How to Build Trust in Impact Investing? Challenges and Working Practices

Impact investing, the branch of finance aiming to have a positive impact along ROI, is one of the most powerful engine on the sustainable finance market, yet, it is also the most fragile one. And it all starts with the definition(s) of impact investing per se. Then, it is about how impact is implemented, how is it disclosed toinvestors and investees, and to the other stakeholders. At each step, trust is a sinequanon ingredient, not because of the lack of tools, at the contrary, because of their multitude, of their complexity, sometimes because of their opacity. From the design of financial instruments, to their implementation and evaluation, impact investing, and sustainable finance in general, are multi stakeholder phenomena which are still developing their methodologies. Building trust is, in this context, a must have for the success of the investment itself.

This panel brings together experts from the side of investors…