Individual Impact Investing Commission (IIIC)

Giving is not the only way to make your money do good in society

“Impact investing is a significant market that is emerging rather than mature. It spans all asset classes and attracts investors of every category.

Its importance should not be understated. According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), accelerating the growth of impact investing is absolutely essential to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will allow humankind “to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by eradicating poverty, ending world hunger, realising human rights for all, achieving gender equality, reducing environmental degradation and delivering a transformative blueprint for people, planet and prosperity”. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) and families are important players in the ecosystem, a tour de force when it comes to their own entrepreneurial outlooks and imagination, and with an outsized role in supporting opportunities for social and environmental transformation by impact-led enterprises. They have the discretionary power to declare impact a priority.”

Unlocking Private Assets for Public Good, 2022

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Enabling an ecosystem that supports increased impact investing by those with private wealth.

Private wealth holders have the means to provide a vital boost to impact investing in the UK – enabling impact-led enterprises to improve outcomes for people and the planet.

In 2021-2022, The Researchery partnered with Beacon Collaborative, Big Society Capital and Charity21 to facilitate the Individual Impact Investing Commission (IIIC). The Commission brought together 11 leading impact investors, professional advisors, fund managers, advocates and experts in the private wealth sector to consider the current barriers to impact investing and how to encourage more wealthy individuals and families to use their private assets to support UK impact-led enterprises through impact investing.

The recommendations aim to increase the individual impact investing market in the UK.

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Effective Philanthropy in focus

Everyone giving to or investing in charities or social enterprises wants to know that they are giving in the most effective way possible. But there are many ways to support such organisations, and how do you know what works?

There are no die-hard rules here, and I can’t stress that enough. What works for one person, organisation or charity may not work for others. But the more we know about different ways of giving, the easier it will be for you to choose the one(s) that we think will work best for you.

In this space we'll be examining and trying out some of the different techniques for giving and investing more effectively so that you can choose what works for you... from place-based giving and matched giving to impact investing.

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