Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Moral Money: Impact Investing

The pros and cons of social impact bonds, how the Big Four agreed on an ESG framework, and why start-ups are more likely to avoid greenwashing scrutiny. Plus, how Black Lives Matter is driving change on Wall Street.

Supported by BNP Paribas Wealth Management

© UNICEF/UNI357817/Buta

Social impact bonds boost literacy and numeracy but can they scale?
New tools generate funding from investors who receive a return, but questions dog their expansion
Number-crunchers hope new benchmark will bring boards up to speed with ESG
Big Four accountants push for consistent measurement to hold companies to account
Black Lives Matter provokes change on Wall Street
Street protests encourage investors to apply pressure on boardrooms
Impact investment gains from improving measures of success and failure
More than a century after a pioneering Rothschild fund to improve London housing, the sector is coming of age
Funders find ways to offer capital in emerging markets, despite Covid
Impact investors step up as small and midsize businesses struggle to survive the effect of the pandemic
Why start-ups are more likely to dodge greenwashing label
Small companies’ claims of impact and moral high ground can be harder to verify but some investors are trying to do better