This is a summary of a paper by Abhilash Mudaliar and Hannah Dithrich; published by GIIN; April 2019; 16 pages; available at: https://thegiin.org/research/publication/impinv-market-size
The authors assemble data, including the results of the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN’s) Annual Impact Investor Survey, to estimate the size of the worldwide impact investing market. GIIN defines “impact investments” as those that return a monetary profit while creating “positive, measurable social and environmental impact.” As of December 2018, the authors estimate the total assets under management (AUM) within the impact investing universe to be valued at