Social Impact Investing and its role in the public/private investments

Nicole ALIX Chargée de l’Économie Sociale et Solidaire [vc_btn title= »Download the whole article  » style= »outline » color= »blue » align= »right » i_icon_fontawesome= »fa fa-file-pdf-o » add_icon= »true » link= »url:http%3A%2F%2Fconfrontations.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2F2015-02-16-role-social-impact-public-private-investment.pdf||target:%20_blank »] Social Impact Investing (SII) – Key Points and Conclusions Impact investing is being pushed forward as a new way of tackling social questions in the current financial environment: new financial market players will meet the financing needs of social players and help indebted states and weakened banks to finance social enterprises. Impact investing has been put on the G7 agenda. It is also argued that measuring the social impact of organisations is important for planning public policies. To look into the effect of an impact investing approach on social enterprises and social services of general interest, Confrontations Europe, Social Platform and the BAGFW organised the conference “Social impact investing and its role in the future social public/private investments: continuing dialogue” on 16 February 2015 at the European Economic and