The Impact Economy
The impact economy is a rapidly evolving field where private capital, enterprise, and philanthropy are intentionally directed toward solving social and environmental challenges.
The Impact Economy Project, based at the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics, is LSE’s response to this growing movement. Led by Kieron Boyle, CEO of 100x Impact and LSE’s first Professor in Practice for the Impact Economy, the project serves as a platform, bringing together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to co-design solutions and shape systems.
Upcoming events on the Impact Economy at LSE
Mobilising investment for a sustainable planet
With Nadia Calviño
16Jun
The green shoots of the new economy
With Akshat Rathi
18Jun
Make your money work for the planet
Drop-in workshop
18Jun
LSE Research on the Impact Economy
Financing Sustainable Futures Podcast
The Financing a Sustainable Future Podcast is a series of discussions with leading LSE Academics on their research in Sustainable Finance. Tom Gosling, Professor in Practice at the Financial Markets Group, hosts the series.
What can investors do about climate change?
The report What can investors do about climate change? explores the role of investors in addressing climate change at a time when the effectiveness and legitimacy of investor influence have become more contested and policy momentum less assured.
Match Trading and the behaviours of community businesses and social enterprises
A Marshall Institute research study on match trading, an innovative finance mechanism for social enterprises, conducted in collaboration with the School for Social Entrepreneurs
The evolving role of philanthropy in global financial hubs
Marshall Institute research project investigating how philanthropy supports economic growth and social impact across five major global financial hubs
Expectations for the real-world impact of sustainable investing are unrealistic
Together with two colleagues, Dirk Jenter surveyed 509 equity portfolio managers on how much firms’ environmental and social performance feature in their investment decisions.
Improving Socially Responsible Investment
Professor Martin Oehmke discusses a new approach to socially-responsible finance
The changing relationship between governments and NGOs: from activists to service providers?
NGOs have traditionally acted as activists, speaking out against governments and advocating for those in need. The fact they exist in authoritarian states, however, raises questions about their role today. Timothy Hildebrandt explores the changing roles of NGOs and how they have evolved to survive.
LSE sets out to write the playbook for an impact economy
What would it take to move from growing the field of impact investing to shaping the wider economy around impact? In a new article for Impact-Investor.com, Kieron Boyle, Professor in Practice at the Marshall Institute and Chair of the Impact Investing Institute, and Antony Bugg-Levine, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Marshall Institute and founder of the capital market shaping fund at Renaissance Philanthropy speak to Paula Garrido.
Designing the Impact Economy
The Marshall Institute launches “Designing the Impact Economy”, a new research series co-developed with Luke Fletcher, Practitioner in Residence at the Marshall Institute.
Why we need the impact economy
Reflecting on the New Philanthropy Capital report, Kieron Boyle, Co-Director of the Marshall Institute, highlights a broader question about how we understand progress as a society.
Stronger Together: What the Impact Economy Policy Labs Are Teaching Us
Dominic Llewellyn, CEO of AchieveGood, argues that in a time when our challenges are shared, our solutions can be shared too and highlights how the Impact Economy Policy Labs model this ideal.
Past events on the Impact Economy
The impact revolution - fixing the future
The inaugural Impact Economy Dialogue with Sir Ronald Cohen
27Nov
Impact Economy affiliated faculty
Programmes related to the Impact Economy
Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship
Develop the skills to become a socially conscious leader. Gain practical experience on a social entrepreneurship project.
MSc Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Stand out with this LSE degree, offering a robust foundation of theoretical knowledge and practical experience with a real-world social enterprise.
Master of Public Administration
Gain the analytical skills and practical experience to address real-world policy challenges.