Impact Investing Symposium

What is Impact Investing? According to Michael Drexler and Abigail Noble from the World Economic Forum it’s “an investment approach intentionally seeking to create both financial return and positive social impact that is actively measured.” Yet there is dissonance. What takes priority the financial return or the impact? Which stakeholder is most important? Is impact investing for the short-term or the long-term? Should change be incremental or revolutionary?

 

The 6th annual Impact Investing Symposium (IIS) took place in 2021 and featured the following sessions:

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