Impact Investing: Achieving Positive Impact and Financial Returns
Impact investing is gaining momentum as more investors and financial professionals recognize the potential of investing in solutions that address social and environmental challenges. One of the key factors that differentiate impact investing from traditional investing is the focus on Impact Measurement and Management (IMM), which enables investors to understand the social and environmental outcomes of their investments and optimize them over time.
BVint Impact, a global valuation firm, has been a leader in impact investing for more than 10 years, helping investors and financial professionals invest in solutions that people and the planet need. BVint Impact has analyzed over 500 cases driving an impact investment of more than USD 1 billion, demonstrating the potential of impact investing to generate both social and financial returns.
One of the challenges of impact investing is the lack of standardization and transparency in impact reporting. To address this issue, BVint Impact and has endorsed the Operating Principles for Impact Management (Impact Principles), a set of best practices that have created a market standard for IMM practice in the industry. By aligning their IMM practices with the Impact Principles, impact investors can improve the quality and comparability of their impact data, and enhance the credibility and accountability of the impact investing market.
BVint Impact, embeds IMM tools within each step of the investment process, from due diligence to annual reporting to repayment, to maximize positive impact and minimize negative impact. Using internal and external data sources to measure the impact reported in our impact report, which follows industry-aligned indicators and best practices, including IRIS+ and the Impact Management Project’s 5 dimensions of impact, to collect the most relevant impact data and alleviate the reporting burden on their clients.
If you are interested in impact investing and want to learn more about modern approaches and achievements, contact BVint today to schedule a consultation with their team. You can make impact investable and drive positive change for people and the planet.
