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The little book of impact investing: aligning profit and purpose to change the world

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey 2025Description: xv, 254 pISBN:
  • 9781394257560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.6 PAR
Summary: Explore the strategies of impact investing that deliver financial gains and positive results for people and the planet In The Little Book of Impact Investing: Aligning Profit and Purpose to Change the World, veteran investor and author Priya Parrish delivers a timely, inspiring, and practical exploration of an investing discipline that is rapidly taking center stage in contemporary finance. In the book, you'll explore how and why impact investing has become an essential strategy for retail and institutional investors around the world and how it can help you build and manage high-performing portfolios while making a positive difference in the world around you. The author explains the universe of opportunities made available by impact investing by diving deep into both the public and private markets. You'll learn how the discipline is related to modern portfolio theory, diversity considerations, issues of climate change, sustainable investing, and recent controversies about ESG investing. You'll also discover: Where impact investing came from, how it's shaping markets today, and where it's going in the near future Impact investing goals and how they relate to financial returns and risk The management tools utilized by leading impact investors to improve performance. An essential resource for retail and institutional investors, The Little Book of Impact Investing is destined to become the gold standard in impact investing reference books for anyone seeking and up-to-date and insightful discussion of one of the most exciting and influential investment disciplines in contemporary finance. (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Little+Book+of+Impact+Investing%3A+Aligning+Profit+and+Purpose+to+Change+the+World-p-9781394257560) (https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Little+Book+of+Impact+Investing%3A+Aligning+Profit+and+Purpose+to+Change+the+World-p-9781394257560#series-section)
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Table of contents:
Preface xi

Part One A Brief Introduction To Impact Investing 1

Chapter One What Is Impact Investing? 3

Chapter Two Why Now? The Right Time for Creative Disruption 19

Chapter Three Hold On, What About ESG? 31

Chapter Four My Journey to Impact Investing 43

Chapter Five How Impact Investing Grew Up 53

Chapter Six Who Can Be an Impact Investor? 67

Chapter Seven Other Roads to the Same Place 79

Part Two How to Be An Impact Investor 89

Chapter Eight How Impact Can Drive Returns 91

Chapter Nine Where Do You Start? Deciding Where Impact Belongs in Your Portfolio 101

Chapter Ten Beyond the Label: Identifying Impactful Companies 109

Chapter Eleven If You Don’t Measure It, Is It Real? 119

Chapter Twelve Building Better Businesses: Impact Management 131

Chapter Thirteen Stuck in the Mud: When Impact Gets Complicated 143

Part Three The Impact Opportunity Set 153

Chapter Fourteen Where Can You Find Impact Investments? 155

Chapter Fifteen Economic Opportunity 161

Chapter Sixteen Health and Wellness 175

Chapter Seventeen Environmental Sustainability 189

Chapter Eighteen Public Markets 201

Chapter Nineteen Social Impact Bonds 211

Chapter Twenty Alternative Ownership Structures 217

Conclusion 229

Notes 235

Acknowledgments 249

About the Author 253
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Explore the strategies of impact investing that deliver financial gains and positive results for people and the planet

In The Little Book of Impact Investing: Aligning Profit and Purpose to Change the World, veteran investor and author Priya Parrish delivers a timely, inspiring, and practical exploration of an investing discipline that is rapidly taking center stage in contemporary finance. In the book, you'll explore how and why impact investing has become an essential strategy for retail and institutional investors around the world and how it can help you build and manage high-performing portfolios while making a positive difference in the world around you.

The author explains the universe of opportunities made available by impact investing by diving deep into both the public and private markets. You'll learn how the discipline is related to modern portfolio theory, diversity considerations, issues of climate change, sustainable investing, and recent controversies about ESG investing.

You'll also discover:

Where impact investing came from, how it's shaping markets today, and where it's going in the near future
Impact investing goals and how they relate to financial returns and risk
The management tools utilized by leading impact investors to improve performance.
An essential resource for retail and institutional investors, The Little Book of Impact Investing is destined to become the gold standard in impact investing reference books for anyone seeking and up-to-date and insightful discussion of one of the most exciting and influential investment disciplines in contemporary finance.

(https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Little+Book+of+Impact+Investing%3A+Aligning+Profit+and+Purpose+to+Change+the+World-p-9781394257560)

(https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Little+Book+of+Impact+Investing%3A+Aligning+Profit+and+Purpose+to+Change+the+World-p-9781394257560#series-section)

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