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Impact Investing

Offered By: Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship via FutureLearn

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Course Description

Overview

Understand an investment approach that intentionally seeks to create both financial return and measurable positive social or environmental impact. By gaining an overview of the current landscape of impact investing, you will learn how you can play a role in the emerging sector. You will also gain a deep understanding of the subject by analyzing the range of investing and funding approaches used by impact investors.

This course is for financial and social sector professionals, and anyone interested to learn more about the promise and potential for impact investing.


Syllabus

  • The Impact Finance Revolution
    • Let's Get Started
    • Building an Impact Economy
    • The Global Impact Investing Market
  • Risk, Return + Impact
    • Measuring Impact
    • A New Investing Paradigm
    • Impact Investing Strategies
  • Financing Tools for Impact Investing
    • Overview of Traditional Instruments: Debt vs. Equity
    • Innovations in Impact Investing
  • The Future of Impact Investing
    • Creating a Vision for Impact at Scale
    • Impact Investing Ecosystem
    • Skills and Jobs

Taught by

Jeremy Wade

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