by Erin Shackelford

The Initiative for Responsible Investment is pleased to announce the release of a new report by IRI Director Dr. David Wood and former IRI Assistant Director Katie Grace Deane (now at the Center for Community Investment) with the support of the MacArthur Foundation.  The report “National Advisory Boards and Impact Investing:  The Power of Cross-Sector Collaboration”, stems from work with the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing (GSG), the successor organization to the Social Impact Investing Taskforce of the G8.  Our new report illuminates the work of National Advisory Boards (NABs) on Impact Investing.... Read more about New IRI Report Examines National Advisory Boards on Impact Investing

One of the roles of the IRI is to connect different stakeholders in the responsible investing community, and this year we’ve been excited to work with Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students who are leading the  Impact Investing Study Group (IISG).

An initiative between IRI Director David Wood and HKS MPA students John Griffith and Anubha Shrivastava, the IISG is comprised of around 70 students across HKS, HBS, HLS and GSD with some professional and/or academic background in impact investing. Throughout the year, the IISG has  convened a series of roundtable...