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Impact Investing Team 8 Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe Presidio Graduate School, October 21, 2011 Team 8: Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe

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Impact Investing

Team 8Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe

Team 8: Cristina Soeiro, Nicholas Sanderson, Stephanie Ciancio & Vanessa Roscoe

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Concept & Foundations

• Demands both a financial return and a measurable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact

• Emerging asset class• Difference between SRI and Impact Investing

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Applications to Sustainability & Environment

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6%4%

2%Distribution of Impact Investments by Sector

Renewable Energy

Rural Developmemt

Health

Trade

Water and Sanitation

Technology

Finances and Business services

Education

Housing

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Current Examples

• Dow Jones Sustainability Index • Calvert Foundation Community Investment• RSF Utility Function

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Breakthroughs & Challenges

• Global Acceptance• Success where government and philanthropy cannot do

enough • Moving from niche to mainstream• Deal sourcing • Lack of a common language • Impact measurement: the development and adoption of

standardized metrics, benchmarks, and/or ratings (Impact Reporting Investment Standards and Global Impact Investment Rating System

• Organized network to advance shared interests

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Conclusions & Top 3 References

The sector has the potential to drive significant capital to market-based solutions to the world's

most pressing challenges

References:1.2.3.