A short report from McKinsey Quaterly demonstrating that social-purpose ventures can generate financial returns that meet the investors' expectations.
High impact investing
The Best Available Charitable Option
Acumen Fund's approach to measuring social returns.
The Nature and Type of "Social Investors"
An Acumen Fund Investor Paper outlining the rise of social investors and touching on a number of key points where they differ from traditional profit-driven venture investors.
Equity-like Capital for Social Ventures
In this paper Bridges Community Ventures presents the results of a study investigating the need for the new kind of equity-like capital and best investment model for social ventures.
Access to Capital. A Briefing Paper.
This paper from Venturesome is an update to their Financing Civil Society (2008) which analyses the current situation, looks at key and emerging players and outlines the characteristics of a robust social investment market (UK-focused).
Solutions for Impact Investors: from Strategy to Implementation
Published in 2009 by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors this report aims to increase the rigor with which impact investors frame their investment decisions by describing some of the best practices in transparency, disclosure and rigorous decision making, illustrated by inspiring case studies.
The Blended Value Proposition: Integrating Social and Financial Returns
A California Management Review paper exploring the intersect between financial investing and social returns.
Guide to Effective Social Investing
The Guide, prepared by the Working Group for Effective Social Investing, is intended to provide a means for clarifying how to think about the measurable social value the nonprofits should be held accountable for creating.
The Investor's Toolkit. Generating Multiple Returns Through A Unified Investment Strategy
Jed Emerson's paper offers an introduction to the concept of managing financial assets using a strategy that maximizes not only economic performance, but also social and environmental returns.
