Recently, Allison Duncan of Amplifier Strategies was invited by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to discuss opinions on what is needed to increase the investment capital that is available to support businesses that create community benefits. In collaboration with Georgette Wong of Correlation Consulting, our article “Social Metrics in Investing” was published [...]]]>

Recently, Allison Duncan of Amplifier Strategies was invited by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to discuss opinions on what is needed to increase the investment capital that is available to support businesses that create community benefits. In collaboration with Georgette Wong of Correlation Consulting, our article “Social Metrics in Investing” was published in the Community Development’s Investment Review 2010 Vol. 6.

“The impact investing industry is at an important juncture. There is an opportunity to attract major financial investments into the space by weaving financial and social/environmental gains together. What we need now is leadership – to develop the social and environmental metrics, report them transparently, link them to financial outperformance, and shift the fundamental rewards structure of the investing field.”  - Social Metrics in Investing

Follow the links to download the article and a full copy of the Review.

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/community/review/vol6_issue1/Duncan_Wong.pdf

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/community/review/vol6_issue1/index.html