Industry Landscape

Resources on the impact investing landscape

We offer commentary and resources on the impact investing landscape, including the opportunities and challenges we see in the market.

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CIC staff at grofin

Our staff at a borrower site visit in Lagos, Nigeria.

Reports

Financial Advisors

Q1 2025 Report

Download the Q1 2025 Community Investment Note® Report.

05/15/25 | By Justin Conway
Blog

Strategic Updates

Investor Survey Results

This survey is a part of our ongoing mission to better serve our investors by ensuring we understand their needs and interests.

03/06/25
Blog

Strategic Updates

2024 Year in Review

A look back at Calvert Impact's work in 2024.

12/20/24 | By Jennifer Pryce
Videos

Industry Landscape

The Future of the Small Business Finance Industry Webinar

The Future of the Small Business Finance Industry Calvert Impact’s new report, Small Business Community Finance: Scaling with Integrity

12/19/23
Videos

Impact Management

A Theory of Change for the Small Business Finance Sector

Calvert Impact, Ascendus, and NDC share the co-created Theory of Change for the Small Business finance sector and how they have tested and implemented this theory of change in their own work.

09/12/23
Videos

COVID-19 Response

Learning from the Southern Opportunity and Resilience (SOAR) Fund - Webinar Recording

60 Decibels, Calvert Impact, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, and LISC share insights from new research on the small business recovery programs launched in response to the pandemic.

06/07/23
Blog

Racial Equity

Celebrating Small Businesses Every Week

Calvert Impact reflects on our long-standing history of supporting small businesses during Small Business Week 2023

05/01/23
Videos

COVID-19 Response

Inclusive Support for Small Business: Insights from the New York Forward Loan Fund (Webinar Recording)

60 Decibels, Calvert Impact Capital and Community Reinvestment Fund, USA share insights from new research on the small business recovery programs launched in response to the pandemic.

03/31/22
In the News

Racial Equity

Getting Money off the Sidelines: A Starting List to Invest for Racial Equity

As more investors seek to direct capital toward racial equity, here’s a starter list to help.

11/08/21
In the News

Financial Advisors

Seven ways U.S. retail investors can invest and bank sustainably (ImpactAlpha)

Everyday investors, as well as large asset managers and institutions, are flocking to ESG and impact investing. As many as 95% of millennials are interested in investing sustainably.

09/13/21
Blog

Borrower Spotlight

Borrower Spotlight: eco.business Fund and sustainable shrimp farming in Ecuador

Our borrower, the eco.business Fund, is leading the way in helping Ecuadorian shrimp producers implement practices that protect the environment

09/07/21 | By Christian Choconta
Videos

COVID-19 Response

Webinar: Oxford Social Finance Programme - Build Back Better through Blended Capital

Webinar: Oxford Social Finance Programme - Build Back Better through Blended Capital

07/01/21
Blog

COVID-19 Response

"Scaling Community Finance to Fill a Growing Market Gap," In Stanford Social Innovation Review

During the pandemic, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) stepped up to deliver desperately needed relief to hard-to-reach small business owners

06/23/21
Videos

Industry Landscape

“We need to think bigger," CEO Jenn Pryce on IFC Insights

President & CEO Jenn Pryce spoke to IFC Insights about the two years since the launch of the Impact Principles and her belief that all investments in the future will have an impact investing lens.

04/14/21 | By Jennifer Pryce
Blog

Industry Landscape

The Future of Microfinance: A panel discussion

Calvert Impact Capital hosted a webinar with former Board member Ira Liberman to celebrate the publication of his new book, The Future of Microfinance

10/01/20 | By Leigh Moran
Blog

Financial Advisors

Calvert Impact Capital Expands Work in Under-Resourced Communities Globally; Exceeds $500 Million in Community Investment Note® Balance

​​Calvert Impact Capital announced today that its Community Investment Note® balance has exceeded $500 million for the first time as its work to support global, under-resourced communities

10/01/20 | By Leigh Moran
Blog

Strategic Updates

Strategy in the Context of Crisis

As I wrote last month, to say that we are living in extraordinary times would be an understatement. We are in the midst of a triple crisis - health, economic, and climate

04/17/20 | By Jennifer Pryce
Reports

Strategic Updates

2020-2022 Strategic Plan

Calvert Impact Capital's 2020-2022 strategic plan

04/01/20 | By Jennifer Pryce
Blog

Strategic Updates

2019 in Review

2019 was another exciting and productive year for Calvert Impact Capital

01/08/20 | By Leigh Moran
Blog

Industry Landscape

Dear Impact Investors: Consider Affordable Housing

Affordable housing was my introduction to impact investing

04/24/18 | By Catherine Godschalk
Blog

Industry Landscape

Introduction to MFIs Part III: Microfinance Intermediaries

I am using the term microfinance intermediary to refer to both loan funds and structured funds

06/29/17 | By Songbae Lee
Blog

Industry Landscape

Introduction to MFIs Part II: Microfinance Networks

There are many different types of actors within the world of microfinance, from operating companies to investment companies to everything in between

04/25/17 | By Songbae Lee
Blog

Industry Landscape

Introduction to Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) Part I

This blog series will attempt to answer some of the common questions about microfinance using examples from our portfolio, but it won’t include a lot of beneficiary stories

03/14/17 | By Songbae Lee
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