing research.

InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University released a report focused on policy innovation for institutional investment with social and environmental benefit.
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The Credit Suisse Research Institute, in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, released a report that provides insight into the major trends shaping impact investing.
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Social Finance published a white paper that discusses the promise and challenges of developing and implementing social impact bonds in the United States.
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Upcoming Events

Visit the events resource page of the GIIN website for an updated list of industry events.

Financial Innovations Roundtable
March 20 – 21, Boston, Massachusetts

Investing for Environmental and Social Impact
March 28 – 30, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Impact Conference at Sustainatopia
April 22 – 25, Miami, Florida

In this issue:

Investor Spotlight: The IDB Group >
Two New Investors' Council Members >
ImpactBase Launches New Resource >
IRIS and FIELD Announce Data Sharing Partnership >
The GIIN is Hiring a Technical Product Manager >

Investor Spotlight: Inter-American Development Bank Group

Each month, an impact investor discusses with the GIIN their motivations, their impact investment strategy, and challenges they face in this growing industry. This month we spoke to Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group. In this interview, President Moreno discusses how the IDB Group, a new GIIN Investors' Council member, approaches impact investing and the climate for impact investing in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Read full interview with Luis Alberto Moreno >

GIIN Investors' Council Welcomes Two New Members

Enterprise Community Partners

Enterprise Community Partners is a leading provider of the development capital and expertise it takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For 30 years, Enterprise has introduced neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations, and others to create vibrant communities. Enterprise leads research and undertakes policy advocacy work in U.S. community development, and through two subsidiaries, manages USD 7.94 billion in investments in affordable housing, green retrofits, and community facilities across the U.S.

Inter-American Development Bank Group

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group is a multilateral finance institution that supports the efforts of Latin America and Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality. The IDB Group is the largest source of development financing in the region and has 48 member countries, including 26 Latin American and Caribbean borrowing members. The IDB Group is a leader in channeling impact investing capital to Latin America, particularly to countries underserved by commercial banks. Each of the IDB Group’s four private sector windows engages in impact investing in a wide range of sectors.

ImpactBase Releases New Investor Resource

ImpactBase released Assessing Impact Strategy, a discussion guide to aid investor conversations with fund managers about impact objectives. ImpactBase, a project of the GIIN, is the global online directory of impact investment funds and products, on which fund managers can post profiles, and subscribers can search for profiles that match their impact investing goals. Assessing Impact Strategy is available free of charge to ImpactBase users via a downloadable PDF or through an online, interactive document at www.impactbase.org.

Become an ImpactBase user >

IRIS and FIELD Announce Data Sharing Partnership

The Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) and FIELD at the Aspen Institute announced a partnership that enables data from 803 U.S. microenterprise organizations to be shared with the IRIS initiative. The partnership represents a continued focus on unifying the currently fragmented landscape of social and environmental performance measures and data for a growing set of investors who seek to finance global solutions.

Read the full press release >

The GIIN is Hiring
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is hiring a Technical Product Manager to guide and direct the development of the IRIS data infrastructure and technology platform. Applications are due by March 16, but will be reviewed on a rolling basis so early applications are strongly encouraged.

Read the job description >

New Jobs Posted to the GIIN Career Center

New job openings in Jakarta, New Delhi, Washington D.C., and other global locations have been posted on the GIIN Career Center. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners, and Omidyar Network are among the organizations looking for qualified impact investment professionals.