The value proposition of impact investing (and other forms of investing that integrate impact), will enjoy wide acceptance, with plentiful evidence in their favor. Businesses and investors will hold themselves accountable to multiple sets of stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, affected communities, and local and global environments. The concept of ‘externalities’ will be relegated to history, with finance theory accounting for risk, return, and impact equally well. Ultimately, financial markets will be central in supporting solutions to critical threats facing the world.

This vision is unashamedly ambitious—to some it may even seem idealistic. But the GIIN believes it to be not only possible but also necessary to create a prosperous future for people and the planet. While the vision relates to financial markets broadly, impact investing has a central role to play in its realization, setting and raising the standards for investment practice and generating the tools and data that allow investors to evaluate impact and channel capital to the most effective solutions. View GIIN CEO Amit Bouri talk about his vision for the future of the financial markets and why change is needed >