Impact investing is a type of investment strategy where investments are made to improve social and environmental causes. Impact investing has been growing rapidly in popularity recently, with many large organizations joining in the efforts. As is expected of any growing field, impact investing has been experiencing several different trends recently.
Environmental Focus
Impact investing has played a large role in the improvement of environmental conditions. Many investors are currently focused on improving the environmental impacts that people have on the earth. Renewable energy has been a large beneficiary of investments from impact investing, with more investors focused on improving climate change. “Net-zero” carbon emissions are goals that many organizations, communities, and governments have set recently. Overall, many impact investors seek to improve sustainability, ensuring that valuable resources will continue to be around for many years.
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