Authors

Robert Ruttman
and Others

Research organisation

Credit Suisse with Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

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Investing for Impact - How Social Entrepreneurship is Redefining the Meaning of Return

Report Date

January 2012

Release Date

February 2012

Document summary

Currently a growing number of investors and entrepreneurs are proactively investing capital in solutions designed to generate a positive social or environmental impact, while also having the potential for some financial return. Beyond investing in social enterprises other impact investment vehicles are rapidly evolving, ranging from impact bond structures to seed-stage investment forums. The field though is at an early stage development with a number of hurdles for investors to cross. The report’s aim is to offer investors and social entrepreneurs a better understanding of these complexities.