Impact Investing, Jed Emerson
Impact Investing, Jed Emerson
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Impact Investing
Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference

Author: Jed Emerson, Antony Bugg-Levine

Narrator: Tim Lundeen

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Two leaders in the growing field of impact investing define this emerging industry for participants on all sides of the funding equation (investors, funders and social entrepreneurs), showcasing compelling examples of success as well as the potential to expand the field to address the most critical social and environmental issues of our day on a scale never seen before. This will be the first book to chart the catalytic path of this new industry, explaining how it is already and can be a positive disruptive force. It will show how impact investing is a transformational vehicle for delivering blended value throughout the investment spectrum giving a single name to a set of activities previously siloed in enclaves revealing how they are linked within what is becoming a new field of investing. The authors will show how various pioneers are already undertaking impact investments for multiple returns, reveal the power of this new industry and its wide-ranging applications as well as entrepreneurial opportunities it offers. The breakthrough of this book is that it does not take a normative approach to argue how investors should behave like an investment guide might. Instead, it sheds light on how entrepreneurial people and institutions are already offering an integrated alternative. Building on compelling examples, the book will also offer a clear guide to how readers can support the industrys growth and development.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pamela

A great first read for those looking to understand how to merge their passion for social good with their investment acumen. Nicely lays out the opportunities, risks and limitations of impact investing that anyone interested in the space should be aware of. A bit poetic at times, but overall a quite......more

There are a few good insight spreaded out in the book on Impact investing. Particularly on the characteristics of social enterprises, the need of specialization in Impact Investing that can be accessible by pooling resources and reducing the cost, characteristics of the Social Enterprise and their s......more

Goodreads review by Gerald

Really good. Covers all the bases with good ideas, content and examples.......more

Goodreads review by Fred

This is a really nice overview of impact investing. Impact investing is a newish term to describe the range of investments between pur for-profit and non-profit. I like this book for a number of reasons. It's written in plain English (a little too folksy sometimes even). It's not dogmatic or preachy......more

Goodreads review by Maggie

I want to quote a paragraph in the book that " Capital markets are created and maintained by people. They were not passed down from the hand of God". It's our action that shapes and creates the future. We've been tired of all the troubles and problems brought out by one value system. It's time to us......more