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Less than half of impact reports are comparable, says BlueMark
21 April 2022BlueMark has called for guidance from standard setters that makes the environmental and social impacts of investments "comparable" in financial reports.
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SEC climate rules 'likely to spur legal action'
16 March 2022Climate disclosure rules set to be decided next week by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will most likely spark legal action against the agency, according to the president of the US Impact Investing Alliance.
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Impact fund provides grants to support IIRC, SASB merger
12 March 2021The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing has provided grants worth $500,000 to the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - to help "unify the impact investing market behind a global standard", it said.
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Biden urged to bolster US impact market with disclosure rules
16 December 2020The incoming Biden administration has been urged to bolster US impact investment by pushing regulators to require sustainability disclosures and clarify the role of impact in investors' fiduciary duty.
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Rockefeller, Packard and Ford among foundations backing impact scale-up fund
07 February 2020The Rockefeller Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Ford Foundation are among high-profile US backers of a 'tipping point' fund designed to help boost the impact investing market.
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US impact investors announce plans to expand the market
27 July 2017A US group of impact investors, formed last year, has agreed a new mandate to enable it to advocate for favourable policies, catalyse the flow of impact capital, and expand impact investing globally.