The Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations promotes the development of the theory and practice of responsible investment through research, dialogue, and action. The IRI works across asset classes to build communities of practice around innovative responsible investment strategies and catalyze new opportunities and concepts in responsible investment.
The IRI is pleased to announce the release of its newest impact investing and public policy report, Impact at Scale: Policy Innovation for Institutional Investment with Social and Environmental Benefit, co-authored with InSight at Pacific Community Ventures and funded by The Rockefeller Foundation.
The report examines the practices of the largest U.S. investors in investing for both financial return and positive social and environmental impact, and explores the extensive role of public policy in shaping how institutional investors channel capital. The research reveals numerous government strategies that catalyze private investment for public good, including laws in 20 states that allow or encourage “economically targeted investments” where a public pension system invests in its home state to support local economic growth while also targeting a financial return to the fund.
The IRI and InSight will be launching the report at three events in New York on February 21, Washington D.C. on February 23, and Sacramento on February 28th.
To read the report, click here.
