Varieties of Impact Investing, 9781529252569
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Impact investing: financial returns meet positive change, but how?

Varieties of Impact Investing

creating and translating a label in local contexts

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  • Paperback

    242 pages

  • Release Date

    6 December 2025

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Summary

Investing for Change: A Global Exploration of Impact Investing

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

A new trend in ethical finance, impact investing aims to generate positive social or environmental impacts alongside financial returns. But what does it really mean and how is it practiced across different regions and organizations?

This volume explores the malleability of impact investing and how it overlaps with the development sphere to give fi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529252569
ISBN-10:1529252563
Series:Business, Finance and International Development
Author:Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier, Noé Kabouche
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Imprint:Bristol University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:242
Release Date:6 December 2025
Weight:390g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

‘As claims made for finance’s role to contribute to public goods continue to grow, this collection of detailed case studies critically interrogates the ‘impact investing’ label, affording nuanced insights into this contradictory and still-emerging field.’ Marc Andrew Brightman, University of Bologna

About The Author

Philip Balsiger

Philip Balsiger is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Daniel Burnier Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Noé Kabouche is a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.

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