The practice of investment is changing. A rapidly growing share of assets around the globe are making investment choices targeting not just return, but also sustainability, values-alignment or impact.
An active community of faculty are teaching on and researching these topics from various perspectives, including Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Michael Chu, Kash Rangan, George Serafeim, Julie Battilana, and others. As importantly, our alumni are shaping, accelerating and leading investing for impact across the globe – from BlackRock, to Root Capital, to Social Finance, to Omidyar Network to Wellington Asset Management.
Negotiating a Legacy at Sustainable Harvest (A)
By: Jillian Jordan, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
January 2025 | Faculty Research
PayJoy: Finance for the Next Billion
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
January 2025 | Faculty Research
Estímulo: Blended Finance in Brazil
By: Vikram S. Gandhi, James Barnett, Maxim Pike Harrell and Marina Osborn
October 2024 | Faculty Research
Open Door Legal: Universal Legal Access
By: Brian Trelstad, Taylor Greenthal and Sarah Mehta
September 2024 | Faculty Research
This second-year MBA elective course focuses on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for example, climate risk, environmental sustainability, minority representation on boards, and even the potential to create social good.
Over 100 students are engaged in the student-run, student-led club. From speaker series to career treks to the MINT Competition, MBA students are dynamically exploring and engaging investing for impact.
As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The course will help students understand why certain business founders lack access to capital and work to understand whether and how small investments might help these businesses grow. The course primarily involves teams of 4-5 students conducting investment diligence on small businesses who are looking for flexible capital to scale their businesses.
The Social Impact Collaboratory is a multi-faculty effort to advance knowledge and practice in the rapidly growing field of investing for impact and scaling for impact.
Learn how to evaluate, measure, and manage sustainable investment opportunities with cutting-edge frameworks, strategies, and techniques.