Impact Investing Australia (IIA) has welcomed the interim report of the Prime Minister’s Social Impact Investing (SII) Taskforce. The interim initiatives outlined include: developing evidence and data on social impact;
Leadership transition heralds next stage in impact investing market
After 6 years, Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing (AAB) Chair and Founder, Rosemary Addis, will refocus her market building efforts at the global level, including as a Trustee of
Government urged to act quickly to scale Impact Investment
The Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing (AAB) and Impact Investing Australia (IIA) welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to a centralised government approach to Impact investing with the announcement of
Government grants will enable for-purpose businesses to grow their impact
Impact Investing Australia (IIA) was today announced as the selected administrator of the $7m Australian Government Sector Readiness Fund (SRF) to enable for-purpose businesses to grow their impact. For the
A new partnership with government to scale impact
The Australian Government’s announced commitment to work in partnership to build the impact investment market to scale in Australia is welcomed by the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing (AAB)
Impact Investment Ready Growth Grants leverage $1.4m to raise over $41m in 3 years
Impact Investing Australia’s report, Paving Pathways: A Review of the Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant, launched today and outlines how $1.4m in grant funding has generated a median grant leverage of 23
Newly released field scan shares views on the state of impact investing in Australia
Today, the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing (AAB) publicly launched a field scan that reveals what has changed in the impact investing market over the last three years, what is
New grants to help not-for-profits and businesses explore and attract impact investment
Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia will today launch Impact Investment Ready, a new initiative to help not-for-profit organisations and for-purpose businesses explore potential impact investing activities and opportunities and
Impact investing market building enters next phase
The growing market for investments that deliver measurable social and environmental outcomes is entering the next phase of development, with the first stage of strategy now complete and a deeper
Australian impact investments delivering returns all round – new benchmarking report
The first data-set of Australian impact investments has revealed a diverse market that is delivering positive financial returns and impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people, through job
