concessionary, meaning the company s top priority is impact rather than investor profit. But
non-concessionary impact investments promise a double bottom line, meaning that they hope to achieve their social or environmental goals without significantly hindering returns.
A recent report by the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment (US SIF) found that $17 trillion of US-based investment assets in 2020 used sustainable investing strategies (a 42% increase from 2018). Put another way, a third of all assets under management in the United States now take sustainability issues into consideration.
Impact investing, ESG, socially responsible investing: What s the difference?
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG), socially responsible investing