The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) recently published profiles of ten impact investments. The investments profiled on the GIIN website here illustrate the many ways that investment capital can generate positive social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. The profiles include information on investee business models and outline why investors found the investment opportunities attractive and what they sought to achieve. Investments currently profiled on the GIIN website are:

• Accion Frontier Investment Group's investment in Vindhya e-Info-media to generate efficiency in microfinance services provision to reduce costs and benefit clients
• Calvert Foundation's investment in Craft3 to increase economic opportunity in disadvantaged communities
• IGNIA Fund's investment in Micel to expand access to basic services for poor and low-income people
• Leapfrog Investments' investment in AllLift to provide safety nets and springboards to low-income and vulnerable people through access to financial services
• Lundin Foundation's investment in Rent-to-Own Limited Zambia to enhance livelihoods for agricultural entrepreneurs
• National Community Investment Fund's investment in Carver Bancorp, Inc.to increase economic opportunity in disadvantaged communities
• Sarona Asset Management's investment in Agro Capital Management to improve livelihoods for agricultural entrepreneurs
• SNS Impact Investing's investment in Pro Mujer Bolivia to increase access to financial services for poor women
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's investment in Inigral to enhance post-secondary student retention and degree completion
• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation's investment in The Nature Conservancy to preserve ecosystems, including land, watersheed, and sepcies