Impact Investing South Africa
Mission & Purpose
Impact Investing South Africa is a cross-sectoral initiative aimed at building the eco-system in order to accelerate the deployment of capital that optimises financial, social, and environmental returns. We are guided by our overall vision to achieve socio-economic justice in South Africa by building an inclusive and sustainable economy. Our objectives are to:
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Identify
key levers that will accelerate the growth of the market -
Action
recommendations that emanate from strategic processes -
Learn
from and share with the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing
Key Resources
More information available on:
Impact Investing South Africa Local Resources
Impact Investing South Africa Webinars and Events
Our People
See Impact Investing South Africa’s Board, Secretariat and Taskforce members
Visit the South Africa site

New Zealand National Advisory Board
Mission & Purpose
The New Zealand National Advisory Board aims to contribute to a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous Aotearoa (Maori name for New Zealand) by connecting, educating, and advocating for the growth of the impact investing sector. The NAB governs the strategy and activities of New Zealand’s Impact Investing Network.
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Connect
Facilitate connections between New Zealand and the global ecosystem. -
Educate
Provide access to news, events, research, and education resources. -
Advocate
Influence New Zealand economy, policy, and regulations.
Key Resources
More resources available on:
Visit the New Zealand site
Korea
Korea NAB Mission
By leading the efforts to build impact investment market in Korea, the Korea National Advisory Board for Impact Finance aims to revolutionize the thinking and practices of finance in such a way that the vision of creating social and environmental values alongside the financial returns becomes the new norm.
Key Resources
- By 2023, to achieve USD 500 mil capitalization through Impact Fund-of-Funds
- By 2023, to achieve USD 300 mil capitalization through Impact Wholesalers
- By 2023, to achieve USD 100 mil capitalization through SIB Funds

Chile NAB
Mission & Purpose
The Chile NAB promotes impact investment in Chile pushing improvement of socio-environmental investments standards and encouraging companies to integrate impact criteria in their business models to create a more sustainable world. The NAB aims to
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Promote
impact investment in Chile, involving representatives of all sectors -
Articulate
the development of an ecosystem around 5 axes: Supply; Demand; intermediaries; Enablers and State -
Raise awareness
On the importance of impact investments for a sustainable and fair future -
Be recognized
As an official institution for impact investments in the country
Key Resources
More resources available on:
Chile NAB publications
Key People
See Chile NAB’s people
Visit the Chile site

Grupo de Inversión de Impacto
Mission & Purpose
Our mission is to contribute to the consolidation of the impact investment ecosystem in Argentina and Uruguay, to catalyse the economic, social and structural changes that these countries need to grow sustainably. We aim to develop and connect key market players to consolidate and grow the impact investment market, make Argentina and Uruguay an attractive destination for investment at local and global level and facilitate the flow of capital to triple bottom line enterprises and investments. We are also working with the government to develop the necessary conditions at the regulatory and fiscal level to develop the market.
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Composed by
120 stakeholders from government, social enterprises, finance, academia and private sector -
New
resolution for suatinable collective investment products launched by Comisión Nacional de valores -
In 2018
1st Social Impact Bond launched in the city of Buenos Aires on job creation
Key Resources
Argentina
Board Members
Nothing found
Argentina
Management
- Nothing found
Uruguay
Board Members
- Nothing found
Uruguay
Management
- Nothing found
Visit the Argentina & Uruguay site

Finland
Results driven co-operation for societal well-being
The Finnish National Impact Investing Advisory Board represents all of the central actors for impact investing. The mission of the National Advisory Board is to promote the construction of the impact investing ecosystem in Finland. Its purpose is to provide support to all three ‘cornerstones’: the public sector, service providers and investors. A co-ordinating operator such as Sitra will be needed in the future as well with the purpose to convene various actors and to support operational practices.
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A total of
€13.5mn
is the current size of the Fast Employment and Integration SIB fund, the largest in Europe -
An estimated
50
public sector organizations which plan to utilize present and upcoming SIB funds in Finland -
Organized
four
Impact Accelerator training programs for Impact Actors
Key Resources
Key People
Board Members
Nothing found
Key People
Management
- Nothing found
Visit the Finland site

European Union
Impact Investing in the European Union
The European Union Advisory Board is a joint initiative of the European Commission (EC), the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) (the latter two part of the EIB Group), three institutions enjoying a long-standing co-operation in the social entrepreneurship, social inclusion and impact investing space. In particular, over the past years, from our headquarters in Brussels and Luxembourg, we have joined forces to promote a joint agenda for fostering social entrepreneurship and social inclusion in Europe and beyond.
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There are
three
institutions working together: EC, EIF & EIB -
Over
€1bn
financing expected for the benefit of social enterprises and micro-enterprises -
Circa
€370m
committed to social impact programs by the EIF
Key Resources
Visit the European Union site

Portugal
Mobilising capital for impact
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Initiative worth
€150m
dedicated to impact investment in Portugal, funded through European structural and investment funds -
Introduction of
50
social issue unit cost indicators, through the ONE.COST database, launching in September 2017 -
In January
2015
the first social impact bond in Portugal was launched as a pilot project
Key Resources
Key People
Board Members
Key People
Management
- Nothing found
Visit the Portugal site

Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto México
Mission & Purpose
Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto México (Mexico NAB) aims to establish impact investing as a key tool to generate large-scale, long-lasting, and sustainable solutions to social and environmental issues. The NAB aims to achieve that any investment decision takes into account social and environmental impact.
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Change
the investment paradigm: encourage investors to take into account return, risk, and impact in their investment decisions -
Collaborate
with NGOs, the public and private sector to boost result-based finance -
Strengthen
the ecosystem: capacity building, articulations with different stakeholders, and setting impact economy in the public agenda
Key Resources
More resources available on:
Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto Publications
Key People
See the Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto México Executive Board
Member Organizations
- Nothing found
Visit the Mexico site

Japan
Leveraging private capital for social impact
GSG-NAB Japan was launched in 2014 with the vision of harnessing the power of capital through impact investing in order to realize a more socially conscious capital market in Japan. GSG-NAB Japan collaborates with practitioners and opinion leaders across sectors to conduct research, produce publications, and engage in awareness raising and networking activities for the promotion of impact investing in Japan and beyond.
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26 fold
increase in the total impact market from ¥33.7 bil. in 2016 to ¥512.6 bil. in 2020 -
34
Pay For Success/SIB projects identified in Japan by 2020 -
19%
Japanese people are interested in purchasing impact investing products, according to the recent consumer survey on impact investing
Key Resources
Key People
Board Members
Nothing found