The market for organic food and agriculture has grown significantly since the National Organic Program began in 2001. The $70-billion market has been growing 8% per year. Many younger consumers, including new parents and their babies, are eating it up. And investors are paying attention to the potential of organic and regenerative products and brands.
At our firm, we believe in a guiding principle: the alignment between inner values and outward actions brings a sense of personal wholeness that creates resiliency. We empower clients to make financial decisions that reflect their personal ethics, fostering a sustainable, purpose-driven world. The journey that led me to impact investment advising has been one of resilience and transformation. It started with a pivotal moment at 19 when I faced a cancer diagnosis.
For impact investors, the question is not why gender equality matters — it’s how to effectively allocate capital in ways that empower women and catalyze meaningful progress. Impact investing alone cannot be a panacea for gender inequality, but it is an indispensable component of a larger solution. Gender equality can itself be an impact objective or, for portfolios targeting other impact themes, it can be one of their themes.
Calvert Impact is unique in a number of ways – we’re a nonprofit investment firm, we invest around the globe and across multiple sectors, we have a nearly three decades-long track record, and we have extremely accessible products with minimums as low as $20. Also, we are one of only 20% of all financial firms managed by women, and at Calvert Impact 80% of our senior leadership team are women.
When sailing your portfolio into the future, would you want a top-heavy boat? Or a boat that is stable through the waves of future risks? “Green bonds,” “social bonds,” and “sustainability bonds” – bring comfort to impact investors. Yet, are all those bonds safe for the next 30 years? HIP has evaluated over 11K bonds that bring solutions like reducing pollution, delivering cleaner water, spurring more affordable housing, or bringing climate action forward to society as well as to your portfolio.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Praxis Impact Bond Fund, which gives a wide variety of investors access to a broadly diversified core bond portfolio with a focus on green, social and other types of impact bonds. Over the years, the fund’s appeal has broadened from faith-based investors to include sustainability and social-impact focused investors. Its assets have grown from $11 million in 1994 at the fund’s inception to nearly $1 billion today.
This practical article is excerpted from the book “What\’s Possible: Investing Now for Prosperous and Sustainable Neighborhoods,” a collaboration of Enterprise Community Partners, LISC and the New York Fed. What’s Possible offers a variety of impactful solutions for clean energy, resilience, and equity. It’s intended as a playbook for taking collective action to build a stronger and more inclusive future for all.
Over the last 25 years of investing in impact bonds, we have learned the value of looking beyond labelled green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds where investors can access a wider range of opportunities to generate positive environmental and social outcomes while pursuing attractive risk-adjusted returns. However, navigating this marketplace requires a nuanced understanding of innovative security structures, evolving standards and project-level impact assessment.
As the impacts of climate change become more evident, the urgency to transition away from fossil fuels is clear. Investing in renewable energy is crucial for the future of our planet, yet it remains a challenge for many. The Clean Energy Credit Union focuses on making clean energy affordable and accessible to a wide range of people across the U.S. by providing an attainable entry point for individuals to invest in the clean energy movement while advancing sustainability.
The US EIA forecasts a 75% increase in solar generation from 2023 to 2025. As the solar industry races to address climate change and meet the demands from electrification and data centers, there lies opportunities to also address socioeconomic inequalities across the nation. So, we ask: Who is benefiting from the growth of the solar economy? What other community needs could this opportunity meet?
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