From Impact Investing to ‘Impact-First’ Investing: Seven Ways Investors Can Take a Holistic Lifecycle Approach to Impact

• As the world grapples with complex societal problems ranging from weak health systems to climate change, impact investing is playing an important role in creating an alternative path to addressing them
• But one of the critiques of impact investing is that the sector’s focus on impact is not holistic. Impact investors can aim higher. They need to take a holistic lifecycle approach to creating and sustaining impact.
• We propose a seven-point framework that can guide investors in strengthening the impact-centricity of their portfolios.