Impact Frontiers

Advancing a world in which all investments are made and measured in consideration of their integrated financial, social, and environmental impacts

Impact Frontiers is a learning and innovation collaboration of investors and field-builders dedicated to advancing the integration of impact into financial frameworks, processes, and decision-making.

What we do

Convene peer communities of leading investors and partner with field-building industry associations to support investors in their networks.
Guide and support these investors through a tested, flexible process to build their capabilities in impact management and impact-financial integration.
Publish and share what we learn in open-source articles and handbooks co-authored with partners.

In 2021, we will launch the next round of investor collaborations. Contact us to explore how you can join these collaborations.

Collaboration partners

Guidance for investors

How investors can integrate social impact with financial performance to improve both

Four steps to help investors integrate impact with financial analysis in their decision-making. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2020

Impact-financial integration: A handbook for investors

A handbook of detailed methods and examples of impact ratings and impact-financial integration from the Impact Frontiers Collaboration

Toward the efficient impact frontier

Original article from Root Capital that led to the Impact Frontiers Collaboration. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017

Resources for educators

Harvard Business School case study

Case study taught in dozens of business and policy graduate schools. Can be used in conjunction with participatory portfolio construction simulation.

Portfolio construction simulation: resources for participants

Participants construct their own impact investing portfolio, using data that we provide. At the end of the exercise, participants have an opportunity to find out whether their chosen portfolio falls on the ‘efficient impact frontier.

Portfolio construction simulation: resources for professors

Professors and facilitators can contact Impact Frontiers for access to a suite of teaching materials.

Reach Out

Other resources

Webinar on impact-financial integration with Calvert Impact Capital

Overview of the four steps toward impact-financial integration, with real-life example from Caitlin Rosser of Calvert Impact Capital

ImpactAlpha: Valuable lessons for investors

Review of the Handbook on Impact-Financial Integration by Bridgespan

AVPN: 4 steps to integrate impact and financial data within your portfolio

Blog post by the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network