Impact Investing (FutureLearn)

Offered by JSiE, Asha Impact,
Impact Investing (FutureLearn)

Learn about impact investing, and how the power of finance can generate financial returns and tackle today's global challenges. Understand an investment approach that intentionally seeks to create both financial return and measurable positive social or environmental impact.

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By gaining an overview of the current landscape of impact investing, you will learn how you can play a role in the emerging sector. By analyzing the range of investing and funding approaches used by impact investors, you will gain a deep and broad understanding of the subject.

What topics will you cover?

  • The financial instruments and techniques used to fund social enterprises
  • Impact measurement components, tools and frameworks
  • The current market trends and key players of the impact investing ecosystem
  • The current challenges in impact investing and how to unlock opportunities to invest in social and environmental impact

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Identify a range of investing and funding approaches used by leading impact investors
  • Investigate different financial instruments and techniques used to fund social enterprises
  • Explore current market trends and key players of the impact investing ecosystem
  • Identify the different components of impact measurement
  • Explore the relationship between between risk, return and impact
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