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GIIN’s Core Characteristics of Impact Investing

Definition

Baseline expectations of what it means to practice impact investing:

  1. Intentionally contribute to positive social and environmental impact through investment alongside a financial return
  2. Use evidence and impact data in investment design
  3. Manage impact performance
  4. Contribute to the growth of impact investing.

The SDG Impact Standards are aligned with GIIN’s Core Characteristics of Impact Investing.

Source

United Nations Development Programme. (2021). SDG Impact Standards
Glossary. https://sdgimpact.undp.org/assets/SDG-Impact-Standards-Glossary.pdf

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