by Tejas Gumudavelly -

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Joint Impact Indicators (JIIs) Bridge HIPSO, IRIS+ to Streamline Investors’, Investees’ Measurement of Gender Equality, Job Creation, Climate Impacts

A group of investors recently launched the Joint Impact Indicators (JIIs), a framework for increasing “harmonization in the way that impact investors measure and report on the effects of their investments.” The indicators, which were developed by The Global Impact Investing Network, a US-based nonprofit, and the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation, focus on three areas:

by Jessica McLeod -

MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey,” by Dean Hand et al, published by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

The 10th edition of this survey includes responses from 294 impact investors, those that seek to “generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.” From the data the authors have collected, they reach the following conclusions: