For institutional investors, impact investing provides opportunities to diversify their portfolio and meet member demands. For philanthropic trusts and foundations, impact investing is a way to deepen their mission and create greater impact through the combined effect of investment and grant making activities.

Impact investing provides opportunities to investors across all asset classes including real assets, private equity, fixed income and emerging hybrids such as social impact bonds.

From financing social housing and renewable energy to delivering positive outcomes in health and education, impact investing spans different types of organisation, sectors and locations.  What remains consistent is the intention to achieve measurable social impact alongside a financial return.

There are many ways investors can deepen their impact and deliver positive social outcomes.

Impact Deal Tracker

Up-to-date information on impact investing deals and opportunities in and from Australia, searchable by various criteria such as impact area, asset class and value.

Networks

Below are links to networks of like minded individuals and organisations seeking to make a difference.

• The Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) exists to improve the supply and demand for impact capital, through convening foundations and charitable funders who are interested in starting or enhancing their impact investing activities
• GSG Impact catalyses investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet.  Impact Investing Australia is the Australian representative on this group
• Impact Club is Australia’s first impact investing network created specifically for investors who are using their investment capital to make investments that create positive social and environmental impact
• Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) is the peak body representing responsible and ethical investors across Australia and New Zealand
• Toniic is a global network of action oriented impact investors, both individual and institutions with members in over 20 countries
• The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing

There are many other Australian and International impact organisations accelerating the growth of impact investing.

Impact investment advisors

There are also a number of impact investment advisors if you are looking for investment advice including:

• Argus Advisory is dedicated to creating, managing and guarding family wealth and legacies
• Australian Impact Investments is a financial advisory group specialised in designing, implementing and managing impact investment portfolios for wholesale investors
• Brightlight is an investment management and advisory firm
• Crestone works with clients to align their investments with their values, often shifting their portfolios onto a more responsible footing
• Ethinvest is Australia’s oldest ethical and impact investment advisory practice
• Evans & Partners’ dedicated ESG and Sustainable Investment team offers impact investment opportunities and impact investment policy development services
• Koda Capital provides advice to social capital investors looking to build portfolios that reflect their values
• JBWere‘s Private Wealth and Investment advisors work with both private clients and ‘for-purpose’ organisations to help achieve their goals

If you are an impact investment advisor and would like to be included on this list please contact enquiries@impactinvestingaustralia.com