Unlocking Potential with Impact Investing Course

The impact investing course is designed to help you make a positive difference in the world while generating returns on your investment. This course covers various strategies and techniques to achieve both financial and social goals.

By taking this course, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the impact investing landscape, including its history and evolution. The course also explores the different types of impact investments, such as social enterprises, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy.

Impact investing is not just about making a profit; it's also about creating positive social and environmental outcomes. The course emphasizes the importance of measuring and evaluating the impact of your investments to ensure they align with your values and goals.

Through real-world examples and case studies, you'll learn how to identify and invest in opportunities that drive both financial returns and positive social change.

The George Washington University School of Business will offer a new undergraduate/graduate level course on impact investing starting in Fall 2019.

This course will investigate the fundamentals of impact investing, examining different forms and financial instruments, as well as the challenges faced by both impact investors and investees.

You'll learn about emergent new techniques for making proposals more attractive to impact investors in this course.

The University of Pennsylvania offers an online course on business strategies focusing on social impact and change, where you'll learn about good business practices in impact investing.

This course will equip you with the fundamentals of impact investing and help you develop your strategy to drive social impact.

You'll also learn how to become a leader who cultivates purpose and inspires change in this course.

The Jindal Centre for Social Innovation offers an online course on impact investing, where you'll explore funding and investment approaches of leading impact investors.

You'll learn about the fundamentals of impact investing and how to establish yourself in this emerging sector.

This course will also teach you how to analyze current market trends and identify key players of the impact investing ecosystem.

You'll familiarize with important terminology around impact investing and learn how to measure the impact of your investments in this course.

By the end of these courses, you'll have a better understanding of leading an organization with purpose and be able to build successful strategies that bring impactful change to the world.

Our faculty and partners are dedicated to helping you succeed in the world of impact investing.

Dr. Jane Smith, a leading expert in sustainable finance, will be teaching our impact investing course.

She has over 10 years of experience in the field and has worked with top organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations.

Our course is also partnered with the Social Finance Academy, a leading organization in impact investing education.

This partnership allows us to provide students with access to top-notch resources and networking opportunities.

The Jindal Centre for Social Innovation is a great resource for those interested in impact investing. They offer an online course that explores the fundamentals of impact investing and how to establish yourself in this emerging sector.

You can learn about the different financial instruments used in impact investing and apply techniques to fund social enterprises. The course also covers how to analyze current market trends and identify key players in the impact investing ecosystem.

One of the key aspects of the Jindal Centre's course is learning to measure the impact of your investments. This is crucial in making informed decisions and ensuring that your investments have a positive social and environmental impact.

The course is designed to familiarize you with important terminology around impact investing and provide you with the skills to succeed in this field.

The Jindal Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a key partner in the world of impact investing, offering an online course that explores funding and investment approaches of leading impact investors.

This course is a great resource for those looking to establish themselves in the impact investing sector, with a focus on the fundamentals of impact investing and how to apply techniques used to fund social enterprises.

The George Washington University School of Business offers a new undergraduate/graduate level course on impact investing, which investigates the fundamentals of impact investing and explores emergent new techniques for making proposals more attractive to impact investors.

The course, Impact Investing: Theory, Practices and Challenges, begins in Fall 2019 and provides a comprehensive look at the different forms and financial instruments of impact investing.

The GW Socially Responsible Investment Fund (SRIF) is a student-led investment fund that allows students to decide what investments to make into socially responsible firms, providing a unique learning experience and exposure to the perspectives of practitioners.

The SRIF profits from investments are committed to the ICR for use as student scholarships, demonstrating the positive impact that impact investing can have on students and the community.

The Impact Investment Student Advisory Group (COMPASS) is a student-led organization that works with nonprofits and projects to assist and develop them with the end goal of attaining impact investor capital.

Through COMPASS, students work in an advisor capacity to provide collaboration, new partnerships, and accountability and measurement frameworks, supporting the development of social enterprises and mobilizing private finance towards the SDGs.

Prof. Reid Click is the contact person for this course, and can be reached at [email protected] with any questions or inquiries.

Students in this course will study the agriculture sector in Rwanda and work with agricultural processors and farmer cooperatives, also known as “coops.”

Their consulting teams will prepare impact investment memoranda on selected agricultural processors for presentation to a U.S.-based impact investor.

In practice, impact investing is becoming a reality for individual investors, family offices, and endowments. They're moving beyond Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration and seeking measurable impact as well as a financial return.

Institutional investors have long made investments that have impact, but now they're adopting and helping to develop impact investment practices. This includes investing in assets such as infrastructure and social housing.

Impact investment products are also emerging, but it's essential to ensure they have a clear purpose and are managed well. This is especially important now that there's a rush of new products coming to the market.

Here are some examples of impact investment success stories:

In practice, individual investors and institutions are moving beyond Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration to seek measurable impact as well as a financial return.

This shift is driving the development of new impact investment products, which must have a clear purpose and be managed well to be effective.

Institutional investors, such as endowments and family offices, are adopting and helping to develop impact investment practices, which often involve investing in assets like infrastructure and social housing.

To ensure the success of impact investments, it's essential to evaluate a portfolio's level of risk using tools like the Sharpe ratio, and to calculate valuation based on discounted cash flow.

The F.B. Heron Foundation is an example of an organization that aligns its mission with its investments, helping disadvantaged families build wealth through home ownership and housing security.

Here are some key characteristics of successful impact investments:

Impact investing is not just about financial returns, but also about creating positive social and environmental impact.

Sustainable supply chains are a priority for many firms, which is why they're working with NGOs, governments, and community organizations to address economic, social, and environmental issues.

These collaborations have led to the adoption of CSR programs, but they often require extensive and long-term funding support.

Firms can redesign their CSR programs using the SIMPle Approach to achieve greater social impact and attract impact investors.

This approach can help reduce firms' CSR program costs without compromising their commitment to sustainability goals.

Current projects are exploring impact investing opportunities, such as Cocoa Bonds for sustainable cocoa farming and Metallic Teal Bonds for sustainable mining.

By financing sustainable supply chains with impact investors, firms can make a bigger impact while saving on costs.

Past participants of the Impact Investing (Online) program come from diverse backgrounds, industries, and experiences.

About 16% of past participants have less than 10 years of experience, which suggests that even those just starting out can benefit from this program.

A quarter of past participants, or 25%, have 15 to 19 years of experience, indicating that the program is also suitable for those with more established careers.

More than a third of past participants, 38%, have over 20 years of experience, which shows that the program is accessible to professionals at various stages of their careers.

Here's a breakdown of the experience levels of past participants: