The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors: Generating Social and Environmental Value through Capital Investing

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An introductory overview for investors interested in generating financial returns with the creation of social and environmental impact.

A critical handbook for those interested and engaged in investing capital to generate financial returns with social and environmental impacts, The ImpactAssets Handbook for Investors offers a review of total portfolio management strategy and practice for investing capital and understanding its impact on creating a better world for both investors and community members.While not an answer book, with contributions from some of the field's leading experts in impact investing, this book offers practical insights and presents critical questions every investor should consider in creating an investment strategy and executing the deployment of investment capital.

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Jed Emerson, senior fellow at ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services firm, is an internationally recognized author and thought leader within the field of impact investing. He has led, co-founded and served on the board of directors of a variety of impact funds, social enterprises and family office investment committees. Originator of the concept of Blended Value, Emerson is coauthor of Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference (2011), the first book on impact investing (and winner of the 2012 Nautilus Gold Book Award), and The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (2014).