Benchmarking impact: Australian impact investor insights activity and performance series
Benchmarking Impact is a benchmark series that provides a structured, recurring assessment of Australia’s impact investing market. It examines investor activity, market practices, and product development to support comparability over time and inform understanding of how impact investing is evolving across the financial system.
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OVERVIEW
Overview
Benchmarking Impact is a benchmark series initiated in 2016 that provides a consistent, system-level view of the Australian impact investing market. It is designed to track market development over time and support comparability across reporting periods.
Purpose
The purpose of the series is to improve transparency and address information gaps in the impact investing market. It establishes a shared evidence base that supports longitudinal analysis and informed discussion among market participants, policymakers, and researchers.
Methodology
The series applies a consistent research framework across editions. It combines a structured survey of impact investors, prospective investors, and investment advisers with a systematic screen of publicly available impact investment products. This approach enables comparability over time while capturing both investor behaviour and market activity.
Use for finance professionals
Finance professionals can use this benchmark series to understand prevailing market practices, monitor how impact investing is evolving, and inform investment strategy, research, and market engagement. It also supports benchmarking against previous editions and alignment with recognised impact investing frameworks.
