The news is mixed when it comes to impact investors and how they approach measuring and managing their investments.
Impact investors pretty much uniformly set clear objectives for measuring the impact of their investments and consider impact due diligence. And most regularly monitor each investment’s impact performance.
Christina Leijonhufvud
BlueMark
On the other hand, many don’t tie their staff’s compensation to impact performance or use a consistent method for following up with the companies they invest in when impact results are under par.
Those are some of the findings of a recent report from impact verification firm BlueMark, which compiled detailed data from its first 30 verifications about the impact management practices used by impact investors. Those investors, ranging from KKR to BlueOrchid, have a total of $99 billion in impact assets under management.
BlueMark also announced the creation of a benchmark for tracking…
